The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Engineers Boris Vasilevich Blagoslavov

Blagoslavov, Boris Vasilevich

Lieutenant-General of Engineers

* 24th of July 1901

† 1979

(Борис Васильевич Благославов)

Promotions

1943-04-01 Major-General of Engineers
1945-04-19 Lieutenant-General of Engineers

Service

1936-01-XX 1939-11-XX Instructor at the Military Engineering Academy
1939-11-XX 1940-04-XX Acting Assistant Commanding Officer Engineers, 13th Army
1940-04-XX 1941-08-XX Instructor at the Military Engineering Academy
1941-08-XX 1941-10-XX Commanding Officer Defence Construction, Moscow Defence Zone
1941-10-XX 1942-02-XX Commanding Officer 13th Engineering Brigade
1942-02-XX 1942-04-XX Chief of Staff, 1st Engineering Army
1942-04-XX 1943-04-01 Commanding Officer Engineers, 49th Army
1943-04-01 1943-12-11 Head of Engineering Equipment Procurement Directorate, Main Military Engineering Directorate
1943-12-XX 1944-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Engineers, 1st Ukrainian Front
1944-05-XX 1945-08-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Engineers, 2nd Belorussian Front
1945-08-XX 1948-09-XX Commanding Officer Engineers, Northern Group of Forces
1948-09-XX 1951-07-30 Chief of Staff, Engineers
1948-09-XX 1952-12-22 Deputy Commander in Chief of Engineers
1952-12-22 1955-11-XX Commanding Officer Engineers, Central Group of Forces
1955-11-XX 1958-05-08 Head of Command Department, Military Engineering Academy
1958-05-08 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin