The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Daniil Ivanovich Esipenko

Esipenko, Daniil Ivanovich

Major-General

* 18th of December 1901

† 29th of February 1984

(NKVD)

(Даниил Иванович Есипенко)

Promotions

1939-09-08 Captain of State Security
1943-02-11 Lieutenant-Colonel of State Security
1943-04-16 Colonel of State Security
1944-10-09 Commissar of State Security
1945-07-09 Major-General

Service

1939-08-05 1939-09-04 Deputy Chief Investigator, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1939-10-07 1942-01-XX Special Envoy to Iran
1942-01-XX 1943-05-XX Chief of ? Branch, 1st Section, 2nd Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1943-05-20 1943-07-31 Deputy Chief of 1st Section, Main Counter-Intelligence Directorate SMERSH
1943-07-31 1946-03-XX Deputy People's Commissar of State Security, Ukraine SSR
1946-03-XX 1953-03-16 Deputy Minister of State Security, Ukraine SSR
1952-05-28 1953-03-16 Chief Investigator, Minister of State Security, Ukraine SSR
1953-04-15 1953-06-11 Head of 5th Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD, Ukraine SSR
1953-06-11 1953-09-21 Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD, Kharkov
1953-09-21 1954-01-XX At disposal of the Personnel Section, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1954-02-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of the Sinclair Collection