Komkor


Komkor is the abbreviation for Corps Commander, and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation for officers appointed to command a corps sized formation.
Until 1940 it was the fourth highest military rank of the Red Army, and might have been rated OF-8 in NATO. It was equivalent to Corps commissar of the political staff in all military branches, Flag Officer 1st rank in the Soviet navy, or to Commissar of state security 3rd rank. With the reintroduction of regular general ranks in 1940, the designation Komkor was abolished, and replaced by Colonel general.

History

This particular rank was introduced by disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935.
The new rank structure was as follows:
A total number of 146 military personnel were promoted to Komkor. However, 59 were purged during the Great Purge. As a result of the reintroduction of the regular military rank system in 1940, one Komkor was promoted to General of the Army, 51 to Lieutenant general, and six to Major general. Finally, Komkor Leonid Grigorevich Petrovsky was promoted to Lieutenant general in 1941.

Rank insignia

Assignments and Promotions

1935

The following officers were assigned the rank of Komkor by Order No. 2395 of the People's Commissar of Defence dated November 11, 1935, pertaining to the “personnel of the Army”:
By Order № 2398" of the Minister of Defence from November 21, 1935, to the “personnel of the Army”:
By Order № 2412" of the Minister of Defence from November 23, 1935, to the “personnel of the Army”:
By Order № 2484" of the Minister of Defence from November 26, 1935, to the “personnel of the Army”:
On 8 January 1938, the following officers were promoted:
On 4 February, two officers received the rank:
On 19 February, the following officer was promoted:
On 20 February, the following officer was promoted:
On 22 February, the following officers were promoted:
On 4 April, the following officer was promoted:
On 13 April, the following officer was promoted:
On 14 June, the following officer was promoted:
On 15 July, the following officer was promoted:
The following officer was promoted to the rank on 5 February:
On 9 February, fourteen officers were promoted to Komkor:
Two coastal troops officers received the rank on 9 April:
On 31 July, the following officer was promoted to Komkor:
On 13 August, two officers were promoted to the rank:
Fourteen officers received the rank on 4 November:
On 23 December, the following officer was promoted to Komkor:
On 31 December, two more officers received the rank: