The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Nikolai Ivanovich Iatsenko

Iatsenko, Nikolai Ivanovich

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of January 1898

† 20th of July 1971

(NKVD)

(Николай Иванович Яценко)

Promotions

1935-12-23 Colonel
1938-08-04 Kombrig
1940-02-29 Komdiv
1940-06-04 Major-General
1944-11-17 Lieutenant-General

Service

1934-07-13 1937-06-XX Commanding Officer Inspection Troops, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Donets
1937-06-XX 1938-08-XX Commanding Officer 8th NKVD Brigade
1938-08-XX 1938-11-XX Deputy Chief of Operations Section, Main Border & Internal Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1938-11-XX 1939-03-08 Chief of Service Section, Main Border & Internal Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD 08.03.39-00.04.40: Chief of Staff, Main Border Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1940-04-XX 1941-05-09 Deputy Head of Organisation-Training Directorate, Main Border Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1940-04-XX 1941-05-09 Chief of Combat training Section, Main Border Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-05-09 1946-03-XX Head of 2nd Directorate, Main Border Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-05-09 1946-03-XX Deputy Head of Main Border Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1946-03-XX 1948-06-XX Head of 2nd Directorate, Main Border Troops Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1946-03-XX 1948-06-XX Deputy Head of Main Border Troops Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1948-06-23 1953-03-14 Chief of Mobilisation Section, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1953-03-14 1954-10-30 Chief of Section "M", Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1954-10-30 1957-01-02 Chief of 5th Special Section, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1957-01-22 1959-04-14 Deputy Head of Organisation Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1959-06-27 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin