• Promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union, May 7, 1940

• Chief of the General Staff, May 5, 1928 - June 11, 1931

 

• Chief of the General Staff, May 11, 1937 - August 15, 1940

 

• Chief of the General Staff, July 30, 1941 - May 1942

 

• Member of the High Command, August 8, 1941 - March 26, 1945

 

• Commandant of the Military Academy of the General Staff (Voroshilov Military Academy) from May, 1943 - March 26, 1945

 

• Became ill in 1942

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• Born September 20, 1882. Died March 26, 1945

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M-1943 Parade Uniform 
for Marshal of the Soviet Union
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov

February, 16, 1942

Close-up of tunic showing award holes and hanging medal loops

Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov. Early portrait showing screw on awards

Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov. Same photo shoot showing Photoshopped hanging medals

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