• Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov (Russian: Серге́й Семёнович Бирюзо́в; 21 August 1904 – 19 October 1964) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Chief of the...
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    Staff and USSR First Minister for Defence, after his successor Marshal Biryuzov had been killed in an airplane crash, and Khrushchev had been ousted. When...
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    Military Political School named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Biryuzov (Russian: Рижское высшее военно-политическое Краснознамённое училище...
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    March 1963 2 years, 11 months  Soviet Army 5 Biryuzov, SergeyMarshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Biryuzov (1904–1964) March 1963 19 October 1964 † 1 year...
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    troops would ultimately be brought in. Chief Marshal of Artillery Sergei Biryuzov, Head of the Soviet Rocket Forces, led a survey team that visited Cuba...
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  • Marshal of the Soviet Union to hold high command during World War II. 25 Sergey Biryuzov 11 Mar 1955   Deputy Minister of Defence/Commander-in-Chief, Soviet...
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    Khrulyov, Boris Vannikov 1963 2 Nikolai Dygay, Vladimir Kucherenko 1964 2 Sergey Biryuzov, Otto Wille Kuusinen 1965 2 Frol Kozlov, Sergei Kurashov. 1966 4 Nikolai...
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    Soviet Union Leonid Govorov – 1954–1955 Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Biryuzov – 1955–1962 Marshal of Aviation Vladimir Sudets – 1962–1966 Marshal...
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    Moskalenko who was in turn quickly succeeded by Marshal Sergey Biryuzov. Under Marshal Вiryuzov the SRF deployed missiles to Cuba in 1962 as part of Operation...
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    Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev (Russian: Серге́й Фёдорович Ахроме́ев; May 5, 1923 – August 24, 1991) was a Soviet military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union...
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    Milutin Perišić, a Serb. Both officers were praised by Soviet general Sergey Biryuzov. In the summer of 1943, one hundred legionaries and 6 officers, including...
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  • historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883) 1964 – Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1904) 1964 – Nettie Palmer, Australian...
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    director and screenwriter; in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine Died: Marshal Sergey Biryuzov, 59, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and the...
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    Wehrmacht Biryuzov & Hamović 1964, p. 103. Biryuzov & Hamović 1964, p. 104. Biryuzov & Hamović 1964, p. 160. Biryuzov & Hamović 1964, pp. 168–169. Biryuzov &...
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  • General Mikhail Sharokhin (August 1943 – October 1944) Colonel General Sergey Biryuzov (October 1944 – May 1946) The 10th Mechanized Army was commanded by...
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    Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov (Russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Соколо́в; 1 July 1911 – 31 August 2012) was a Soviet military commander, Hero of the Soviet Union...
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  • Soviet liberation of Belgrade on October 20, 1944. Soviet Marshal Sergey Biryuzov was also killed in the crash. Resavska Street in downtown Belgrade...
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    took part in the Crimean Offensive and the capture of Königsberg. Sergey Biryuzov, Chief of the General Staff from 1963 to 1964. Dmitry Yazov, the last...
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    1943 – May 1944); Lieutenant-General in May 1944, Colonel-General Sergey Biryuzov (May–October 1944); Lieutenant-General in April 1945, Colonel-General...
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    Soviet Southern Front. Subsequently, the chief of staff of the front, Sergey Biryuzov, wrote in his memoirs: “For the troops of the Southern Front, the July...
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    General Vladimir Svirivdov: 20 April 1949 - 14 May 1953, Colonel General Sergey Biryuzov: 14 May 1953 - 31 May 1954, Colonel General Aleksey Semenovich Zhadov:...
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    with People's Heroes from PR Serbia and PR Macedonia (1955) Source: Sergey Biryuzov (1964) Ivan Bulkin (1945) Reshit Çollaku (1945†, rescinded in 1948)...
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    this order were several future Marshals of the Soviet Union including Sergey Biryuzov, Kirill Moskalenko, Matvei Zakharov and Petr Koshevoi amongst others...
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  • commander Sergey Biryuzov first mentioned the incident in literature in 1963, when he described the death of Kotov. In his memoirs, Biryuzov quoted Koldunov...
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    had taken part in the liberation. In the plane crash, Marshal Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov and general Vladimir Ivanovich Zhdanov were notably killed, among...
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  • uncertainty with new Soviet leadership and the accidental death of Marshal Sergey Biryuzov (19 October). Kamanin campaigned for training and launching women cosmonauts...
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    commanded the district. Marshal Kirill Meretskov, 1945–1947 Colonel-General Sergey Biriuzov, 1947–1953 Directive Stavka on September 10, 1945 № 11128. Holm...
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    Kirill Afanasevich Meretskov, 30.10.45 - 3.6.47; and Colonel General Sergey Biryuzov, 3.6.47 - 23.4.53. This district, Michael Holm writes, was formed on...
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  • Skoropadsky 1977 — Destiny as Anisimov 1977 — Soldiers of Freedom as Sergey Biryuzov 1979 — Siberiade as Afanasy Ustyuzhanin 1982 — Niccolo Paganini as...
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  • Malinovsky, and the Primorsky Military District commander, General Sergey Biryuzov observing the firing. Kalinin hosted Malinovsky, Nikita Khrushchev...
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