Nikandr Yevlampievich Chibisov was born on 17 November 1892 in the stanitsa of Romanovskaya, Don Host Oblast.
14 Facts About Nikandr Chibisov
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Nikandr Chibisov's name was listed as Chibizov in Imperial army records and his social status as petty bourgeois from Tsaritsynsky Uyezd of Saratov Governorate, but in his Red Army records the spelling of his name was changed to Chibisov and his social origin recorded as working class.
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Nikandr Chibisov graduated from the four-year Don Theological Seminary in 1912 and in June of that year passed the exam for admission to the army as a volunteer of the 2nd category.
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Nikandr Chibisov worked as manager of the agricultural storehouse in the Land Department of the stanitsa of Kletskaya.
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Nikandr Chibisov was awarded the Cross of St George three times and the rank of staff captain.
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Nikandr Chibisov joined the Red Army in May 1918, serving as a platoon commander of a border post on the Karelian Isthmus.
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Nikandr Chibisov was promoted to command a company of the 9th Rifle Regiment of the 7th Army in August 1918, and in November to commander of a battalion of the 166th Rifle Regiment.
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Nikandr Chibisov served as acting chief of staff of the 16th Rifle Division from February 1926 and in January 1927 reverted to assistant division chief of staff.
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Nikandr Chibisov served as division chief of staff from August 1930.
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In May 1938 Nikandr Chibisov was promoted to kombrig, and to komdiv in November 1939.
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Nikandr Chibisov was appointed commander of the new 38th Army, formed from the 4th Reserve Army and the operational group, on 3 August 1942.
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Nikandr Chibisov led the 3rd Shock Army in the Gorodok and Vitebsk offensives, until 5 April 1944.
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Nikandr Chibisov retired in May 1954 and died in Minsk on 20 September 1959.
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Nikandr Chibisov received the following ranks after the Red Army introduced conventional military ranks in 1935:.