The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Malinovskii, Rodion Iakovlevich
Marshal of Soviet Union
* 23rd of November 1898
† 31st of March 1967
(Родион Яковлевич Малиновский)
Promotions
| 1938-07-15 | Kombrig |
| 1940-06-04 | Major-General |
| 1941-11-09 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-02-12 | Colonel-General |
| 1943-04-28 | Army General |
| 1944-09-10 | Marshal of Soviet Union |
Service
| 1935-01-10 | – | 1936-06-19 | Chief of Staff, III Cavalry Corps |
| 1936-06-19 | – | 1937-01-XX | Deputy Inspector of Cavalry, Belorussian Military District |
| 1937-01-XX | – | 1938-05-XX | Military Adviser to the Spanish Republican Army |
| 1938-05-XX | – | 1941-03-XX | Instructor at Frunze Military Academy |
| 1941-03-14 | – | 1941-08-26 | Commanding Officer XXXXVIII Rifle Corps |
| 1941-08-25 | – | 1941-12-24 | Commanding Officer 6th Army |
| 1941-12-24 | – | 1942-07-28 | Commander in Chief Southern Front |
| 1942-07-29 | – | 1942-08-27 | Commanding Officer Don Operational Group of Forces |
| 1942-08-27 | – | 1942-10-14 | Commanding Officer 66th Army |
| 1942-10-14 | – | 1942-11-29 | Deputy Commander in Chief Voronezh Front |
| 1942-11-29 | – | 1943-02-02 | Commanding Officer 2nd Guards Army |
| 1943-02-02 | – | 1943-03-22 | Commander in Chief Southern Front |
| 1943-03-27 | – | 1943-10-20 | Commander in Chief Southwestern Front |
| 1943-10-20 | – | 1944-05-15 | Commander in Chief 3rd Ukrainian Front |
| 1944-05-22 | – | 1945-06-10 | Commander in Chief 2nd Ukrainian Front |
| 1945-07-12 | – | 1945-10-01 | Commander in Chief Transbaikal Front |
| 1945-10-01 | – | 1947-05-22 | Commander in Chief Transbaikal-Amur Military District |
| 1947-05-XX | – | 1953-04-23 | Commander in Chief Far Eastern Command |
| 1953-04-23 | – | 1956-03-12 | Commander in Chief Far Eastern Military District |
| 1956-03-13 | – | 1957-10-26 | Commander in Chief of Ground Forces |
| 1956-03-XX | – | 1957-10-26 | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1957-10-26 | – | 1967-03-31 | Minister of Defence |
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger