The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Vladimir Ekvtimovich Zarelua

Zarelua, Vladimir Ekvtimovich

Major-General

* 1st of March 1903

† July 1979

(NKVD)

(Владимир Еквтимович Зарелуа)

Promotions

1940-06-19 Captain of State Security
1942-04-13 Major of State Security
1943-02-14 Colonel of State Security
1944-11-02 Major-General

Service

1939-04-XX 1941-03-15 Chief of 3rd Section, Economic Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Georgia SSR
1941-03-14 1941-08-XX Chief of 3rd Section, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD, Georgia SSR
1941-09-21 1942-12-XX Chief of NKVD Special Section, 46th Army
1942-12-XX 1943-04-10 Chief of NKVD Special Section, Black Sea Group of Forces
1943-04-10 1944-10-XX Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section SMERSH, 18th Army
1944-10-XX 1945-08-XX Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section SMERSH, 3rd Guards Army
1945-08-XX 1946-06-XX Commanding Officer Operational Group for Cleaning Manchurian Territory, Main Counter-Intelligence Directorate SMERSH
1946-06-27 1947-06-19 Deputy Head for Exploration of Central Europe, Berlin of 1st Main Directorate, Ministry of State Security MGB
1947-06-19 1948-03-15 Deputy Representative of the Ministry of State Security MGB in Germany
1948-03-15 1951-10-22 Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section, Transcaucasian Military District
1951-10-22 1953-04-14 Deputy Chief of Counter-Intelligence Section, Baltic Military District
1953-04-14 1953-08-XX Minister of Internal Affairs, Ajar ASSR
1953-09-20 Retired
Picture source: From: 'Kto rukovodil organami gosbezopasnosti 1941-1954' by N.V. Petrov, 2010