The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Nikolai Kumich Zakurenkov

Zakurenkov, Nikolai Kumich

Major-General

* 30th of December 1906

† 28th of August 1980

(Николай Кузьмич Закуренков)

Promotions

1944-06-03 Major-General

Service

1942-XX-XX 1942-08-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 84th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade
1942-08-XX 1943-07-XX Commanding Officer 9th Separate Rifle Brigade
1943-07-XX 1944-01-20 Chief of Staff, XVI Rifle Corps
1944-01-20 1946-02-XX Commanding Officer 32nd Guards Rifle Division
1946-02-XX 1948-02-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1948-02-XX At disposal of Foreign Affairs Directorate, General Staff
1950-03-XX Military Adviser to Bulgaria
1950-03-XX 1952-02-XX Military Adviser to Romania
1952-02-XX 1955-04-XX Deputy Commanding Officer XXXVIII Guards Airborne Corps
1955-02-XX 1956-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer VIII Guards Airborne Corps
1956-05-XX 1956-12-XX First Deputy Commanding Officer XXXXIV Special Rifle Corps
1956-12-XX 1957-10-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Special Rifle Corps
1957-10-XX 1958-01-XX Deputy Commanding Officer XXVIII Rifle Corps
1958-01-XX 1959-01-01 Military Adviser to Czechoslovakia
1959-01-01 1959-07-XX Representative of the High Command of Warsaw Pact Forces to the Czechoslovakian Army
1959-07-XX 1960-11-01 Deputy Chief of Staff for Organisation & Mobilisation, Odessa Military District
1959-07-XX 1960-11-01 Chief of Organisation & Mobilisation Section, Odessa Military District
1960-11-01 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin