Yefim Grigoryevich Trotsenko (Russian: Ефим Григорьевич Троценко; 27 March 1901 [O.S.

[1] He subsequently graduated from the Krasnodar Commanders Courses in 1922 and the Vladikavkaz Infantry School in 1925, and the Frunze Military Academy in 1931.

[1] Promoted to kombrig in 1938 and to komdiv in 1939, Trotsenko was made chief of staff to the 1st Separate Red Banner Army in the Soviet Far East in July 1939 and a major-general upon the introduction of the traditional general officer ranks into the Soviet military in 1940.

[2] With post-war changes in organization, Trotsenko was appointed chief of staff for the Transbaikal-Amur Military District in September 1945.

[3] He was made colonel-general in 1954 and appointed first deputy chief of the Department of Personnel at the Ministry of Defense of the USSR in 1956, where he remained until retiring in 1965.