The Generals of WWII

Generals from Soviet Union Flag for Soviet Union
Portrait of Major-General Aleksandr Georgievich Samokhin

Samokhin, Aleksandr Georgievich

Major-General

* 20th of August 1902

† 17th of July 1955

(Александр Георгиевич Самохин)

Promotions

1937-09-23 Colonel
1939-05-17 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General

Service

1937-XX-XX 1939-XX-XX Commandant of Ordzhonikidze Infantry School
1939-03-31 1940-08-17 Deputy Head of Military Schools Directorate
1940-08-XX 1941-05-08 Military Attaché to Belgrade
1941-06-03 1941-09-23 Commanding Officer XXIX Rifle Corps
1941-09-XX 1941-12-XX Deputy Commanding Officer for Rear Service 16th Army
1941-12-XX 1942-02-02 Chief of 2nd Section, 3rd Directorate, General Staff
1942-02-02 1942-04-21 Chief of 2nd Section, Main Intelligence Directorate GRU, General Staff
1942-04-XX 1942-04-21 Commanding Officer 48th Army
1942-04-21 1945-05-XX Prisoner of War
1945-12-28 1952-04-12 Arrested
1952-04-12 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment
1953-07-28 Released and rehabilitated
1954-XX-XX 1955-07-17 Senior Instructor at Military Department, Moscow University
Picture source: From Sovetskie Generaly v Plenu by Fedor Sverdlov, 1999