Ivan Maslennikov

Ivan Maslennikov
Ivan Maslennikov
	Maslennikov in 1945
Birth name	Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov
Born	16 September 1900; Chalykla, Ozinsky District, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	16 April 1954 (aged 53); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
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
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Moscow; Battle of the Caucasus; Tartu Offensive; Riga Offensive; Soviet invasion of Manchuria;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

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.