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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Dmitrii Trofimovich Vilkhovchenko

Vilkhovchenko, Dmitrii Trofimovich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 24th of February 1902

† 5th of June 1958

(Дмитрий Трофимович Вильховченко)

Promotions

1937-12-15 Battalion-Commissar
1941-02-24 Senior Battalion-Commissar
1941-07-31 Regiment-Commissar
1943-01-20 Colonel
1944-05-29 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1937-06-XX –1939-04-XX Military Commissar, 10th Horse Artillery Regiment
1939-04-XX –1939-09-XX Military Commissar, 37th Tank Regiment
1939-09-XX –1940-12-XX Attending the Political Officers' Advanced Training Course
1940-12-09 –1941-05-25 Deputy Commanding Officer for Political Affairs, 50th Tank Brigade
1941-05-25 –1941-08-31 Deputy Commanding Officer for Political Affairs, 57th Tank Division
1941-08-31 –1941-12-XX Military Commissar, 128th Tank Brigade
1941-12-XX –1942-02-XX Hospitalised
1942-02-03 –1943-02-15 Military Commissar, Main Tank Directorate
1943-02-15 –1946-07-07 Deputy Commandant for Political Affairs, Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1943-02-15 –1946-07-07 Member of the Military Council, Military Academy of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1946-07-07 –1948-03-29 Deputy Chief of Staff for Political Affairs, Northern Group of Forces
1948-03-29 –1948-06-22 At disposal of the Main Political Directorate
1948-06-22 –1950-03-09 Deputy Commanding Officer for Political Affairs, Tank & Mechanised Forces, Transcaucasian Military District
1950-03-09 –1951-04-XX Attending the Military Political Academy
1951-03-21 –1954-04-10 Deputy Commanding Officer for Political Affairs, Tank & Mechanised Forces, Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
1954-04-10 –1956-07-28 Assistant Commandant for Political Affairs, Military Academy of the General Staff
1956-07-28 –1956-08-23 At disposal of the Main Political Directorate
1956-08-23 Retired
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