The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ivan Alekseevich Petrov

Petrov, Ivan Alekseevich

Lieutenant-General

* 1905

† 4th of October 1956

(NKVD)

(Иван Алексеевич Петров)

Promotions

1939-04-17 Colonel
1940-02-28 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General
1944-04-08 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-03-26 1940-03-22 Chief of 1st Section, Main Directorate of Border Troops, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1940-03-22 1940-05-29 Commanding Officer NKVD Garrison Troops Lvov
1940-05-29 1940-11-21 Commanding Officer NKVD Border Troops Western District
1940-11-21 1941-08-26 Deputy Head of Directorate of Border Troops, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Ukraine SSR
1941-08-26 1941-11-13 Chief of Operations Section, Main Directorate of Border Troops, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-08-26 1941-11-13 Deputy Head of Main Directorate of Border Troops, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-11-13 1942-08-XX Commanding Officer NKVD Rear Security Western Front
1942-08-XX 1943-02-12 Commanding Officer NKVD Rear Security Transcaucasian Front
1943-03-12 1945-01-11 Head of Directorate of Prisoners of War & Internees, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1945-01-11 1945-02-02 Head of Main Directorate of Prisoners of War & Internees, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1945-02-02 1946-03-XX Deputy Head of Main Directorate of Prisoners of War & Internees, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1946-03-XX 1950-11-21 Deputy Head of Main Directorate of Prisoners of War & Internees, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1950-11-21 Retired