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    Kombrig (Russian: комбриг) is an abbreviation of Commanding officer of the brigade (Russian: командир бригады, romanized: komandir brigady, lit. 'brigade...
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    received the order to cross the Polish border, its 29th Tank Brigade, led by Kombrig Semyon Krivoshein, entered the town of Baranowicze. After taking the town...
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    acronym of Corps Commander, KomDiv was an acronym of Division Commander, KomBrig stood for Brigade Commander, KomBat stood for Battalion Commander, and...
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  • Brigade Commander Ivanov (Russian: Комбриг Иванов, romanized: Kombrig Ivanov) is a 1923 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Aleksandr Razumny. It was...
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    Alexei Vinogradov (category Soviet kombrigs)
    Ива́нович Виногра́дов; 12 February 1899 – 11 January 1940) was a Soviet kombrig and the commander of the 44th Rifle Division. His unit took part in the...
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    Guderian with Mauritz von Wiktorin (left) and Soviet Kombrig Semyon Krivoshein at the German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk after the invasion...
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    Belligerents  Finland  Soviet Union Commanders and leaders Aaro Pajari Kombrig Nikolai Belyaev Strength 10th Infantry Division 718th Rifle Regiment Casualties...
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    Years of service 2014–2015 (Novorossiya) Rank Senior sergeant (Ukraine) Kombrig (Novorossiya) Unit Prizrak Brigade Battles/wars Russo-Ukrainian War War...
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  • or brigadier general ceased to exist for the Russian Army in 1798. The kombrig rank that corresponded to one-star general only existed in the Soviet Union...
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  • Alexey Skulachenko (category Soviet kombrigs)
    Алексей Ерофеевич Скулаченко; 13 June 1895 – 6 October 1937) was a Red Army kombrig executed during the Great Purge. Skulachenko served with armored car units...
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    1935. The new rank structure was as follows: Command level Brigade X: Kombrig (Brigadier) Command level Division XX: Komdiv (Division commander) Command...
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    Mikhail Svechnikov (category Soviet kombrigs)
    Guards Red Army Years of service 1901–1937 Rank Colonel (Russian Army) Kombrig (Red Army) Battles/wars Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War First World...
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    Stalin era such as Komdiv (Division Commander), Komkor (Corps Commander), Kombrig (Brigade Commander), and Komandarm (Army Commander). In popular culture...
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    1937 from Kombrig Fedor Sudakov of the Frunze Military Academy to Stalin questioning Yegorov's performance; a similar letter was sent by Kombrig Yan Zhigur...
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    Комфронта Komfronta Командарм Komandarm Комкор Komkor Комдив Komdiv Комбриг Kombrig Комполка/Полковник Kompolka/Polkovnik Комбат Kombat Помкомбат Pomkombat...
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  • 278th and 279th Rifle Regiments. 35th Rifle Division assistant commander Kombrig Aleksey Meshkov was appointed division commander. The division received...
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  • Vladimir Gorev (category Soviet kombrigs)
    Allegiance Soviet Union Service/branch Red Army Years of service 1918–1938 Rank Kombrig Battles/wars Russian Civil War Chinese Civil War Spanish Civil War...
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    and Major of Militsiya/State Security was mapped to one-romb insignia of Kombrig (a brigade commander) (which was abolished for commanding officers of the...
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    Union Service/branch Soviet Air Force Years of service 1929–1939 Rank Kombrig Battles/wars Spanish Civil War Awards Hero of the Soviet Union Spouse(s)...
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    general and member of parliament. Komdiv Dmitry Kuchinsky (1936—1937) Kombrig Ivan Shlemin (1937—1940) Lieutenant General Fyodor Kuznetsov (July–August...
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    sector of Polish front Komandarm 1st rank Semyon Timoshenko Chief of Staff Kombrig Nikolai Vatutin War and campaign articles World War II Invasion of Poland...
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  • subsequent civil war. He was promoted to Polkovnik (colonel) in 1935, Kombrig (brigade commander) in 1937, Komdiv (division commander) in 1938 and Komkor...
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    Soviet military mission to Italy for the second time, and was promoted to Kombrig on 11 November. In 1937, he was sent under the name "Voltaire" as an advisor...
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    ranks of "General" or "Admiral" replaced the senior functional ranks of Kombrig, Komdiv, Komkor, Komandarm; the other senior functional ranks ("Division...
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    appointment Kruglov held the rank of Major of state security (equivalent of a KOMBRIG). In 1939 Kruglov also became a Candidate Member of the Central Committee...
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    Mauritz von Wiktorin Wiktorin (left), General Heinz Guderian (center) and Kombrig Semyon Krivoshein at the German-Soviet joint parade in Brest on 22 September...
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    Tank Troops. On 21 February 1944, he became Marshal of the Tank Troops. Kombrig, 26 November 1935. Komdiv, 4 November 1939. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    Russia. In Brazil, skydiver day is celebrated on 22 October. In 1929, RA kombrig Leonid Minov within the trading organization Amtorg Trading Corporation...
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    the 24th Cavalry Division and the 22nd and 25th Armoured Brigades under Kombrig (senior to colonel but junior to divisional commander), Pyotr Akhlyustin...
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  • rectangles, colonel. brigindendant (i.e., brigade intendant), one diamond, kombrig (brigade commander) divintendant (i.e., division intendant), two diamonds...
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