The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Artillery Mikhail Aleksandrovich Nikolskii

Nikolskii, Mikhail Aleksandrovich

Colonel-General of Artillery

* 13th of November 1901

† 24th of February 1988

(Михаил Александрович Никольский)

Promotions

1944-11-18 Major-General of Artillery
1958-02-18 Lieutenant-General of Artillery
1961-05-09 Colonel-General of Artillery

Service

1941-03-XX 1941-11-XX Commanding Officer 704th Artillery Regiment
1941-11-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 44th Rifle Division
Deputy Commanding Officer Artillery, 52nd Army
1943-07-XX 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, LXXIII Rifle Corps
1945-03-XX 1947-05-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 3rd Guards Tank Army
1947-05-XX 1949-10-XX Commanding Officer, 1st Red Banner Far Eastern Army
1949-10-XX 1951-10-XX Military Adviser to the Chinese People's Liberation Army
1951-10-XX 1952-10-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1952-10-XX 1953-06-16 Deputy Chief of Staff, Artillery
1953-06-16 1955-07-02 Chief of Staff to the Deputy Commander in Chief of Artillery for Special Equipment
1955-07-02 1962-05-23 Chief of Main Staff, Strategic Missile Forces
1960-05-XX 1962-12-XX Deputy Commander in Chief of Strategic Missile Forces
1960-05-22 1962-12-27 Member of the Military Council, Strategic Missile Forces
1962-12-XX 1966-11-XX Assistant Commander in Chief of Strategic Missile Forces
1966-11-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin