The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Abakumov, Viktor Semenovich
Colonel-General
* 11th of April 1908
† 24th of December 1954
(NKVD)
(Виктор Семенович Абакумов)
Promotions
| 1938-12-28 | Captain of State Security |
| 1940-03-14 | Senior Major of State Security |
| 1941-07-09 | Commissar of State Security 3rd Rank |
| 1943-02-04 | Commissar of State Security 2nd rank |
| 1945-07-09 | Colonel-General |
Service
| 1938-12-05 | – | 1941-02-25 | Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Rostov |
| 1941-02-25 | – | 1942-12-XX | Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs NKVD |
| 1941-07-19 | – | 1943-XX-XX | Head of Special Sections Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD |
| 1943-04-14 | – | 1946-03-16 | Head of Main Counter-Intelligence Directorate SMERSH, People's Commissar of Defence |
| 1943-04-19 | – | 1943-05-20 | Deputy People's Commissar of Defence |
| 1945-01-11 | – | 1945-04-07 | Plenipotentiary of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, 3rd Belorussian Front |
| 1946-03-16 | – | 1946-04-05 | Head of Main Counter-Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Defence |
| 1946-10-19 | – | 1951-07-12 | Minister of State Security |
| 1951-07-12 | – | 1954-12-24 | Arrested |
| 1954-12-24 | Condemned to death | ||
| 1954-12-24 | Executed |
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