The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Efim Afanasevich Shchadenko

Shchadenko, Efim Afanasevich

Colonel-General

* 12th of September 1885

† 6th of July 1951

(Ефим Афанасьевич Щаденко)

Promotions

1935-11-28 Corps-Commissar
1937-12-30 Army-Commissar 2nd Rank
1939-02-08 Army-Commissar 1st Rank
1942-12-06 Colonel-General

Service

1919-11-XX 1920-07-XX Member of the Military Council, 1st Cavalry Army
1920-07-XX 1920-12-XX Member of the Military Council, 2nd Cavalry Army
1924-04-XX 1924-09-XX Military Commissar of Cavalry
1924-09-XX 1927-12-XX Deputy Inspector of Cavalry for Political Affairs
1927-12-XX 1930-03-XX At disposal of the Main Directorate, People's Commissariat of Military & Navy
1930-03-XX 1936-12-XX Deputy Commandant for Political Affairs, Frunze Military Academy
1936-12-XX 1937-05-XX Chief of the Political Section Kharkov Military District
1937-05-22 1938-01-07 Member of the Military Council, Kiev Military District
1937-05-22 1937-11-07 Member of the Military Council, Kharkov Military District
1937-11-23 1940-11-30 Head of Personnel Directorate
1937-11-23 1940-11-30 Deputy People's Commissar of Defence
1938-03-13 1940-07-24 Member of the Supreme Military Council of the Red Army
1941-07-20 1945-05-20 Deputy People's Commissar of Defence
1941-08-06 1943-08-XX Head Main Formation & Staffing Directorate
1943-09-26 1943-10-20 Member of the Military Council, Southern Front
1943-10-20 1944-01-13 Member of the Military Council, 4th Ukrainian Front
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin