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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Matvei Kuzmich Shaposhnikov

Shaposhnikov, Matvei Kuzmich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 29th of November 1906

† 25th of June 1994

(Матвей Кузьмич Шапошников)

Promotions

1944-08-02 Major-General of Tank Troops
1955-08-08 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1941-10-XX 1942-04-XX Chief of Staff, 133rd Tank Brigade
1942-04-XX 1942-08-15 Chief of Operations Section, XXII Tank Corps
1942-08-15 1942-08-30 Chief of Staff, XXII Tank Corps
1942-10-30 1942-12-31 Chief of Staff, V Mechanised Corps
1943-08-19 1943-09-21 Commanding Officer 178th Tank Brigade
1943-11-XX 1944-04-26 Assistant Commanding Officer X Tank Corps
1944-04-26 1944-11-09 Commanding Officer X Tank Corps
1944-11-XX 1946-02-XX Assistant Commanding Officer I Guards Mechanised Corps
1946-02-XX 1946-12-XX Commanding Officer 26th Mechanised Division
1946-12-XX 1949-01-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1949-01-XX 1950-03-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Separate Guards Personnel Tank Division
1950-03-XX 1950-12-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 3rd Guards Mechanised Army
1950-12-XX 1952-12-XX Chief of Staff, 2nd Guards Mechanised Army
1952-12-XX 1954-01-XX Assistant Chief of Staff, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1954-01-XX 1955-01-XX Assistant Chief of Staff, Tank Forces
1955-01-XX 1956-05-XX First Assistant Commanding Officer 3rd Mechanised Army
1956-05-30 1960-05-23 Commanding Officer 2nd Guards Mechanised Army
1960-05-23 1966-04-09 First Deputy Commander in Chief Northern Caucasian Military District
1966-06-XX Retired
Picture source: http://tankuniform.ru/gen_photo.htm