The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Semen Ivanovich Melnikov

Melnikov, Semen Ivanovich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 4th of April 1902

† July 1984

(Семен Иванович Мельников)

Promotions

1940-09-19 Brigade-Commissar
1942-12-20 Major-General of Tank Troops
1944-05-29 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1939-XX-XX Military Commissar, LVII Separate Rifle Corps
1940-06-03 1941-03-20 Military Commissar, I Tank Corps
1941-03-20 1941-07-20 Military Commissar, X Mechanised Corps
1941-09-04 1941-11-17 Member of the Military Council, 23rd Army
1941-11-25 1941-12-31 Member of the Military Council, 56th Army
1941-11-28 1942-06-21 Member of the Military Council, 8th Army
1943-01-11 1943-04-26 Member of the Military Council, 3rd Tank Army
1943-04-25 1943-05-18 Member of the Military Council, 57th Army
1943-05-18 1945-05-09 Member of the Military Council, 3rd Guards Tank Army
1957-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin