The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of Artillery Mikhail Nikolaevich Chistiakov

Chistiakov, Mikhail Nikolaevich

Marshal of Artillery

* 18th of November 1896

† 16th of September 1980

(Михаил Николаевич Чистяков)

Promotions

1936-02-05 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General of Artillery
1942-11-17 Lieutenant-General of Artillery
1944-04-03 Colonel-General of Artillery
1944-09-25 Marshal of Artillery

Service

1923-10-XX 1926-11-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 81st Rifle Division
1926-11-XX 1929-07-XX Assistant Commanding Officer Artillery, ? Rifle Corps
1929-07-XX 1930-11-XX Commanding Officer 116th Artillery Regiment
1930-11-XX 1936-06-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, II Rifle Corps
1936-06-XX 1938-03-XX Assistant Army Inspector for Artillery, Belorussian Military District
1938-03-XX 1941-02-XX Head of of Senior Officers' Advanced Training Course, Military Artillery Academy
1941-02-XX 1941-07-XX Head of Ground & Anti-Aircraft Combat Training Directorate, Main Artillery Directorate
1941-07-XX 1941-XX-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, Western Front
1941-XX-XX 1941-12-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 34th Army
1941-12-XX 1943-06-XX Head of Combat Training Directorate, Main Artillery Directorate
1943-06-XX 1945-08-XX Deputy Commander in Chief for Combat Training, Artillery
1945-XX-XX Acting Commander in Chief of Artillery Far East
1945-10-XX 1953-XX-XX Deputy Commander in Chief of Artillery
1953-XX-XX 1957-11-XX Deputy Commander in Chief for Higher Schools, Artillery
1957-11-XX 1964-12-XX Inspector-General, Ministry of Defence
1964-12-XX 1980-09-16 Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger