The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Petr Iakovlevich Tikhonov

Tikhonov, Petr Iakovlevich

Major-General

* 13th of June 1904

† 14th of June 1970

(Петр Яковлевич Тихонов)

(Петр Яковлевич Тихaнов)

Promotions

1943-01-29 Major-General

Service

1937-07-XX 1939-09-XX Commanding Officer 129th Rifle Regiment
1939-09-XX 1940-10-XX Commanding Officer 611th Rifle Regiment
1940-10-XX 1941-07-XX Head of Separate Regiment Commanders' Course, Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1941-07-XX 1941-11-XX Commanding Officer 1026th Rifle Regiment
1941-11-XX 1942-01-XX Commanding Officer 885th Rifle Regiment
1942-01-XX 1942-05-XX Commanding Officer 173rd Rifle Division
1942-05-XX 1942-12-03 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1942-12-03 1944-02-27 Commanding Officer 20th Guards Rifle Division
1944-02-XX 1944-07-XX Hospitalised and convalescing
1944-07-XX 1945-11-XX Commanding Officer 7th Reserve Rifle Division
1945-11-XX 1946-05-XX Commanding Officer 347th Rifle Division
1946-05-XX 1947-08-XX Commanding Officer 36th Separate Rifle Brigade
1947-08-XX 1948-11-XX Deputy Commanding Officer CXXVI Light Mountain Rifle Corps
1948-11-XX 1950-11-XX Commanding Officer 121st Rifle Division
1950-11-XX 1953-12-XX Commanding Officer 22nd Machine-Gun & Artillery Division
1953-12-XX 1954-12-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1954-12-XX 1957-10-XX Head of the Military Department, Northern Ossetian Agricultural Institute
1957-10-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko