The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Aleksandr Vasilevich Kirsanov

Kirsanov, Aleksandr Vasilevich

Major-General

* 23rd of December 1898

† 16th of November 1994

(Александр Васильевич Кирсанов)

Promotions

1943-03-01 Major-General

Service

1939-08-XX 1942-05-XX Commanding Officer 42nd Artillery Regiment
1942-05-XX 1942-06-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 276th Rifle Division
1942-06-XX 1942-09-03 Commanding Officer Artillery, 157th Rifle Division
1942-09-03 1943-03-01 Commanding Officer 157th Rifle Division
1943-03-01 1946-04-XX Commanding Officer 76th Guards Rifle Division
1946-04-XX 1948-04-XX Commanding Officer 76th Guards Airborne Division
1948-04-XX 1950-01-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1950-01-XX 1951-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer VIII Guards Airborne Corps
1951-05-XX 1954-03-XX Head of the Airborne Forces Senior Officers' Course
1954-03-XX 1955-07-XX Head of the Airborne Forces Officers' Central Advanced Training Course
1955-07-XX 1960-08-XX Head of the Military Department, Belarusian State University
1960-08-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Iurii K.