The Generals of WWII

Generals from Soviet Union Flag for Soviet Union
Portrait of Major-General Ivan Ivanovich Melnikov

Melnikov, Ivan Ivanovich

Major-General

* 27th of June 1892

† 22nd of June 1972

(NKVD)

(Иван Иванович Мельников)

Promotions

1935-12-25 Colonel
1941-07-15 Major-General

Service

1937-XX-XX 1939-XX-XX Arrested
1939-XX-XX Released
1939-XX-XX 1941-XX-XX Head of Main Directorate of Border Troops, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-07-04 1942-02-28 Commanding Officer 246th Rifle Division
1942-02-28 Wounded
1942-02-28 1945-05-XX Prisoner of War
1945-05-27 1945-XX-XX Arrested but later released
1946-XX-XX 1947-XX-XX Attending the Frunze Military Academy
1947-XX-XX 1954-XX-XX Head of Military Department, Moscow Agricultural Academy
1954-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: From Sovetskie Generaly v Plenu by Fedor Sverdlov, 1999