Army commissar 2nd rank was a political rank in the

Soviet Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of Peop ...

, equivalent to the military rank of

Komandarm 2nd rank 2nd rank () is the abbreviation to commanding officer of the army 2nd class (; ), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to co ...

Appointment

1935

Appointment to Army commissar 2nd rank as to the disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars (CPC) from November 20, 1935: * Mikhail Amelin (1896-1937), arrested June 1937 and later executed * Lazar Aronshtam (1896-1938), arrested May 1937 and later executed * Anton Bulin (1894-1938) arrested December 1937 and later executed * Hayk Ovsepyan (1891 - 1937) executed * Pyotr Smirnov (1897-1939) promoted to Army Commissar of 1st rank December 20, 1937, arrested June 1938

1937

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(1889-1938) as to CPC disposal June 14, 1937; arrested May 1938 and later executed *

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(1889-1953) as to CPC disposal December 20, 1937; promoted to Army Commissar of 1st rank in 1939 Military ranks of the Soviet Union *