The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Vasilii Stepanovich Riasnoi

Riasnoi, Vasilii Stepanovich

Lieutenant-General

* 1904

† 12th of December 1995

(NKVD)

(Василий Степанович Рясной)

Promotions

1940-08-09 Captain of State Security
1941-09-06 Major of State Security
1943-02-14 Commissar of State Security
1944-01-02 Commissar of State Security 3rd Rank
1945-07-09 Lieutenant-General

Service

1940-07-19 –1941-01-14 Deputy Chief of 1st Branch, 3rd Section, Main State Security Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-01-14 –1941-02-27 Chief of 1st Branch, 3rd Section, Main State Security Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-02-27 –1941-07-31 Chief of 1st Branch, 1st Section, 2nd Directorate, People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB
1941-07-31 –1943-05-07 Head of People's Commissar of Internal Affairs NKVD, Gorky
1943-05-07 –1943-07-29 Head of People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB, Gorky
1943-07-29 –1946-01-15 People's Commissar of Internal Affairs NKVD, Ukraine SSR
1946-01-15 –1946-03-18 First Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs
1946-03-18 –1947-02-24 First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
1947-02-24 –1952-02-14 Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
1952-02-14 –1953-03-11 Deputy Minister of State Security
1952-02-15 –1953-01-05 Head of 2nd Main Directorate, Ministry of State Security MGB
1952-05-23 –1952-07-30 Acting Deputy Head of Security Directorate, Ministry of State Security MGB
1953-01-05 –1953-03-11 Head of Internal Counter-Intelligence Directorate, Main Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of State Security MGB
1953-03-12 –1953-05-28 Head of 2nd Main Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1953-03-12 –1956-03-28 Member of the Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1953-05-28 –1956-03-30 Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD, Moscow
1956-07-05 Dismissed
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin