Ivan Maslennikov

Ivan Maslennikov
Maslennikov in 1945
Birth name	Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov
Born	(1900-09-16)16 September 1900 Chalykla, Ozinsky District, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	16 April 1954(1954-04-16) (aged 53) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1918–1954
Rank	General of the Army
Commands	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 Manchuria Offensive
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.