The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ivan Fedorovich Nikishov

Nikishov, Ivan Fedorovich

Lieutenant-General

* 1894

† 5th of August 1958

(NKVD)

(Иван Федорович Никишов)

Promotions

1935-12-23 Kombrig
1939-02-19 Commissar of State Security 3rd Rank
1945-07-09 Lieutenant-General

Service

1934-07-10 1937-03-XX Head of Directorate of Internal Protection, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1937-03-XX 1938-02-13 Commanding Officer NKVD Border & Internal Protection Troops Azerbaijan SSR
1938-02-13 1938-11-29 Commanding Officer NKVD Border Internal Protection Troops Leningrad District
1938-11-29 1939-10-11 Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD Khabarovsk District
1939-10-11 1946-03-XX Head of Main Directorate of Construction in the Far North, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1946-03-XX 1948-12-XX Head of Main Directorate of Construction in the Far North, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1948-12-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin