The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Ivan Vasilevich Smorodinov

Smorodinov, Ivan Vasilevich

Colonel-General

* 31st of August 1894

† 8th of November 1953

(Иван Васильевич Смородинов)

Promotions

1935-11-20 Komdiv
1939-02-09 Komkor
1939-12-05 Komandarm 2nd Rank
1940-06-04 Lieutenant-General
1941-10-12 Colonel-General

Service

1922-11-XX 1924-05-XX Chief of Staff, 5th Red Banner Army
1924-05-XX 1925-06-XX Deputy Chief of Executive & Staffing Section
1925-06-XX 1926-08-XX Deputy Head of Executive & Staffing Directorate
1926-08-XX 1929-10-XX Deputy Head of Executive Directorate
1929-10-XX 1931-02-XX Chief of Staff, III Rifle Corps
1930-12-XX 1931-02-XX Deputy Head of 2nd Directorate, General Staff
1931-12-XX 1933-01-XX Deputy Head of 2nd Directorate, General Staff
1933-01-XX 1934-06-26 Deputy Head of Directorate of the Affairs of People's Commissariat of Military & Navy, People's Commissariat of Military & Navy
1934-06-25 1935-02-XX Deputy Head of Directorate of the Affairs of People's Commissariat of Defence, People's Commissariat of Defence
1935-02-XX 1936-03-XX Head of Directorate of the Affairs of People's Commissariat of Defence, People's Commissariat of Defence
1936-03-XX 1937-11-XX Deputy Head of Directorate of the Affairs of People's Commissariat of Defence, People's Commissariat of Defence
1937-11-XX 1938-05-XX Chief of Staff, Kharkov Military District
1938-05-XX 1938-11-XX Chief of Staff, Kiev Military District
1938-10-29 1941-01-14 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1939-12-XX 1940-01-07 Chief of Staff, 7th Army
1940-01-07 1940-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Northwestern Front [Finland]
1941-01-14 1943-06-18 Chief of Staff, Far Eastern Front
1943-09-XX 1953-05-XX Chief of Central Administrative Board of the Armed Forces
1946-03-23 1953-05-XX Head of Main Organisation & Mobilisation Directorate, General Staff
1953-05-XX Retired
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