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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops Mikhail Vasilevich Volkov

Volkov, Mikhail Vasilevich

Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

* 25th of March 1895

† 23rd of June 1969

(Михаил Васильевич Волков)

Promotions

1940-XX-XX Colonel
1942-05-13 Major-General
1943-11-05 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops

Service

1938-11-XX –1940-01-29 Assistant Chief of Staff, 77th Mountain Rifle Division
1940-01-29 –1940-06-19 Chief of Staff, 63rd Mountain Rifle Division
1940-06-19 –1940-09-08 Chief of 2nd Section, Transcaucasian Military District
1940-09-08 –1941-10-09 Chief of Combat Training Section, Transcaucasian Military District
1941-10-09 –1942-03-02 Commanding Officer 77th Mountain Rifle Division
1942-06-02 –1942-07-16 Deputy Commanding Officer 47th Army
1942-07-16 –1942-10-26 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1942-11-02 –1944-09-12 Commanding Officer V Mechanised Corps
1944-09-12 –1945-12-30 Commanding Officer IX Guards Mechanised Corps
1945-12-30 –1948-01-09 Commanding Officer 9th Guards Mechanised Division
1948-01-09 –1949-04-30 Assistant Commanding Officer 5th Guards Mechanised Army
1949-04-30 –1950-11-16 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1950-11-16 –1953-01-04 Deputy Head of Combat Training Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1953-01-04 –1955-06-15 Deputy Head of Combat Training Directorate, Main Combat & Physical Directorate, Ground Forces
1955-06-15 –1955-08-17 At disposal of the Personnel Directorate, Ground Forces
1955-08-17 –1957-05-29 Deputy Head for Tank Forces, Combined Arms Formations Combat Training Directorate, Main Combat & Physical Directorate, Ground Forces
1957-05-29 –1957-08-01 At disposal of the Personnel Directorate, Ground Forces
1957-08-01 –1959-08-18 Head of the Military Department, All-Union State Institute of Cinematography
1959-08-18 Retired
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