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Dmitry Danilovich Lelyushenko Дмитрий Данилович Лелюшенко
'General Forward' who halted Guderian at the gates of Moscow and drove the 4th Guards Tank Army to Prague
Military command · Soviet Union
1901–1987
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Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich Яков Владимирович Смушкевич
A victorious air-force builder destroyed by the purges
Military command · Soviet Union
1902–1941
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Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov Сергей Александрович Худяков
Stalin's air adviser at Tehran and Yalta. The Red Army's only Armenian Marshal of Aviation, executed 1950
Military command · Soviet Union
1902–1950
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Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin Митрофан Иванович Неделин
Chief Marshal of Artillery who created the Strategic Rocket Forces and drove the R-7 that launched Sputnik: killed at his own pad
Military command · Soviet Union
1902–1960
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Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky Станислав Гилярович Поплавский
A Polish-born Soviet general who commanded the suppression of the Poznań uprising
Military command · Soviet Union
1902–1973
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Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko Кирилл Семёнович Москаленко
The marshal who led Beria's arrest and called his subordinates 'enemies of the people'
Military command · Soviet Union
1902–1985
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Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov Николай Иванович Крылов
From Stalingrad to the Strategic Rocket Forces: the marshal who built the nuclear triad's third leg
Military command · Soviet Union
1903–1972
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Andrei Antonovich Grechko Андрей Антонович Гречко
Brezhnev-era defence minister
Military command · Soviet Union
1903–1976
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Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev Исса Александрович Плиев
The only cavalryman twice Hero of the Soviet Union, who went to the brink of nuclear war in Cuba
Military command · Soviet Union
1903–1979
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Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov Николай Герасимович Кузнецов
Architect of the Soviet Navy who ordered combat readiness hours before Barbarossa, twice demoted and posthumously restored
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1974
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Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov Александр Евгеньевич Голованов
Red Army's youngest marshal: Stalin's personal commander of strategic bomber aviation
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1975
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Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy Пётр Кириллович Кошевой
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who took Mount Sapun and stormed Königsberg
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1976
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Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin Иван Терентьевич Пересыпкин
The architect of communications at Stalingrad and Kursk: first Marshal of the Signal Troops
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1978
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Fyodor Fedotovich Kuznetsov Фёдор Федотович Кузнецов
GRU to GlavPUR: the colonel general who led wartime intelligence and late Stalinist army political control
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1979
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Vladimir Alexandrovich Sudets Владимир Александрович Судец
Marshal of Aviation who led the 17th Air Army to Prague and commanded Soviet Air Defence Forces
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1981
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Sergei Ignatevich Rudenko Сергей Игнатьевич Руденко
Marshal of Aviation who commanded the 16th Air Army from Stalingrad to Berlin
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1990
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Aleksei Sergeyevich Zheltov Алексей Сергеевич Желтов
Chief political commissar of the post-Stalin Soviet military who helped bring down Zhukov
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1991
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Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev Александр Ильич Родимцев
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who held Mamayev Kurgan at Stalingrad
Military command · Soviet Union
1905–1977
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Ivan Ivanovich Ilyichev Иван Иванович Ильичёв
Wartime GRU chief who reported directly to Stalin, steering Soviet military intelligence through the Red Army's greatest victories
Military command · Soviet Union
1905–1983
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Arseniy Grigoryevich Golovko Арсений Григорьевич Головко
Guardian of the Arctic convoys as Northern Fleet commander, architect of Soviet naval power projection in the Atlantic
Military command · Soviet Union
1906–1962
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Iosif Vasilievich Shikin Иосиф Васильевич Шикин
Zhdanov's GlavPUR chief who survived the Leningrad Affair: political commissar of the postwar Red Army
Military command · Soviet Union
1906–1973
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Ivan Iosifovich Proskurov Иван Иосифович Проскуров
The GRU chief who warned Stalin of the German invasion, and was shot for it
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1941
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Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky Иван Данилович Черняховский
The youngest front commander in Red Army history: twice Hero of the Soviet Union, killed in East Prussia weeks before victory
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1945
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Sergei Matveyevich Shtemenko Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко
The staff officer who designed Stalin's war plans and fell twice
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1976
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Petro Grigoryevich Grigorenko Пётр Григорьевич Григоренко
Soviet major general who turned dissident to defend human rights and deported nations
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1987
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Georgy Filippovich Baydukov Георгий Филиппович Байдуков
Chkalov's co-pilot across the North Pole who became the procurement chief that built Soviet air defence weaponry
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1994
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Alexei Alexeyevich Yepishev Алексей Алексеевич Епишев
The longest-serving chief who kept the Soviet military under party control for 23 years
Military command · Soviet Union
1908–1985
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Vasily Filippovich Margelov Василий Филиппович Маргелов
Father of the modern VDV, who turned airborne troops into a heavily armored strike force
Military command · Soviet Union
1908–1990
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Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский
The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan
Military command · Soviet Union
1909–1999
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Pavel Fyodorovich Batitsky Павел Фёдорович Батицкий
The marshal who built Soviet air defence and personally executed Beria
Military command · Soviet Union
1910–1984
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Sergei Georgievich Gorshkov Сергей Георгиевич Горшков
The 29-year C-in-C who built the Soviet ocean-going navy, author of 'The Sea Power of the State'
Military command · Soviet Union
1910–1988
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Pavel Vasilyevich Rychagov Павел Васильевич Рычагов
The ace who told Stalin Soviet planes were flying coffins
Military command · Soviet Union
1911–1941
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Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Сергей Леонидович Соколов
The defence minister removed after the Rust affair
Military command · Soviet Union
1911–2012
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Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский
Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years
Military command · Soviet Union
1912–1976
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Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin Александр Иванович Покрышкин
The ace who rewrote Soviet fighter tactics, the only soldier awarded Hero of the Soviet Union three times during wartime
Military command · Soviet Union
1913–1985
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Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov Павел Степанович Кутахов
Longest-serving Soviet Air Force chief, the fighter ace who led Soviet air power to its Cold War zenith
Military command · Soviet Union
1914–1984
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Vladimir Fyodorovich Tolubko Владимир Фёдорович Толубко
The SRF commander who brought Soviet missile forces to strategic parity with the United States
Military command · Soviet Union
1914–1989
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Georgy Ageevich Lobov Георгий Агеевич Лобов
The Soviet fighter commander who led the battle over MiG Alley
Military command · Soviet Union
1915–1994
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Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin Семён Константинович Куркоткин
One of the last Marshals, who ran the Soviet rear for 16 years
Military command · Soviet Union
1917–1990
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov Николай Васильевич Огарков
The Chief of Staff who foresaw a revolution in military affairs and opposed the Afghan invasion
Military command · Soviet Union
1917–1994
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Vasily Ivanovich Petrov Василий Иванович Петров
Commander-in-Chief of Ground Forces who led the Soviet operation in the Ogaden War, the last marshal forged in combat
Military command · Soviet Union
1917–2014
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Yevgeny Filippovich Ivanovsky Евгений Филиппович Ивановский
Longest-serving GSFG commander who led the Soviet front-line force facing NATO for eight years
Military command · Soviet Union
1918–1991
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Yuri Vsyevolodovich Votintsev Юрий Всеволодович Вотинцев
A missile-defence builder who disclosed a Cold War false alarm
Military command · Soviet Union
1919–2005
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Anatoly Ivanovich Gribkov Анатолий Иванович Грибков
Secret planner of the Cuban Missile Crisis deployment and last Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Pact Joint Armed Forces
Military command · Soviet Union
1919–2008
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Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov Виктор Георгиевич Куликов
Longest-serving Warsaw Pact supreme commander, who led its forces for twelve years
Military command · Soviet Union
1921–2013
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Sutyagin Николай Васильевич Сутягин
The Soviet ace with MiG Alley’s highest score
Military command · Soviet Union
1923–1986
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Sergei Fyodorovich Akhromeyev Сергей Фёдорович Ахромеев
The Soviet Marshal who forged the INF Treaty and could not outlive the USSR
Military command · Soviet Union
1923–1991
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Alexander Ivanovich Koldunov Александр Иванович Колдунов
The top Yak ace of the war who rose to command the Air Defence Forces, and fell after a teenager landed on Red Square
Military command · Soviet Union
1923–1992
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Pyotr Georgievich Lushev Пётр Георгиевич Лушев
The last supreme commander of the Warsaw Pact forces
Military command · Soviet Union
1923–1997
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Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak Иван Моисеевич Третьяк
Soviet air defence chief who ordered the KAL 007 shootdown
Military command · Soviet Union
1923–2007