The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ivan Fedorovich Nikitin

Nikitin, Ivan Fedorovich

Major-General

* 27th of September 1893

† 7th of September 1956

(Иван Федорович Никитин)

Promotions

1938-08-16 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General

Service

1928-04-XX 1930-04-XX Commanding Officer 29th Rifle Regiment
1930-04-XX 1934-06-XX Deputy Chief of 1st Section, Command Directorate, Main Directorate
1934-06-XX 1935-04-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Separate Riazansk Rifle Regiment
1934-06-XX 1935-04-XX Military Commissar, 3rd Separate Riazansk Rifle Regiment
1935-04-XX 1936-11-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Separate Kirovsk Rifle Regiment
1935-04-XX 1936-11-XX Military commissar, 2nd Separate Kirovsk Rifle Regiment
1936-11-XX 1937-09-XX Commanding Officer 7th Separate Motorcycle-Armoured Brigade
1936-11-XX 1937-09-XX Military Commissar, 7th Separate Motorcycle-Armoured Brigade
1937-09-XX 1938-06-XX Assistant Commanding Officer 58th Rifle Division
1938-06-XX 1940-04-XX Commanding Officer 58th Rifle Division
1940-04-XX 1940-07-XX Senior Instructor at Frunze Military Academy
1940-07-XX 1941-05-XX Head of Michurinsk reserve Advanced Training Corps, Orel Military District
1941-05-XX 1941-07-31 Commanding Officer Kobrinsk Air Defence Brigade Area
1941-07-31 1941-08-18 Commanding Officer 251st Rifle Division
1941-12-17 1942-03-11 Commanding Officer 128th Rifle Division
1942-03-XX 1942-04-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 42nd Army
1942-04-XX 1942-12-XX Commanding Officer Nevsk Operational Group
1942-12-XX 1943-07-XX Chief of Combat Training Section, Leningrad Front
1943-07-XX 1943-11-08 Deputy Commanding Officer 42nd Army
1943-11-08 1944-01-05 Commanding Officer CIX Rifle Corps
1944-01-05 1944-03-05 Deputy Commanding Officer 42nd Army
1944-03-05 1944-07-27 Commanding Officer CXXIV Rifle Corps
1944-08-XX 1945-12-XX Commanding Officer 45th Training Rifle Division
1945-12-XX 1946-09-XX Commanding Officer 269th Rifle Division
1946-09-XX 1947-03-XX Chief of Combat & Physical Training Section, 3rd Army
1947-03-XX 1953-09-XX Chief of Combat & Physical Training Section, 28th Army
1953-09-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Olga Motovilina