The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Tsanava, Lavrentii Fomich
Lieutenant-General
* 12th of August 1900
† 12th of October 1955
(NKVD)
(Лаврентий Фомич Цанава)
Promotions
| 1938-12-28 | Senior Major of State Security |
| 1940-03-14 | Commissar of State Security 3rd Rank |
| 1945-09-07 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1938-12-17 | – | 1941-02-26 | People's Commissar of Internal Affairs, Belorussia SSR |
| 1941-02-26 | – | 1941-07-31 | People's Commissar of State Security, Belorussia SSR |
| 1941-07-19 | – | 1941-10-21 | Chief of NKVD Special Section, Western Front |
| 1941-10-21 | – | 1943-04-19 | Deputy Head of Directorate of Special Sections, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD |
| 1942-01-10 | – | 1943-03-06 | Chief of NKVD Special Section, Western Front |
| 1943-03-06 | – | 1943-05-07 | Chief of NKVD Special Section, Central Front |
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1945-XX-XX | Deputy Chief of the Central Staff of the Partisan Movement |
| 1943-05-07 | – | 1946-03-XX | People's Commissar of State Security, Belorussia SSR |
| 1945-01-11 | – | 1945-07-04 | Representative of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD to 2nd Belorussian Front |
| 1946-03-XX | – | 1951-10-29 | Minister of State Security, Belorussia SSR |
| 1951-10-31 | – | 1952-02-15 | Deputy Minister of State Security |
| 1951-11-06 | – | 1952-02-15 | Head of 2nd Main Directorate, Ministry of State Security MGB |
| 1952-06-XX | – | 1953-04-04 | Head of Main Inspectorate, Ministry of State Security MGB |
| 1953-04-04 | – | 1955-10-12 | Arrested |
| 1955-10-12 | Died in prison of illness |
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin