The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Nikolai Mikhailovich Shestopalov

Shestopalov, Nikolai Mikhailovich

Major-General

* 16th of January 1896

† 27th of June 1941

(Николай Михайлович Шестопалов)

Promotions

1935-11-26 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General

Service

1924-07-XX 1932-12-XX Commanding Officer 51st Cavalry Regiment
1932-12-XX 1935-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 5th Cavalry Division
1935-05-XX 1937-09-XX Commanding Officer 26th Cavalry Division
1937-09-XX 1938-04-XX Commanding Officer VII Cavalry Corps
1938-04-20 1940-07-29 Head of Directorate of Military Horse Breeding, People's Commissariat of Defence
1940-07-XX 1941-03-11 Commanding Officer LXV Rifle Corps
1941-03-11 1941-06-27 Commanding Officer XII Mechanised Corps
1941-06-27 Killed in Action
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin