The Generals of WWII

Generals from Soviet Union Flag for Soviet Union
Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Vasilii Vasilevich Azhgibkov

Azhgibkov, Vasilii Vasilevich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 14th of January 1901

† 6th of September 1972

(Василий Васильевич Ажгибков)

Promotions

1939-01-13 Colonel
1943-12-15 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1941-04-15 1942-11-XX Commandant of Kazan Tank School
1942-12-01 1943-02-27 Commanding Officer 51st Tank Brigade
1943-02-27 1943-08-XX Wounded and hospitalised
1943-08-XX 1945-04-06 Commandant of 3rd Kharkov Tank School
1945-04-06 1946-04-XX Deputy Commanding Officer IX Tank Corps
1946-04-XX 1947-12-XX Chief of 2nd Section, Military Educational Institutions Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1947-12-XX 1950-07-06 Deputy Head of Military Educational Institutions Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1950-07-06 1951-02-15 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1951-02-15 1954-01-23 At disposal of 10th Section, 2nd Main Directorate, General Staff
1951-02-15 1954-01-23 Military Adviser to the People's Republic of China
1954-01-23 1954-11-15 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1955-02-14 1958-11-11 Deputy Chief of Military Department, Moscow Higher Technical School
1958-11-11 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko