The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Vasilii Stepanovich Rakovskii

Rakovskii, Vasilii Stepanovich

Major-General

* 14th of January 1898

† 7th of January 1978

(Василий Степанович Раковский)

Promotions

1940-01-24 Kombrig
1941-07-31 Major-General

Service

1937-12-XX Commanding Officer 45th Rifle Regiment
1939-02-XX Commanding Officer 351th Rifle Regiment
1939-02-XX 1940-01-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 95th Rifle Division
1940-01-XX 1940-07-XX Commanding Officer 20th Reserve Rifle Brigade
1940-07-16 1941-09-XX Commanding Officer 167th Rifle Division
1941-09-XX 1941-10-XX Assistant Deputy Commander in Chief Briansk Front
1941-10-30 1942-02-XX Commanding Officer 53rd Separate Rifle Brigade
1942-02-XX 1946-03-XX Commandant of 2nd Leningrad Infantry School
1946-03-XX 1949-05-XX Senior Instructor at the Infantry Commanders' Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1949-05-XX 1954-04-XX Head of 5th Course, Infantry Commanders' Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1954-04-XX 1957-01-XX Head of Special Foreign Military Personnel Training Department, Infantry Commanders' Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1957-10-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko