The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Vasilii Petrovich Zelinskii

Zelinskii, Vasilii Petrovich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 12th of April 1904

† 11th of August 1968

(Василий Петрович Зелинский)

Promotions

1940-03-02 Colonel
1944-02-18 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1935-04-XX 1938-09-XX Attending Frunze Military Academy
1938-09-08 1940-07-08 Chief of Staff, 19th Mechanised Brigade
1940-07-08 1941-09-28 Chief of Staff, 1st Tank Division
1941-09-28 1942-04-18 Commanding Officer 24th Tank Brigade
1942-04-18 1943-01-06 Chief of Staff, V Tank Corps
1943-01-06 1943-02-03 Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, 20th Army
1943-02-03 1943-06-07 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 20th Army
1943-06-07 1944-04-24 Deputy Commanding Officer I Tank Corps
1944-04-24 1946-06-10 Deputy Head of Combat Training Directorate, Main Formation & Combat Training Directorate, Tank & Mechanised
1946-06-10 1946-07-29 Deputy Head of Military Educational Institutions Directorate, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1946-07-29 1949-01-10 Commanding Officer 7th Mechanised Division
1949-01-10 1949-09-15 At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1949-09-15 1950-07-05 Chief of Operational Training Section, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1950-07-05 1951-06-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1951-06-19 1954-01-07 Deputy Chief of Staff, Tank & Mechanised Forces
1954-01-07 1954-02-09 At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1954-02-09 Retired
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