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Portrait of Colonel-General of Tank Troops Aleksei Vasilevich Kurkin

Kurkin, Aleksei Vasilevich

Colonel-General of Tank Troops

* 30th of March 1901

† 16th of March 1948

(Алексей Васильевич Куркин)

Promotions

1935-11-26 Colonel
1939-05-17 Kombrig
1940-06-04 Major-General of Tank Troops
1943-02-07 Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops
1944-04-24 Colonel-General of Tank Troops

Service

1932-06-XX 1934-11-XX Commanding Officer 4th Heavy Tank Regiment
1934-11-XX 1935-06-XX Attending the Military Academy of Mechanisation & Motorisation
1935-06-XX 1938-04-XX Commanding Officer 17th Mechanised Brigade
1938-04-XX 1938-08-XX Commanding Officer 5th Mechanised Brigade
1939-08-XX 1940-06-03 Commanding Officer 2nd Light Tank Brigade
1940-06-04 1940-11-23 Commanding Officer 5th Tank Division
1940-11-23 1941-01-27 Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1941-01-27 1941-08-16 Commanding Officer III Mechanised Corps
1941-08-16 1941-08-28 Behind enemy lines
1941-10-09 1941-10-22 Acting Commanding Officer 26th Army
1941-10-25 1941-12-30 Deputy Commanding Officer for Tank Forces, I Rifle Corps
1941-12-XX 1942-01-XX Commanding Officer Tank Forces, Northwestern Front
1942-01-XX 1942-05-12 Commanding Officer Tank Forces, Volkhov Front
1942-05-12 1942-10-18 Commanding Officer IX Tank Corps
1942-10-XX 1943-01-18 Commanding Officer Saratov Tank Assembly Camp
1943-01-18 1943-04-XX Deputy of Head Main Tank & Mechanised Forces Directorate
1943-04-XX 1943-10-20 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Steppe Front
1943-10-20 1945-07-XX Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, 2nd Ukrainian Front
1945-07-XX 1945-10-24 Commanding Officer Tank & Mechanised Forces, Transbaikal Front
1945-10-24 1946-06-01 At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Tank & Mechanised Forces
1946-06-01 1948-03-16 Inspector-General of Tank & Mechanised Forces
Picture source: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Куркин,_Алексей_Васильевич