The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Zakharov, Matvei Vasilevich
Marshal of Soviet Union
* 17th of August 1898
† 31st of January 1972
(Матвей Васильевич Захаров)
Promotions
| 1937-07-16 | Kombrig |
| 1938-02-22 | Komdiv |
| 1939-02-09 | Komkor |
| 1940-06-04 | Major-General |
| 1942-05-30 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-10-20 | Colonel-General |
| 1945-05-29 | Army General |
| 1959-05-08 | Marshal of Soviet Union |
Service
| 1936-01-XX | – | 1937-07-XX | Commanding Officer 22nd Rifle Regiment |
| 1937-07-XX | – | 1938-05-XX | Chief of Staff, Leningrad Military District |
| 1938-05-XX | – | 1940-07-XX | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| 1940-07-11 | – | 1941-06-22 | Chief of Staff, Odessa Military District |
| 1941-06-22 | – | 1941-06-28 | Chief of Staff, 9th Army |
| 1941-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, 18th Army | ||
| 1941-07-10 | – | 1941-08-03 | Chief of Staff, Northwestern Theatre |
| 1941-08-16 | – | 1942-01-01 | Deputy Head of Main Rear Service Directorate |
| 1942-01-01 | – | 1943-04-09 | Chief of Staff, Kalinin Front |
| 1943-04-10 | – | 1943-04-15 | Chief of Staff, Reserve Front |
| 1943-04-15 | – | 1943-07-09 | Chief of Staff, Steppe Military District |
| 1943-07-09 | – | 1943-10-20 | Chief of Staff, Steppe Front |
| 1943-10-20 | – | 1945-06-10 | Chief of Staff, 2nd Ukrainian Front |
| 1945-07-12 | – | 1945-10-01 | Chief of Staff, Transbaikal Front |
| 1945-10-08 | – | 1949-04-19 | Commandant of the Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1949-01-XX | – | 1952-06-XX | Deputy Chief of General Staff for Intelligence |
| 1949-01-19 | – | 1952-07-04 | Head of Main Intelligence Directorate GRU, General Staff |
| 1952-07-04 | – | 1953-03-15 | Deputy Minister of War |
| 1952-07-04 | – | 1953-03-15 | Chief Inspector, Ministry of War |
| 1953-03-15 | – | 1953-04-21 | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1953-03-15 | – | 1953-04-21 | Chief Inspector, Ministry of Defence |
| 1953-04-21 | – | 1957-11-16 | Commander in Chief Leningrad Military District |
| 1957-11-12 | – | 1960-04-17 | Commander in Chief Soviet Group of Forces in Germany |
| 1960-04-19 | – | 1963-03-07 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1960-04-19 | – | 1963-03-07 | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1963-03-07 | – | 1964-11-23 | Commandant of the Military Academy of the General Staff |
| 1964-11-23 | – | 1971-09-XX | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1964-11-23 | – | 1971-09-XX | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| 1971-09-XX | – | 1972-01-31 | Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence |
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