The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Aleksandr Avgustovich Guziavius

Guziavius, Aleksandr Avgustovich

Major-General

* 25th of May 1908

† 18th of April 1969

(NKVD)

(Александр Августович Гузявичюс)

(Александр Августович Гудайтис-Гузявичус)

(Aleksandr Avgustovich Gudaitis-Guzuavichus)

Promotions

1941-01-02 Senior Major of State Security
1943-02-14 Commissar of State Security
1945-07-09 Major-General

Service

1940-06-XX 1940-07-XX Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs Lithuania
1940-06-XX 1940-07-XX Head of Vilnius District
1940-09-11 1941-07-31 People's Commissar of Internal Affairs NKVD, Lithuania SSR
1941-09-XX 1942-02-XX Attached to 2nd Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1942-01-18 1942-06-01 Chief of 5th Branch, 2nd Section, 4th Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1942-06-01 1943-05-14 Chief of 3rd Branch, 1st Section, 4th Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1943-05-14 1943-11-30 Chief of 3rd Branch, 1st Section, 4th Directorate, People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB
1943-11-30 1944-07-12 Commanding Officer NKGB Operational Group Lithuania
1944-07-12 1945-08-04 Head of People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB, Lithuania SSR
1945-06-XX Severely wounded by a Lithuanian insurgent action
1945-09-XX Retired due to illness
1945-09-XX 1947-03-XX Chairman of the Committee of Cultural & Educational Establishment’s Affairs
1953-06-XX 1955-07-XX Minister of Culture, Lithuanian SSR
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin