The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Petr Petrovich Popov

Popov, Petr Petrovich

Major-General

* 12th of July 1907

† 12th of November 1976

(NKVD)

(Петр Петрович Попов)

Promotions

1939-02-04 Major of State Security
1941-06-XX Brigade-Commissar
1942-01-05 Major of State Security
1943-02-14 Colonel of State Security
1944-02-21 Major-General

Service

1939-02-XX 1940-09-XX Deputy Chief of NKVD Special Section, 2nd Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army
1940-09-XX 1941-04-XX Deputy Chief of NKVD Special Section, Far Eastern Front
1941-04-XX 1941-06-XX Deputy Chief of 3rd Section, Ural Military District
1941-06-XX 1941-11-10 Deputy Chief of NKVD Special Section, 22nd Army
1941-11-10 1942-04-08 Chief of NKVD Special Section, 22nd Army
1942-04-08 1943-03-06 Chief of NKVD Special Section, 29th Army
1943-02-06 1943-04-XX Chief of NKVD Special Section, 50th Army
1943-04-XX 1943-06-XX Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section SMERSH, 50th Army
1943-06-XX 1943-09-XX Assistant Head of Main Counter-Intelligence Directorate SMERSH
1943-11-27 1945-07-09 Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section SMERSH, Orel Military District
1945-07-22 1946-05-06 Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section SMERSH, Voronezh Military District
1946-05-20 1949-01-07 Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section, Moscow Military District
1949-02-24 1952-01-02 Deputy Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section, Belorussian Military District
1952-01-02 1952-08-XX At disposal of Personnel Directorate, Ministry of State Security MGB
1952-08-XX Retired
Picture source: From: 'Kto rukovodil organami gosbezopasnosti 1941-1954' by N.V. Petrov, 2010