The Generals of WWII

Generals from Soviet Union Flag for Soviet Union
Portrait of Colonel-General Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov

Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich

Colonel-General

* 26th of February 1896

† 31st of August 1948

(Андрей Александрович Жданов)

Promotions

1943-02-12 Lieutenant-General
1944-06-18 Colonel-General

Service

1934-12-12 1945-01-17 Secretary of Leningrad Regional Party Committee
1935-05-XX 1938-XX-XX Member of the Military Council, Leningrad Military District
1938-03-XX 1938-XX-XX Member of the Military Council, People's Commissariat of the Navy
1938-XX-XX 1940-06-24 Member of the Military Council, Main Military Soviet
1938-11-21 1939-03-29 Chief of Political & Agitation Section, Central Committee of the Communist Party
1939-03-29 1940-09-06 Head of Political & Agitation Directorate, Central Committee of the Communist Party
1939-12-09 1940-01-07 Member of the Military Council, 7th Army [Finland]
1940-01-07 1940-03-12 Member of the Military Council, Northwestern Front
1940-07-24 1941-06-23 Member of the Supreme Military Council of the Red Army
1940-08-31 1941-05-30 Member of the Defence Committee, Council of People's Commissars
1941-05-04 Deputy First Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee
1941-06-29 1941-08-23 Member of the Military Council, Northern Front
1941-07-10 1941-08-30 Member of the Military Council, Northwestern Theatre
1941-09-05 1945-07-24 Member of the Military Council, Leningrad Front
1945-12-29 1948-08-31 Member of the Standing Commission on Foreign Affairs, Political Bureau, Central Committee of the Communist Party
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin