The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Zhigarev, Pavel Fedorovich
Chief Marshal of Aviation
* 19th of November 1900
† 2nd of October 1963
(Павел Федорович Жигарев)
Promotions
| 1938-09-19 | Komdiv |
| 1940-04-11 | Komkor |
| 1940-06-04 | Lieutenant-General of Aviation |
| 1941-10-22 | Colonel-General of Aviation |
| 1953-08-03 | Marshal of Aviation |
| 1955-03-11 | Chief Marshal of Aviation |
Service
| 1937-06-XX | – | 1937-11-XX | Commanding Officer 52nd Light Bomber Aviation Brigade |
| 1937-11-XX | – | 1938-09-XX | Deputy Military Attaché to China |
| 1938-09-XX | – | 1939-01-XX | Head of the Directorate for Combat Training of the Air Force, People's Commissariat of Defence |
| 1939-01-XX | – | 1940-06-XX | Commanding Officer Air Forces 2nd Separate Red Banner Army |
| 1940-06-XX | – | 1940-12-03 | Commanding Officer Air Forces Far Eastern Front |
| 1940-12-03 | – | 1941-04-12 | First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Air Force, People's Commissariat of Defence |
| 1941-04-12 | – | 1942-04-XX | Head of the Main Directorate of the Air Force, People's Commissariat of Defence |
| 1941-05-24 | – | 1941-06-23 | Member of the Supreme Military Council of the Red Army |
| 1941-06-XX | – | 1942-04-XX | Commander in Chief of the Air Force |
| 1941-07-XX | – | 1943-05-20 | Deputy People's Commissar of Defence |
| 1942-04-XX | – | 1945-XX-XX | Commanding Officer Air Forces Far Eastern Front |
| 1945-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 10th Air Army | ||
| 1946-04-XX | – | 1949-10-XX | First Deputy Commander in Chief of the Air Force |
| 1946-04-XX | – | 1949-09-XX | Commander in Chief of Long Range Aviation |
| 1949-09-26 | – | 1957-01-14 | Commander in Chief of the Air Force |
| 1949-10-XX | – | 1953-03-15 | Deputy Minister of War |
| 1953-03-15 | – | 1955-03-XX | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1955-03-XX | – | 1957-01-XX | First Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1957-01-XX | – | 1959-11-XX | Head of Main Directorate of Civil Aviation |
| 1959-11-XX | – | 1963-10-02 | Commandant of the Military Academy of Air Defence Forces |
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin