The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ivan Grigorevich Popkov

Popkov, Ivan Grigorevich

Major-General

* 7th of November 1904

† 6th of August 1978

(NKVD)

(Иван Григорьевич Попков)

Promotions

1941-05-04 Captain of State Security
1941-09-06 Major of State Security
1943-02-14 Colonel of State Security
1943-05-12 Major of State Security
1945-07-09 Major-General

Service

1941-02-27 1941-07-31 Chief of 3rd Section, 3rd Directorate, People Commissariat of State Security NKGB
1941-07-31 1941-12-30 Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Kuibyshev
1942-02-20 1943-05-07 Deputy Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Sverdlovsk
1943-05-07 1946-03-XX Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Sverdlovsk
1946-03-XX 1948-02-26 Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD, Sverdlovsk
1948-02-26 1949-02-08 Deputy Head of Glazov Forced Labour Camp, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1948-02-26 1949-02-08 Head of Construction No. 904, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1949-02-08 1952-06-02 Head of Norilsk Forced Labour Camp, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1952-06-02 1953-01-21 At disposal of Personnel Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1953-01-21 1954-01-16 Head of Construction No. 3, Bashspetsneftestroy, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1954-01-16 Retired
Picture source: From: 'Kto rukovodil organami gosbezopasnosti 1941-1954' by N.V. Petrov, 2010