The Generals of WWII

Generals from Soviet Union Flag for Soviet Union
Portrait of Komdiv Leonid Ivanovich Nikiforov

Nikiforov, Leonid Ivanovich

Komdiv

* August 1896

† 23rd of May 1938

(Леонид Иванович Никифоров)

Promotions

1935-12-02 Komdiv

Service

1925-XX-XX 1927-11-XX Assistant Commanding Officer Air Forces, Siberian Military District
1927-11-XX 1928-08-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, Central Asian Military District
1928-08-XX 1930-08-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, Caucasian Red Banner Army
1930-08-XX 1932-07-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, Baltic Naval Forces
1930-08-XX 1932-07-XX Military Commissar, Air Forces, Baltic Naval Forces
1932-07-XX 1933-04-XX Attached to the Society for Assistance to Defence, Aviation & Chemical Construction
1933-04-XX 1935-XX-XX Assistant Commanding Officer for Air Forces, Far Eastern Naval Forces
1935-XX-XX 1938-01-15 Assistant Commanding Officer for Air Forces, Pacific Fleet
1938-01-15 1938-05-23 Arrested
1938-05-23 Condemned to death
1938-05-23 Executed
1956-11-10 Rehabilitated
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko