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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Ivan Afinogenovich Taranov

Taranov, Ivan Afinogenovich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 11th of August 1897

† 23rd of July 1972

(Иван Афиногенович Таранов)

Promotions

1938-XX-XX Colonel
1943-07-16 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1939-08-19 –1940-01-15 Commanding Officer 66th Light Tank Brigade
1940-01-15 –1940-01-20 Commanding Officer 48th Separate Tank Regiment
1940-01-20 –1940-04-11 Commanding Officer Tank Forces, 9th Army
1940-04-11 –1940-04-26 At disposal of the Command Directorate
1940-04-26 –1940-11-23 Commanding Officer 41st Light Tank Brigade
1940-11-23 –1941-03-12 Attending Frunze Military Academy
1941-03-12 –1941-09-28 Deputy Commanding Officer 54th Tank Division
1941-09-28 –1941-10-30 Commanding Officer 25th Tank Brigade
1941-10-30 –1942-03-24 Deputy Commanding Officer II Cavalry Corps
1942-03-24 –1943-10-03 Commanding Officer 201st Tank Brigade
1943-10-03 –1943-11-16 Wounded and hospitalised
1943-11-16 –1945-03-28 Commanding Officer 201st Tank Brigade
1945-03-31 –1946-06-21 Commanding Officer 231st Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade
1946-06-21 –1946-09-28 Acting Commanding Officer 7th Mechanised Division
1946-09-28 –1947-04-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 7th Mechanised Division
1947-04-XX –1947-08-29 At disposal of the Commander in Chief Primorsk Military District
1947-08-29 –1947-09-24 At disposal of the Personnel Directorate, Ground Forces
1947-09-24 –1952-02-06 Deputy Commanding Officer 31st Mechanised Division
1952-02-06 –1952-10-31 Attending the Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1952-10-02 –1954-02-08 Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank & Mechanised Forces, III Mountain Rifle Corps
1954-02-08 –1955-02-08 Assistant Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, III Mountain Rifle Corps
1955-02-08 Retired
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