The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Nikolai Fedorovich Gritchin

Gritchin, Nikolai Fedorovich

Lieutenant-General

* 24th of November 1905

† 18th of May 1966

(Николай Федорович Гритчин)

Promotions

1941-12-01 Brigade-Commissar
1942-12-20 Major-General
1944-11-18 Lieutenant-General

Service

1941-02-28 1941-11-19 Military Commissar, I Air Defence Corps
1941-11-19 1942-04-06 Military Commissar, Moscow Air Defence Corps Area
1942-04-06 1943-07-10 Member of the Military Council, Moscow Air Defence Front
1943-07-10 1944-07-28 Member of the Military Council, Special Moscow Air Defence Army
1944-07-29 1944-12-24 Member of the Military Council, Southern Air Defence Front
1944-12-24 1945-05-09 Member of the Military Council, Southwestern Air Defence Front
1953-07-08 1955-06-22 Chairman of the Central Committee, Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Air Force & Navy
1966-02-05 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin