Ivan Maslennikov
| Ivan Maslennikov | |
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| Birth name | Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov |
| Born |
16 September 1900 Chalykla, Ozinsky District, Saratov Oblast |
| Died | 16 April 1954 (aged 53) Moscow |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union
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| Years of service | 1918–1954 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
| Commands held |
29th Army 39th Army North Caucasus Front 8th Guards Army 42nd Army 3rd Baltic Front Baku Military District Transcaucasian Military District |
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Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov (Russian: Иван Иванович Масленников; September 16, 1900 – April 16, 1954), General of the Army, was a Soviet military and NKVD commander of Army and Front level during World War II. A career Red Army officer, Maslennikov was transferred to NKVD system in 1928, and remained there until the German invasion of 1941, progressing from a counter-guerrilla squadron commander to the chief of NKVD troops. After a mixed career in field troops of World War II and three post-war years, Maslennikov returned to NKVD in 1948 and stayed there, despite political changes, until his suicide in 1954.
Ivan Maslennikov, born on a remote railroad station in present-day Saratov Oblast, joined the pro-bolshevik Red Guards in 1917, fighting near Astrakhan. He served in the Red Army in southern theaters throughout the Civil War, progressing to commander of cavalry brigade in 1921. During the post-war demobilisation of the army, he accepted the lower role of squadron commander, and in 1928 was transferred from the regular army to NKVD Border Troops on the Central Asian frontier - initially commanding a squadron, later regiment. Maslennikov's units were instrumental in crushing the remaining basmachi warlords - Utan Beck (October 1928 - 1929), Ibrahim Beck (1931), Ahmet Beck (1933).
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