The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Mikhail Kharitonovich Kalashnik

Kalashnik, Mikhail Kharitonovich

Colonel-General

* 19th of September 1903

† 6th of May 1974

(Михаил Харитонович Калашник)

Promotions

1942-12-05 Colonel
1945-07-11 Major-General
1958-02-18 Lieutenant-General
1964-04-13 Colonel-General

Service

1942-08-10 1942-09-10 Military Commissar, 236th Rifle Division
1942-09-10 1945-05-09 Chief of the Political Section, 47th Army
1945-XX-XX 1946-XX-XX Deputy Chief of the Political Section, Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
1946-XX-XX 1950-XX-XX Chief of the Political Section, Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
1950-XX-XX 1952-XX-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1952-XX-XX 1954-XX-XX Chief of the Political Section, Kiev Military District
1954-11-XX 1958-XX-XX Head of Party-Organisation Directorate, Main Political Directorate
1958-XX-XX 1972-XX-XX Deputy Head of Main Political Directorate
1958-XX-XX 1972-XX-XX Head of Propaganda & Agitation Directorate, Main Political Directorate
1972-XX-XX 1974-05-06 Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin