The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Iakov Ivanovich Kozhevnikov

Kozhevnikov, Iakov Ivanovich

Major-General

* 3rd of November 1903

† 1st of November 1972

(Яков Иванович Кожевников)

Promotions

1945-07-11 Major-General

Service

1941-08-XX 1942-03-XX Commanding Officer 219th Rifle Regiment
1942-03-XX 1943-01-19 Commanding Officer 342nd Rifle Regiment
1943-01-19 1944-03-04 Commanding Officer 192nd Guards Rifle Regiment
1944-03-04 1944-04-22 Deputy Commanding Officer 63rd Guards Rifle Division
1944-04-22 1944-06-10 Commanding Officer 201st Rifle Division
1944-06-11 1945-03-03 Commanding Officer 48th Rifle Division
1945-03-03 1945-10-31 Commanding Officer 85th Rifle Division
1945-10-31 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1947-05-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1947-05-XX 1950-04-XX Head of Infantry Officers' Advanced Training Course, Turkestan Military District
1950-04-XX 1952-01-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 1st Guards Rifle Division
1952-01-XX 1953-12-XX Commanding Officer 16th Guards Rifle Brigade
1953-12-XX 1954-02-17 At disposal of the Commander in Chief Transbaibal Military District
1954-02-17 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko