The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Butkov, Vasilii Vasilevich
Colonel-General of Tank Troops
* 29th of December 1900
† 29th of June 1981
(Василий Васильевич Бутков)
Promotions
| 1939-10-29 | Colonel |
| 1942-05-03 | Major-General of Tank Troops |
| 1943-06-07 | Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops |
| 1958-02-18 | Colonel-General of Tank Troops |
Service
| 1937-09-29 | – | 1940-06-28 | Chief of Staff, 13th Mechanised Brigade |
| 1940-06-28 | – | 1941-05-26 | Chief of Staff, 17th Tank Division |
| 1941-05-26 | – | 1941-08-23 | Chief of Staff, V Mechanised Corps |
| 1941-08-23 | – | 1941-10-10 | Deputy Head of Main Tank Directorate |
| 1941-10-10 | – | 1942-04-19 | Chief of Staff, Main Tank Directorate |
| 1942-04-19 | – | 1942-09-08 | Chief of Staff, VIII Tank Corps |
| 1942-09-08 | – | 1942-09-18 | Commanding Officer VIII Tank Corps |
| 1942-09-18 | – | 1945-06-XX | Commanding Officer I Tank Corps |
| 1945-06-XX | – | 1945-07-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Tank Division |
| 1945-07-XX | – | 1946-03-XX | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Special Military District |
| 1946-03-XX | – | 1946-06-08 | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 11th Guards Army |
| 1946-06-08 | – | 1946-09-28 | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Northern Caucasian Military District |
| 1946-09-28 | – | 1950-05-31 | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Moscow Military District |
| 1950-05-31 | – | 1953-09-30 | Commanding Officer 3rd Guards Mechanised Army |
| 1953-10-01 | – | 1954-09-XX | Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1954-09-03 | – | 1955-06-14 | Inspector-General of Tank Troops, Main Inspection |
| 1955-06-14 | – | 1958-01-04 | First deputy Commander in Chief Moscow Military District |
| 1958-01-04 | – | 1959-03-31 | Senior Military Adviser to the Czechoslovakian Army |
| 1959-03-31 | – | 1960-09-24 | Representative of the Commander in Chief of Warsaw Pact Forces to Czechoslovakia |
| 1960-09-24 | – | 1961-04-10 | At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Ground Forces |
| 1961-04-10 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin