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Army Commissar of 1st rank

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Army commissar 1st rank
Army
Navy, sleeve in signia
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.

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1935

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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

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  • Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939), as to CPC disposal December 20, 1937; arrested June 1938 and later executed

1939

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1941

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Alexander Zaporozhets (1899–1959)