Army General
* 19th of July 1897
† 29th of November 1973
(Владимир Васильевич Курасов)
| 1935-11-28 | Colonel |
| 1941-10-28 | Major-General |
| 1942-05-21 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1944-06-28 | Colonel-General |
| 1948-11-12 | Army General |
| 1935-XX-XX | – | 1936-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, XVI Rifle Corps |
| 1936-XX-XX | – | 1938-XX-XX | Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1938-XX-XX | – | 1940-XX-XX | Senior Instructor at the Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1940-XX-XX | – | Chief of Operational Training Section, Operations Directorate, General Staff | |
| – | 1941-12-25 | Deputy Head of Operations Directorate, General Staff | |
| 1941-12-25 | – | 1942-03-29 | Chief of Staff, 4th Shock Army |
| 1942-03-30 | – | 1943-04-09 | Commanding Officer 4th Shock Army |
| 1943-04-09 | – | 1943-10-20 | Chief of Staff, Kalinin Front |
| 1943-10-20 | – | 1945-02-24 | Chief of Staff, 1st Baltic Front |
| 1945-03-XX | – | 1945-05-XX | Chief of Staff, Semland Group of Forces |
| 1945-05-XX | – | 1945-06-06 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| 1945-06-06 | – | 1945-09-XX | Chief of Staff, Soviet Military Administration in Germany |
| 1945-09-XX | – | 1946-04-XX | Deputy Commander in Chief Central Group of Forces |
| 1946-06-12 | – | 1949-04-20 | Commander in Chief Central Group of Forces |
| 1949-04-20 | – | 1956-06-07 | Commandant of Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1956-06-08 | – | 1961-12-12 | Head of Military Science Directorate, General Staff |
| 1961-12-13 | – | 1963-03-17 | Commandant of Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1963-03-XX | – | 1968-04-XX | Senior Military Representative of the Warsaw Pact Forces in the German Democratic Republic |
| 1968-04-XX | – | 1973-11-29 | Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence |