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Albert Makashov

Colonel General Albert Mikhailovich Makashov (Альберт Михайлович Макашов) (born 12 June 1938 in Levaya Rossosh, Voronezh Oblast) is a Russian officer and a nationalist-communist politician.

Bumerang

On 21 February 2012, Colonel General Alexander Postnikov said that the Russian Army would be taking the first deliveries of the Bumerang prototype in 2013.

Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Since 2002, the current Commandant of the Combined Military Academy is Colonel General Vladimir Popov.

Hans-Georg von Friedeburg

He later signed on behalf of the Kriegsmarine, in Berlin on 8 May 1945, along with Colonel General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff for the Luftwaffe and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel for the Wehrmacht, an instrument of surrender in the presence of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Red Army and other Allied representatives.

Friedeburg was later present, on behalf of the German Navy, when the document declaring the official surrender of the German armed forces in Northern Europe, including Germany, taking effect at midnight of 8/9 May 1945, was signed on behalf of the German High Command by Colonel General Alfred Jodl at Reims, France.

Nikolai Berzarin

He received the Order of Lenin and was promoted to Colonel General for his success in breaking through German lines in the Jassy-Kishinev Offensive.

Oleg Syromolotov

Syromolotov was Colonel-General of the Army until early 2007, when he was promoted to General alongside future FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov.

Vasily Volsky

During 1943, Volsky commanded the 3rd Guards Tank Corps; in 1944, promoted to Colonel General, he was appointed the commander of 5th Guards Tank Army, replacing Pavel Rotmistrov.


see also

2nd Air Army

03/27/1943 - until the end of the war - Stepan Krasovsky, (Krasovsky was promoted to Lieutenant General Aviation with effect from 20 December 1942 and Colonel General Aviation from 4 February 1944);

2nd Guards Army

Colonel-General Hermann Hoth's panzer divisions were at a standstill and were suffering heavy casualties, even before the bulk of the 2nd Guards Army had arrived.

Afrika Korps

After the defeat at El Alamein and the Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria Operation Torch, the OKW once more upgraded its presence in Africa by creating the XC Army Corps in Tunisia on 19 November 1942, and then creating a new 5th Panzer Army headquarters there as well on 8 December, under the command of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim.

François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny

Promoted to Colonel General of the Dragoons in 1771, the following year he was appointed Governor of Cambrai.

Günther Korten

Like the other military victims Rudolf Schmundt and Heinz Brandt he was posthumously promoted, in his case to Colonel-General.

House of Eggenberg

#Freiherr Ruprecht von Eggenberg to Ehrenhausen († 1611), Field Colonel General of the Artillery

#Freiherr Wolf von Eggenberg to Ehrenhausen († 1615), Colonel General and nephew of 7th

Leselidze

Konstantin Leselidze, a Soviet Georgian Colonel General and participant of World War II

Louis, Duke of Joyeuse

As Colonel General of the light cavalry, he served as a volunteer at the siege of Gravelines in 1644, and in two other campaigns.

Margarethe von Oven

Later she worked as a secretary for Colonel General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord and Colonel-General Werner von Fritsch in the Bendlerblock headquarters of the Defense Ministry.

Robert Döpel

The main search team, headed by Colonel General Zavenyagin, arrived in Berlin on 3 May, the day after Russia announced the fall of Berlin to their military forces; it included Colonel General V. A. Makhnjov, and nuclear physicists Yulij Borisovich Khariton, Isaak Konstantinovich Kikoin, and Lev Andreevich Artsimovich.

Shelford Priory

The house was surrounded on 1 November 1645 by forces led by Colonel John Hutchinson and Colonel-General Sydnam Poyntz.

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

The current head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is Colonel-General Mykola Mykhailovych Lytvyn (brother of Volodymyr Lytvyn).

Trial of Gotovina et al

The ICTY issued indictments against three senior Croatian commanders, Colonel General Ivan Čermak, Colonel General Mladen Markač and Brigadier (later General) Ante Gotovina.

Valery Gerasimov

Other changes were the dismissal of Alexander Sukhorukov from the position of First Deputy Defence Minister and his replacement by Colonel General Arkady Bakhin, formerly commander of the Western Military District.

Vladimir Semyonov

Vladimir Magomedovich Semyonov (born 1940), Russian colonel-general; first president of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic

Wound Badge

While Field Marshal Keitel and Colonel-General Jodl for example did wear their 20 July wound badges on their tunics, other recipients preferred to wear their regular wound badges.