Mikhail Kovalyov; On 4 February, two officers received the rank: Mager, Maksim Petrovich, arrested 1938, released 1940, re-arrested and executed 1941; Goryachev, Yelisey Ivanovich, committed suicide by shooting himself 1938; On 19 February, the following officer was promoted: Shtern, Grigory Mikhaylovich, promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank, than to Colonel general, arrested 1941, executed; On 20 February, the following officer was promoted: Astakhov, Fyodor Alekseevich, converted to Lieutenant general of the aviation, Marshal of the aviation 1944; On 22 February, the following officers were promoted: Stepan Kalinin; Vladimir Kachalov, promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank, converted to Lieutenant General, held higher command positions during World War II, army commander, killed in World War II; Ivan Konev; Kirill Meretskov; Yevgeny Ptukhin, converted to Lieutenant general, during Operation Barbarossa chief of the Southwestern Front Air Force, arrested 27 June 1941, executed 1942 Andrei Sazontov, executed 1938 Maxim Stepanov, arrested 1938, died in prison Ivan Tyulenev, promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank, converted to Army general Raphael Khmelnitsky, converted to Lieutenant general Mikhail Khozin, promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank, converted to Lieutenant general Pyotr Shelukhin, converted to Major general On 4 April, the following officer was promoted: Vsevolod Yakovlev, promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank, converted to Lieutenant general On 13 April, the following officer was promoted: Georgy Bondar, executed 1939 On 14 June, the following officer was promoted: Pyotr Filatov, converted to Lieutenant general, killed in World War II On 15 July, the following officer was promoted: Filipp Yershakov, converted to Lieutenant general, captured and died in captivity in World War II 1939 The following officer was promoted to the rank on 5 February: Nikolai Veryovkin-Rakhalsy, converted to Lieutenant general; On 9 February, fourteen officers were promoted to Komkor: Ivan Boldin, promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank, converted to Lieutenant general, during World War II held higher command positions, army commander, promoted to Colonel General in 1944; Ivan Zakharkin, promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank, converted to Lieutenant General, during World War II held higher command positions, army commander, promoted to Colonel General in 1943; Vasily Chuikov, converted to Lieutenant General during the great patriotic war at the highest command positions, Commander of the armies, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955); Matvei Zakharov, converted to major general, during the great patriotic war at the highest staff positions, the Chief of staff of a number of fronts, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1959); Timofey Kruglyakov, converted to major general;