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
| 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-XX | – | 1940-07-XX | Chief of Staff, 13th Mechanised Brigade |
| 1940-07-XX | – | 1941-05-XX | Chief of Staff, 17th Tank Division |
| 1941-05-XX | – | 1941-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, V Mechanised Corps |
| 1941-XX-XX | – | 1941-08-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer V Mechanised Corps |
| 1941-08-XX | – | 1942-04-XX | Chief of Staff, Main Tank Directorate |
| 1942-04-19 | – | 1942-09-08 | Chief of Staff, VIII Tank Corps |
| 1942-09-08 | – | 1942-09-14 | Commanding Officer VIII Tank Corps |
| 1942-09-19 | – | 1945-05-11 | Commanding Officer I Tank Corps |
| 1945-07-XX | – | 1946-03-XX | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces Special Military District |
| 1946-03-XX | – | 1946-07-XX | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces 11th Guards Army |
| 1946-07-XX | – | 1946-09-XX | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces Northern Caucasian Military District |
| 1946-09-XX | – | 1950-05-XX | Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces Moscow Military District |
| 1950-05-XX | – | 1953-09-30 | Commanding Officer 3rd Guards Mechanised Army |
| 1953-10-XX | – | 1954-09-XX | Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1954-09-XX | – | 1955-07-XX | Inspector-General of Tank Troops |
| 1955-07-XX | – | 1958-01-XX | First deputy Commander in Chief Moscow Military District |
| 1958-01-XX | – | 1961-04-XX | Head of the Soviet Military Mission to Czechoslovakia |
| 1961-04-10 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin