German Kapitonowitsch Malandin

German Kapitonowitsch Malandin ( Russian Герман Капитонович Маландин ; born December 3 ^{. Jul} / 15. December  1894 ^greg. In Nolinsk , Kirov Oblast , Russian Empire ; † 27. October 1961 in Moscow ) was a Soviet army general , who most recently between 1958 and his Death 1961 was the commander of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR .

Life

German Kapitonowitsch Malandin completed an officer training and then found various uses as an officer and staff officer in the Red Workers 'and Peasants' Army . After being in command of the 95th Rifle Regiment between January 1929 and January 1931, he became Chief of Staff of the Coastal Rifle Corps in January 1931. On November 28, 1935 he was promoted to Brigade Commander and appointed Chief of Staff of the Special Red Banner Far East Army. Afterwards he was chief instructor at the Academy of the General Staff of the Red Workers 'and Peasants' Army between 1938 and 1939 and, after his promotion to division commander on November 4, 1939, first head of the operations department of the special military district of Kiev and then deputy head of the staff of the Ukrainian Front, marriage between 1939 and 1941 he was again head of the operations department of the special military district of Kiev.

After the restoration of the general ranks, Malandin became lieutenant general on June 4, 1940 and served as chief of the operations department of the general staff between February 13 and June 22, 1941. Subsequently, during the Second World War in 1941, he was first deputy chief of staff of the military district of Kiev, chief of the operations department of the Western Front and then deputy chief of staff of the Western Front, before he succeeded Major General Vladimir Yefimovich Klimovskich from the 1st until his replacement Lieutenant General Wassili Danilowitsch Sokolowski was Chief of Staff of the Western Front on July 21, 1941. After that he was first deputy head and then head of a subdivision of the military academy of the General Staff of the RABA " Kliment Yefremowitsch Voroshilov ". He then served as Chief of Staff of the 13th Army from December 20, 1943 to July 9, 1945 .

After the end of the Second World War, German Kapitonowitsch Malandin was promoted to Colonel General on August 31, 1945 and was initially Chief of Staff of the Central Group of the Armed Forces between 1945 and 1946 and Chief of the Main Staff of the Land Forces from March 21, 1946 to November 12, 1948 USSR . On November 12, 1948 he was promoted to army general , whereupon he served between November 12, 1948 and June 19, 1952 as the first deputy chief of the general staff of the Soviet Army . He was then from March 13, 1952 to July 1956 Chief of the Main Staff of the Land Forces and in personal union between June 19, 1952 and September 1953, First Deputy Supreme Commander and Chief of Staff of the Carpathian Military District. He was also from 1953 to 1955 Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army and in 1956 became Deputy Commander of the Higher Military Academy "Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov".

Most recently, Army General Malandin replaced Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Christoforowitsch Bagramjan as commander of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR on June 28, 1958 . He held this post until his death on October 27, 1961, after which Army General Vladimir Vasilyevich Kurasov succeeded him. For his services he was awarded several times and received, among other things three times the Order of Lenin , three times the Red Banner , twice the Order of Suvorov , the Order of Kutuzov , the Order of Red Star , the "XX Anniversary Medal annual Red Workers 'and Peasants' Army " , The medal" For the defense of Moscow " , the medal" Victory over Germany " , the medal" For the capture of Berlin " , the medal" For the liberation of Prague " , the medal" 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Fleet " and the medal" 40 years of the armed forces of the USSR ” . He was also awarded the Virtuti Militari , the Order of the White Lion and the Czechoslovak War Cross in 1939 .

Web link

• German Kapitonowitsch Malandin in generals.dk
• Маландин Герман Капитонович , encyclopedia.mil.ru (Russian)