The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Maksim Sergeevich Shmyrov

Shmyrov, Maksim Sergeevich

Major-General

* 1901

† 8th of October 1941

(NKVD)

(Максим Сергеевич Шмыров)

Promotions

1938-02-17 Kombrig
1939-11-04 Komdiv
1940-06-04 Major-General

Service

1937-10-15 1939-08-28 Commanding Officer 70th Rifle Division
1939-08-28 1939-10-29 Assistant Commander in Chief for Military Schools, Leningrad Military District
1939-10-29 1940-03-06 Commanding Officer Special Rifle Corps [Finland]
1941-XX-XX 1941-10-08 Instructor at Frunze Military Academy
1941-10-08 Died of illness
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin