The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Andrei Iakovlevich Vedenin

Vedenin, Andrei Iakovlevich

Lieutenant-General

* 27th of December 1900

† 13th of June 1984

(Андрей Яковлевич Веденин)

Promotions

1943-09-01 Major-General
1953-07-31 Lieutenant-General

Service

1941-07-XX 1942-01-XX Commanding Officer 999th Rifle Regiment
1942-01-18 1942-09-13 Commanding Officer 118th Rifle Division
1942-11-02 1943-04-10 Commanding Officer 118th Rifle Division
1943-04-10 1943-08-01 Commanding Officer 85th Guards Rifle Division
1943-08-03 1944-05-27 Commanding Officer LXXI Rifle Corps
1944-05-21 1946-01-30 Commanding Officer III Mountain Rifle Corps
1946-02-XX 1947-05-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1947-05-XX 1949-04-11 Commanding Officer 57th Guards Rifle Division
1949-04-11 1951-11-01 Commanding Officer XXVIII Guards Rifle Corps
1951-12-XX 1953-09-XX Commanding Officer XXVII Guards Rifle Corps
1953-09-26 1967-07-11 Commandant of Moscow Kremlin
1953-09-26 1954-03-17 Head of 10th Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1954-03-17 1959-07-16 Head of 10th Directorate, Committee of State Security KGB
1959-07-16 1967-07-11 Deputy Head of 9th Directorate, Committee of State Security KGB
1967-08-03 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin