The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Vasilii Ivanovich Kalinin

Kalinin, Vasilii Ivanovich

Major-General

* 22nd of July 1891

† 11th of May 1956

(Василий Иванович Калинин)

Promotions

1943-09-01 Major-General

Service

1930-05-XX 1938-06-02 Commanding Officer 14th Rifle Regiment
1938-06-02 1939-10-14 Arrested
1939-10-14 Released
1939-12-11 1941-04-XX Instructor at Higher Rifle Tactics Advanced Training Course
1941-04-XX 1941-10-16 Assistant Commanding Officer 46th Rifle Corps
1941-10-16 1941-11-13 Commanding Officer 60th Rifle Division
1941-10-25 1942-03-XX Wounded and hospitalised
1942-03-XX 1942-08-XX Senior Inspector, 1st Section, Main Formation & Staffing Directorate
1942-08-XX 1943-05-XX Chief of 3rd Section, Main Formation & Staffing Directorate
1943-05-XX 1943-07-XX Head of Junior Commanders' Training Directorate, Main Formation & Staffing Directorate
1943-07-XX 1943-09-16 Commanding Officer 5th Guards Airborne Division
1943-09-16 1943-10-15 Hospitalised
1943-10-15 1943-12-XX Commanding Officer 5th Guards Airborne Division
1943-12-XX 1944-05-XX Convalescing
1944-05-XX 1944-05-16 At disposal of the Military Council, 2nd Ukrainian Front
1944-05-16 1944-07-05 Commanding Officer 207th Rifle Division
1944-07-05 1944-11-XX Convalescing
1944-11-XX 1945-09-XX Commanding Officer 48th Training Rifle Division
1945-09-XX At disposal of the Military Council, Ural Military District
1946-03-XX At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1946-03-XX 1947-04-15 Head of the Military Department, Tambov Pedagogical Institute
1947-04-15 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko