The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Aleksei Fedorovich Ruchkin

Ruchkin, Aleksei Fedorovich

Major-General

* 1903

† January 1975

(NKVD)

(Алексей Федорович Ручкин)

Promotions

1936-06-07 Captain of State Security
1940-06-16 Major of State Security
1945-07-09 Major-General
1955-01-03 Stripped of rank

Service

1940-06-04 1941-02-26 Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD Murmansk
1941-02-26 1941-07-31 Head of People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB Murmansk
1941-07-31 1943-05-07 Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD Murmansk
1943-05-07 1944-01-31 Head of People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB Murmansk
1944-01-31 1946-03-XX People's Commissar of State Security Tatar ASSR
1946-03-XX 1947-12-26 Minister of State Security Tatar ASSR
1947-12-26 1951-01-18 Deputy Minister of State Security Belorussia SSR
1951-01-24 1953-03-16 Minister of State Security Chuvash ASSR
1953-03-16 1953-07-16 Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD, Rostov
1953-10-14 1954-06-04 Deputy Head of Mining Labour Camps, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1954-07-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin