Help needed with Soviet Army/NKVD Ranks

[Tirdad]

hi every one...

i am translating Biographies of Soviet Army Generals of ww2 Era to Farsi.

my main Source is Generals.dk

and i have some questions about some ranks ...

i want to know equivalent of these ranks in Soviet Regular Army Ranking System.

i want to explain that this rank in NKVD is equalled to Brigadier General in Red Army.

here are some of them:

1- Colonel-General ABAKUMOV, Victor Semenovich (1908-1954)

http://www.generals.dk/general/Abakumov ... Union.html

what are Promotions ???

is Colonel-General equivallent to Lt.Gen. ??? or higher ???

2- Kombrig ABRAMOVICH, Sergei Ivanovich (1893-1938 )

http://www.generals.dk/general/Abramovi ... Union.html

what rank is this ??? a Political rank/Position ???

what a diffrence between this and "Brigade-Commissar ???

3- Brigade-Intendant ABRAMSON, Lev Markovich (1896-1945)

http://www.generals.dk/general/Abramson ... Union.html

what is his rank ???

4- Senior Major of State Security ABUGOV, Osher Osipovich (1899-1938 )

http://www.generals.dk/general/Abugov/O ... Union.html

what is his rank ???

5- Komandarm 2nd Rank AMELIN, Mikhail Petrovich ( - )

http://www.generals.dk/general/Amelin/M ... Union.html

what is his rank ???

6- Komkor ALAFUSO, Mikhail Ivanovich (1891-1937)

http://www.generals.dk/general/Alafuso/ ... Union.html

what is his rank ???

7- any site/Forum in Russia covers this suject ??? (biografhies of ww2 Generals)

8- any site/forum covers medal resepients ?

9- where can i find more detailed info like place of birth, religioun or when they entered Army ???

10- what difrence between Guard Branch Divisions and Regular Branch Divisions ??? are they like Waffen-SS/SS divisions and Heer divisins ???

thanks in advance.

[Art]

That would answer many questions, I guess:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranks_and ... %80%931940
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranks_and ... %80%931943
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_unit

3- Brigade-Intendant ABRAMSON, Lev Markovich (1896-1945)

Brigadier (or brigade general) of intendance.

9- where can i find more detailed info like place of birth, religioun or when they entered Army ???

In Russian:
http://nkvd.memo.ru/index.php/%D0%9D%D0 ... 1%86%D0%B0
For example, a page of L.M. Abramson:
http://nkvd.memo.ru/index.php/%D0%90%D0 ... 0%B8%D1%87
Lev Markovich Abramson. Nationality - Jewish. Born 1896 in Sventsyany, Wilno governorate. Died in 8 October 1945 in custody (NKVD Ust'vymlag camp)
Assistant chief of GULAG NKVD before arrest
Member of the VKP(b) (communist party) from 1928
On service in VChK-OGPU-NKVD from 1921
On 9 April 1940 sentenced to death by the military tribunal of the Moscow district NKVD troops. On 18 August 1940 the sentence changed to 20 years in prison. The sentence revoked on 6 August 1955.
On 27 July 1936 appointed chief of Kaluga labor camp
On 17 October 1936 given the rank of brigade-intendant

[Tirdad]

That would answer many questions, I guess:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranks_and ... %80%931940
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranks_and ... %80%931943
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_unit

3- Brigade-Intendant ABRAMSON, Lev Markovich (1896-1945)

Brigadier (or brigade general) of intendance.

9- where can i find more detailed info like place of birth, religioun or when they entered Army ???

In Russian:
http://nkvd.memo.ru/index.php/%D0%9D%D0 ... 1%86%D0%B0
For example, a page of L.M. Abramson:
http://nkvd.memo.ru/index.php/%D0%90%D0 ... 0%B8%D1%87
Lev Markovich Abramson. Nationality - Jewish. Born 1896 in Sventsyany, Wilno governorate. Died in 8 October 1945 in custody (NKVD Ust'vymlag camp)
Assistant chief of GULAG NKVD before arrest
Member of the VKP(b) (communist party) from 1928
On service in VChK-OGPU-NKVD from 1921
On 9 April 1940 sentenced to death by the military tribunal of the Moscow district NKVD troops. On 18 August 1940 the sentence changed to 20 years in prison. The sentence revoked on 6 August 1955.
On 27 July 1936 appointed chief of Kaluga labor camp
On 17 October 1936 given the rank of brigade-intendant

Privet Art,
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(Sorry for possible Errors, i started to learn russian language recently...)

and by any chance, is there an english lang source ???