The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Sergei Iakovlevich Vershinin

Vershinin, Sergei Iakovlevich

Major-General

* 5th of June 1896

† 4th of September 1970

(NKVD)

(Сергей Яковлевич Вершинин)

Promotions

1935-12-23 Colonel
1938-08-31 Kombrig
1943-01-27 Major-General

Service

1935-03-31 1937-09-28 Head People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Kalinin
1937-09-28 1938-05-22 Head People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Ryazan
1938-09-29 1939-09-07 Head of Main Fire Protection Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1939-09-07 1940-03-XX Commandant of Taishet NKVD Prisoner of War Camp
1940-04-XX 1941-XX-XX Commandant of NKVD Norilsk Forced Labour Camp
1941-08-18 1942-06-XX Commanding Officer NKVD Destruction Battalion Karelian Front
1942-05-30 1942-10-XX Chief of Staff, Partisan Movement Headquarters, Karelian Front
1942-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Member of the Military Council, Karelian Front
1945-04-XX 1947-XX-XX Head of Repatriation Commission, Soviet Military Administration in Germany
1947-11-XX 1948-02-XX In reserve
1948-02-XX 1948-08-XX Hospitalised
1948-08-XX Retired
Picture source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/b/b4/С._Я._Вершинин.jpg