The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Meretskov, Kirill Afanasevich
Marshal of Soviet Union
* 26th of May 1897
† 30th of December 1968
(Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков)
Promotions
| 1935-11-20 | Komdiv |
| 1938-02-22 | Komkor |
| 1939-02-08 | Komandarm 2nd Rank |
| 1940-06-04 | Army General |
| 1944-10-26 | Marshal of Soviet Union |
Service
| 1921-10-XX | – | 1922-10-XX | Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division |
| 1922-12-XX | – | 1923-04-XX | Inspector, Main Militia Directorate |
| 1923-04-XX | – | 1923-10-XX | Chief of Staff, XV Rifle Corps |
| 1923-10-XX | – | 1924-09-XX | Chief of Staff, Don Rifle Division |
| 1924-09-XX | – | 1928-07-XX | Assistant Chief of Staff, Moscow Military District |
| 1928-07-XX | – | 1930-05-XX | Deputy Chief of Staff, Moscow Military District |
| 1930-XX-XX | – | 1931-02-XX | Commanding Officer 14th Rifle Division |
| 1931-02-XX | – | 1932-04-XX | Assistant Chief of Staff, Moscow Military District |
| 1932-04-XX | – | 1934-12-XX | Chief of Staff, Belorussian Military District |
| 1934-12-25 | – | 1936-11-22 | Chief of Staff, Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army |
| 1936-11-XX | – | 1937-05-XX | Military Adviser to the Spanish Republican Army |
| 1937-06-XX | – | 1938-08-XX | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| 1938-08-XX | – | 1938-09-XX | Head of Soviet Military Delegation to Czechoslovakia |
| 1938-09-XX | – | 1939-01-XX | Commander in Chief Volga Military District |
| 1939-02-13 | – | 1940-07-03 | Commander in Chief Leningrad Military District |
| 1939-12-09 | – | 1940-03-13 | Commanding Officer 7th Army [Finland] |
| 1940-07-24 | – | 1941-06-23 | Member of the Supreme Military Council of the Red Army |
| 1940-08-15 | – | 1941-01-14 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1941-01-XX | – | 1941-10-XX | Deputy People's Commissioner of Defence |
| 1941-06-26 | – | 1941-XX-XX | Arrested but released after a few days |
| 1941-XX-XX | Assistant Commander in Chief Northwestern Front | ||
| 1941-XX-XX | Assistant Commander in Chief Kalinin Front | ||
| 1941-09-24 | – | 1941-11-09 | Commanding Officer 7th Army |
| 1941-11-09 | – | 1941-12-16 | Commanding Officer 4th Army |
| 1941-12-17 | – | 1942-04-23 | Commander in Chief Volkhov Front |
| 1942-05-04 | – | 1942-06-08 | Commanding Officer 33rd Army |
| 1942-06-08 | – | 1944-02-15 | Commander in Chief Volkhov Front |
| 1944-02-22 | – | 1944-11-15 | Commander in Chief Karelian Front |
| 1945-04-15 | – | 1945-08-04 | Commanding Officer Coastal Group of Forces |
| 1945-08-05 | – | 1945-10-01 | Commander in Chief 1st Far Eastern Front |
| 1945-09-10 | – | 1947-06-03 | Commander in Chief Primorsk Military District |
| 1947-07-31 | – | 1949-05-16 | Commander in Chief Moscow Military District |
| 1949-06-XX | – | 1951-06-30 | Commander in Chief White Sea Military District |
| 1951-07-01 | – | 1954-05-XX | Commander in Chief Northern Military District |
| 1954-05-XX | – | 1955-08-XX | Head of the Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel' |
| 1955-08-XX | – | 1964-04-XX | Assistant Minister of Defence |
| 1964-04-XX | – | 1968-12-30 | Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence |
Picture source: From: "Voenno-Istoricheskii Zhurnal, No. 8 2005"