The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Blinov, Afanasii Sergeevich
Lieutenant-General
* 18th of January 1904
† 23rd of June 1961
(NKVD)
(Афанасий Сергеевич Блинов)
Promotions
| 1938-12-28 | Captain of State Security |
| 1940-03-14 | Major of State Security |
| 1942-08-05 | Senior Major of State Security |
| 1943-02-14 | Commissar of State Security 3rd Rank |
| 1945-07-09 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1954-11-23 | Stripped of rank |
Service
| 1938-09-01 | – | 1938-10-XX | Chief of 12th Branch, 3rd Section, 1st Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD |
| 1938-10-XX | – | 1938-12-09 | Deputy Head of Investigation Affairs, 3rd Section, Main State Security Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD |
| 1938-12-09 | – | 1939-04-27 | Acting Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Ivanovo |
| 1939-04-27 | – | 1941-02-26 | Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Ivanovo |
| 1941-02-26 | – | 1941-07-30 | Head of People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB, Kuibyshev |
| 1941-07-31 | – | 1941-12-30 | Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Ivanovo |
| 1941-12-30 | – | 1942-12-28 | Head of People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB, Kuibyshev |
| 1942-12-28 | – | 1943-05-07 | Head of 3rd Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD |
| 1943-05-07 | – | 1946-03-XX | Head of People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB, Moscow |
| 1946-03-XX | – | 1946-07-13 | Head of Ministry of State Security MGB, Moscow |
| 1946-04-22 | – | 1951-08-26 | Deputy Minister of State Security MGB |
| 1951-08-26 | Retired | ||
| 1951-11-XX | – | 1956-04-26 | Chief Controller, Ministry of State Control Russian SFSR |
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin