The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Vasilii Stepanovich Proshin

Proshin, Vasilii Stepanovich

Major-General

* 19th of January 1902

† 8th of August 1955

(NKVD)

(Василий Степанович Прошин)

Promotions

1939-03-27 Captain of State Security
1943-02-11 Lieutenant-Colonel of State Security
1943-05-12 Colonel of State Security
1943-11-16 Commissar of State Security
1945-07-09 Major-General

Service

1939-03-16 1939-07-25 Chief of 3rd Branch, State Security Section, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Stalingrad
1939-07-25 1940-04-XX Chief of 2nd Branch, State Security Section, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Stalingrad
1940-04-XX 1941-03-XX Deputy Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Stalingrad
1941-03-18 1941-08-07 Deputy Head of People's Commissariat of State Security NKGB, Stalingrad
1941-08-07 1942-07-17 Chief of Secret Political Section, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Stalingrad
1942-07-17 1943-05-07 Deputy Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Stalingrad
1943-05-07 1944-12-04 Head of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Stalingrad
1944-12-01 1946-03-XX Deputy Head of Main Bandit Control Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1946-03-XX 1947-12-16 Deputy Head of Main Bandit Control Directorate,, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1947-12-16 1950-02-04 Head of Main Bandit Control Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1950-02-04 1951-02-XX Head of Main Search Operations Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1951-02-XX 1951-09-01 At disposal of the Personnel Directorate, Ministry of State Security MGB
1951-09-01 1953-03-16 Head of Ministry of State Security MGB, Penza
1953-03-16 1954-03-31 Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD, Penza
1954-03-31 1954-04-20 Acting Head of Committee of State Security KGB, Penza
1954-06-01 Retired
Picture source: From: 'Kto rukovodil organami gosbezopasnosti 1941-1954' by N.V. Petrov, 2010