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Portrait of Colonel-General of Tank Troops Nikolai Ivanovich Biriukov

Biriukov, Nikolai Ivanovich

Colonel-General of Tank Troops

* 10th of August 1901

† 19th of June 1974

(Николай Иванович Бирюков)

Promotions

1936-01-12 Battalion-Commissar
1938-06-07 Regiment-Commissar
1938-07-31 Brigade-Commissar
1939-09-07 Division-Commissar
1940-02-09 Corps-Commissar
1940-06-20 Army-Commissar 2nd Rank
1942-12-06 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops
1944-04-24 Colonel-General of Tank Troops

Service

1934-11-17 1938-12-18 Attending the Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1936-12-18 1938-06-16 Attending the Military Political Academy
1938-08-15 1938-08-26 Member of the Military Council, 2nd Separate Red Banner Army
1938-08-26 1939-07-22 Member of the Military Council, 1st Separate Red Banner Army
1939-07-22 1940-06-22 Member of the Military Council, 1st Army Group
1940-06-22 1941-02-24 Member of the Military Council, Far Eastern Front
1941-04-05 1941-08-10 Member of the Military Council, 3rd Army
1941-08-10 Military Commissar, Main Tank Directorate
1943-XX-XX Deputy Head for Political Affairs, Main Tank Directorate
1943-XX-XX 1946-06-28 Member of the Military Council, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1946-06-28 1949-04-19 Deputy Commander in Chief for Political Affairs, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1949-04-19 1952-01-31 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1952-01-31 1953-09-11 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Transbaikal Military District
1953-09-11 1953-11-06 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1953-11-06 Retired
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