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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Forces Viktor Ilich Baranov

Baranov, Viktor Ilich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Forces

* 4th of January 1906

† 26th of October 1996

(Виктор Ильич Баранов)

Promotions

1938-02-XX Colonel
1940-03-21 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General of Tank Troops
1943-12-15 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1938-03-XX 1938-07-01 Commanding Officer 38th Mechanised Brigade
1938-07-01 1940-06-XX Commanding Officer 13th Light Tank Brigade
1940-06-XX 1940-11-XX Commanding Officer 1st Tank Division
1940-11-XX 1941-05-01 Attending the Frunze Military Academy
1941-05-01 1941-09-30 Commanding Officer 1st Tank Division
1941-09-30 1942-05-02 Commanding Officer 123rd Tank Brigade
1942-05-02 1942-06-XX Commanding Officer Tank Forces, 54th Army
1942-06-XX 1943-01-XX Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, 54th Army
1943-01-XX 1945-04-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Leningrad Front
1945-04-XX 1946-01-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1946-01-XX 1946-06-XX At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1946-06-XX 1950-05-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Leningrad Military District
1950-05-XX 1953-08-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Far Eastern Military District
1953-08-XX 1953-11-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 13th Army
1953-11-XX 1955-02-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1955-02-XX 1957-01-XX Senior Military Adviser on Tank & Mechanised Forces to the Czechoslovakian People's Army
1957-01-XX 1961-02-25 Inspector-General of Tank & Mechanised Forces, Warsaw Pact
1961-02-25 Retired
Picture source: http://tankfront.ru/ussr/persons/gen-tv/BaranovVI.html