Comcor
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| Rank insignia | Armed Forces of the Soviet Union |
| Introduction | 1935 to the Soviet Army |
| Rank group | Commanding officers |
| Army / Air Force | Komkor |
| Navy | Flag Officer 1st rank |
| NATO equivalent |
OF-8 |
Komkor is the abbreviation for Corps Commander (Russian: Комкор / Командир корпуса; literal: Commander of the corps / 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 (Three-star rank). It was equivalent to Corps commissar (ru: Корпусной комиссар) of the political staff in all military branches, Flag Officer 1st rank (ru: Флагман 1 ранга) in the Soviet navy, or to Commissar of state security 3rd rank (ru: Комиссар государственной безопасности 3-ого ранга). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks in 1940, the designation Komkor was abolished, and replaced by Colonel general (OF-8).
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 (Georgy Zhukov), 51 to Lieutenant general (OF-7), and six to Major general (OF-6). Finally, Komkor Leonid Grigorevich Petrovsky was promoted to Lieutenant general in 1941.
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”:
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