Army Commissar of 1st rank

Appointment to Army Comissar 1st 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:

• Yan Gamarnik (1894–1937), committed suicide to avoid arrest

• Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939), as to CPC disposal December 20, 1937; arrested June 1938 and later executed

• Lev Mekhlis (1889–1953), as to CPC disposal February 8, 1939
• Efim Shchadenko (1885–1951)

Alexander Zaporozhets (1899–1959)