The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Semen Ivanovich Shemena

Shemena, Semen Ivanovich

Major-General

* 26th of February 1903

† November 1965

(NKVD)

(Семен Иванович Шемена)

Promotions

1936-11-03 Captain of State Security
1943-02-11 Lieutenant-Colonel of State Security
1943-04-15 Colonel of State Security
1945-01-11 Commissar of State Security
1945-07-09 Major-General

Service

1936-10-11 –1937-11-14 Chief of 1st Branch, Foreign Section, Main State Security Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1937-11-14 Retired
1938-02-XX Recalled
1938-02-XX –1938-03-XX Assistant Chief of 3rd Section, Volga Forced Labour Camp, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1938-05-10 –1944-12-XX Head of People's Commissariat of Internals Affairs NKVD, Sevzheldorlaga
1945-01-11 –1946-03-08 Deputy Head of Main Prisoner of War & Internees Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1945-01-11 –1946-03-08 Head of 2nd Directorate, Main Prisoner of War & Internees Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1946-03-08 –1948-01-12 Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Odessa
1948-01-12 –1951-09-24 Head of Western Mining Industry Directorate, Dalstroy, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1951-09-24 –1952-10-22 Deputy Head of Dalstroy, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1951-09-24 –1952-10-22 Head of 1st Directorate, Dalstroy, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1952-11-21 –1953-10-22 Head of Eniseistroy, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1953-10-22 –1954-09-XX Deputy Head of Construction No. 601, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1954-09-17 –1955-09-28 Head of Krasnogorsk Forced Labour Camp, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1954-09-17 –1955-09-28 Head of Construction No. 514, Glavpromstroy, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1955-09-28 Retired
Picture source: From: 'Kto rukovodil organami gosbezopasnosti 1941-1954' by N.V. Petrov, 2010