The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Fedor Petrovich Shmelev

Shmelev, Fedor Petrovich

Major-General

* 7th of November 1899

† 10th of September 1979

(Федор Петрович Шмелев)

Promotions

1940-02-XX Colonel
1943-10-16 Major-General

Service

1938-01-XX 1938-07-05 Commanding Officer 94th Mountain Rifle Regiment
1938-07-05 1939-06-20 Arrested
1939-06-20 Released
1939-09-XX 1941-07-XX Instructor at Frunze Military Academy
1941-07-XX 1941-10-XX Chief of Staff, 8th People's Militia Defence Division
1941-10-XX Wounded
1941-10-XX 1941-12-XX Treated behind enemy lines 00.12.41-15.08.42: Partisan
1942-08-15 1942-11-XX At disposal of the Military Council, 33rd Army
1942-11-XX 1943-01-14 Commanding Officer 37th Separate Rifle Brigade
1943-01-14 Seriously wounded
1943-01-14 1943-03-XX Hospitalised
1943-03-16 1943-XX-XX At disposal of the Military Council, Voronezh Front
1943-09-25 1944-01-25 Commanding Officer 180th Rifle Division
1944-03-XX 1944-06-23 Deputy Commanding Officer XXXIII Rifle Corps
1944-06-23 1944-08-06 Commanding Officer XXXV Guards Rifle Corps
1944-10-XX 1945-05-10 Deputy Commanding Officer 27th Army
1945-05-10 1945-09-10 Commanding Officer 202nd Rifle Division
1945-09-10 1946-08-XX Commanding Officer 78th Rifle Division
1946-08-XX 1947-03-XX Deputy Commanding Officer LXXIII Rifle Corps
1947-03-XX 1950-06-XX Instructor at Frunze Military Academy
1950-06-XX Director of Military Unit 61586 for Works at Chirchik
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko