Before the Great Patriotic War, five people won the rank of Soviet general. By the end of the war in 45, another 2/kloc-0 people won this honor, but Petrov and popov were demoted. At the end of the war, the general was basically the deputy commander of various armies. After the war, the deputy minister of national defense, the commander of the Soviet Union's cluster in Germany, the director of the General Political Department, the minister of cadres, the chief of staff, the KGB chairman and the first vice-chairman were the natural owners of this rank. Among them, 3 1 person was promoted to Soviet marshal, and 1 person was promoted to artillery commander. The youngest person who won this rank was Cerna Jovsky, who was under 38 years old. The oldest was the KGB Vice Chairman Zinev, who was 7 1 year old. The shortest Colpacci died within 12 days of winning the title of general. Aleksandr Vasilevsky was promoted to marshal of the Soviet Union less than 1 month after obtaining this rank.