The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General of Tank Troops Aleksandr Nikolaevich Firsovich

Firsovich, Aleksandr Nikolaevich

Major-General of Tank Troops

* 19th of June 1900

† 14th of July 1960

(Александр Николаевич Фирсович)

Promotions

1936-02-17 Colonel
1944-01-17 Major-General of Tank Troops

Service

1936-02-09 1936-11-11 Chief of Training Section, Kazan Advanced Training Courses for Senior & Middle Technical Personnel of Motor-Mechanised Troops
1936-11-11 1938-04-29 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1938-04-29 Dismissed
1940-04-28 Reinstated in the Army
1940-04-28 1942-07-XX Instructor at Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1942-07-XX 1943-06-XX Senior Instructor at Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation 00.06.43-17.10.43: Acting Head of Tactics Department, Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1943-10-17 1943-12-23 Commanding Officer XVIII Tank Corps
1943-12-23 1944-01-11 Assistant Commanding Officer XVIII Tank Corps
1944-01-11 1945-06-XX Commanding Officer VIII Mechanised Corps
1945-06-XX 1946-02-XX Commanding Officer 8th Mechanised Division
1946-02-XX 1949-03-XX Head of Tactics Department, Military Academy of the Tank & Mechanised Forces
1949-03-XX 1950-11-XX Head of Academic Training Course for Staff Officer, Military Academy of the Tank & Mechanised Forces
1950-11-XX Retired
Picture source: http://mechcorps.rkka.ru