Army Commissar of 1st rank
Army commissar 1st rank
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Army
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Navy, sleeve in signia
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Navy, sleeve in signia
Rank insignia 1935-1942
Army commissar 1st rank (Russian: Армейский комиссар 1-го ранга), was a political rank in the Soviet Red Army, equivalent to the military rank of Komandarm 1st rank, and comparable to NATO OF-9.
Appointment[]
1935[]
Appointment to Army Comissar 1st rank as to the disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars (CPC) from November 20, 1935:
- Yan Gamarnik (1894-1937), committed suicide to avoid arrest
1937[]
- Pyotr Smirnov (1897-1939), as to CPC disposal December 20, 1937; arrested June 1938 and later executed
1939[]
- Lev Mekhlis (1889-1953), as to CPC disposal February 8, 1939
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- Military ranks of the Soviet Union
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