The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Gavril Ignatovich Sherstiuk

Sherstiuk, Gavril Ignatovich

Major-General

* 24th of March 1894

† 31st of December 1953

(Гавриил Игнатьевич Шерстюк)

Promotions

1940-02-01 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General

Service

1932-12-XX 1938-03-XX Commanding Officer 185th Rifle Regiment
1938-03-XX 1938-11-XX Assistant Commanding Officer 97th Rifle Division
1938-11-XX 1941-01-XX Commanding Officer 97th Rifle Division
1941-01-XX 1941-04-01 Commanding Officer Kovelsk Fortified Area
1941-04-01 1941-11-16 Commanding Officer 45th Rifle Division
1942-02-21 1942-03-05 Commanding Officer 38th Army
1942-04-XX 1942-06-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 38th Army
1942-06-XX 1942-08-XX Head of Lieutenants' Courses, Southwestern Front
1942-08-XX 1943-01-XX Assistant Commander in Chief for Formation, Southwestern Front
1943-01-XX 1943-06-XX Assistant Commander in Chief for Formation, Southern Front
1943-06-XX 1944-02-XX At disposal of Marshal G.K. Zhukov
1944-02-XX 1945-03-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 27th Army
1945-03-XX 1945-XX-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 40th Army
1945-XX-XX 1946-08-XX At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1946-08-XX 1947-XX-XX Deputy Commander in Chief for Military Schools, Belorussian Military District
1947-XX-XX 1949-XX-XX Chief of Combat & Physical Training Section, Belorussian Military District
1949-XX-XX Chairman of the Republican Committee, Volunteer Society for Assistance to the Army, Air Force & Navy, Belorussia
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin