The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ivan Ivanovich Smirnov

Smirnov, Ivan Ivanovich

Major-General

* 13th of April 1901

† 6th of May 1962

(Иван Иванович Смирнов)

Promotions

1944-09-14 Major-General

Service

1941-04-05 1942-04-XX Commanding Officer 136th Cavalry Regiment
1942-04-XX 1942-06-XX Commanding Officer 104th Cavalry Division
1942-06-XX 1942-11-XX At disposal of the Cavalry Inspection
1942-11-XX 1943-06-12 Commanding Officer 7th Cavalry Division
1943-06-12 1945-05-XX Commanding Officer 23rd Cavalry Division
1945-05-XX 1946-01-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1946-01-XX 1946-10-XX Commanding Officer 23rd Cavalry Division
1946-10-XX 1946-12-XX Commanding Officer 258th Rifle Division
1946-12-XX 1949-10-XX Senior Adviser on Civilian Administration to North Korea
1946-12-XX 1949-10-XX Senior Adviser on Combat Training to the North Korean People's Army
1949-10-XX 1950-06-XX At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1950-06-XX 1951-08-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1951-08-XX 1956-05-17 Deputy Commanding Officer XII Mountain Rifle Corps
1956-05-17 Retired Top
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko