The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Nikolai Nikiforovich Nagornyi

Nagornyi, Nikolai Nikiforovich

Colonel-General

* 5th of December 1901

† June 1985

(Николай Никифорович Нагорный)

Promotions

1938-07-01 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General
1943-03-31 Lieutenant-General
1944-11-18 Colonel-General

Service

1935-XX-XX 1936-XX-XX Deputy Chief of 1st Section, Air Defence Directorate
1936-XX-XX 1938-XX-XX Military Adviser to the Spanish Republican Army
1939-XX-XX Assistant Commander in Chief Odessa Military District
1939-01-XX 1939-11-XX Instructor at Military Artillery Academy
1939-11-XX 1940-08-XX Head of Air Defence Tactics Sub-Department, Military Artillery Academy
1940-XX-XX Assistant Commander in Chief for Air Defence, Orel Military District
1940-XX-XX 1941-XX-XX Chief of Air Defence Section, Operation Directorate, General Staff
1941-01-XX 1941-11-XX Chief of 1st Section, Main Air Defence Directorate
1941-11-XX 1943-06-XX Chief of Staff, Air Defence Forces
1943-06-XX 1943-10-XX Chief of Staff, Western Air Defence Front
1943-10-XX 1945-03-XX Chief of Central Staff, Air Defence Forces
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Artillery
1945-03-XX 1951-XX-XX Chief of Main Staff Air Defence Forces
1945-XX-XX 1951-XX-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Air Defence Forces
1951-04-XX 1952-07-XX Commander in Chief Baku Air Defence Area
1952-07-07 1953-07-XX Commander in Chief of Air Defence Forces
1953-07-XX 1954-05-XX Commander in Chief Moscow Air Defence District
1954-05-XX 1955-08-XX Assistant Commander in Chief Air Defence Forces
1955-08-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin