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Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935, on introduction of individual military rank designation to commanding personnel of the Workers' and Peasants' Red
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was suppressed. However, an alternative rank structure was introduced by disposal of the
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935.
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Disposal of the
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from May 7, 1940, on introduction of military ranks to higher commanding staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, from May 7, 1940.
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835:(1890—1941), converted to Lieutenant General, was killed at the front, posthumously convicted of treason, family repressed, rehabilitated in 1953
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in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command a field army sized formation (XXXX).
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grew as well. With the reintroduction of general's rank in 1940, twelve of them were converted to
Lieutenant general (OF-7), seven to
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725:(1890–1950)) — promoted to Komandarm 1st rank, Marshal of the Soviet Union, executed 24.08.1950
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On occasion of the introduction of the particular rank 10 military leader were promoted to
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Until 1940 it was the third highest military rank of the Red Army. It was equivalent to
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These ranks were abolished by the introduction of general ranks by disposal of the
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823:(1896—1979), converted to lieutenant general, later promoted to colonel general
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Grigorevich Petrovsky was promoted to Lieutenant general in 1941.
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857:(1884—1940), converted to Colonel general; died of natural causes 1940
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in May 1940. For example, military staff with the individual rank
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814:(1897—1968), converted to general of the army, later promoted to
805:(1897—1973), converted to lieutenant general, later promoted to
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757:(1890—1943), converted to General of the Army; killed in action
787:(1897—1942), converted to lieutenant general, killed in action
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In 1935, a total number of ten military people graduated to
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744:(1893—1941), converted to Colonel general, executed 1941
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886:Ranks and rank insignia of the Red Army 1935–1940
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320:of the political staff in all military branches,
719:(1893—1938) — executed 1938, rehabilitated 1956
634:(1873–1938) — executed 1938, rehabilitated 1957
628:(1897–1938) — executed 1938, rehabilitated 1956
615:Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
291:Commander of the Army / Army commander 2nd rank
829:(1892—1978), converted to general of the army
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258:commanding officer of the army 2nd class
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336:Komissar of state security 2nd rank
236:Komandarm 2nd rank, collar insignia
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459:Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
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266:командующий армией 2-го ранга
125:командующий армией 2-го ранга
816:Marshal of the Soviet Union
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452:Marshal of the Soviet Union
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698:Innokenty Khalepsky
658:Mikhail Lewandowski
604:General of the Army
602:(OF-8), and two to
514:(OF-7), and six to
508:General of the Army
490:General of the Army
488:(OF-8), and two to
348:General of the Army
302:Soviet Armed Forces
779:Vladimir Kurdyumov
692:Alexander Sedyakin
676:Komandarm 1st rank
611:Komandarm 2nd rank
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512:Lieutenant general
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96:August 2021
803:Ivan Konev
668:Ivan Fedko
435:Army group
421:Field army
66:newspapers
444:Komandarm
426:Komandarm
271:romanized
243:Komandarm
201:Komandarm
188:Abolished
180:Formation
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880:See also
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428:2nd rank
391:Division
333:, or to
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203:1st rank
166:Red Army
572:Chevron
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382:Kombrig
376:Brigade
358:History
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250:Russian
144:Country
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