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Key facts
- Premier
- Alexei Kosygin
- Preceded by
- Rodion Malinovsky
- Succeeded by
- Dmitriy Ustinov
- Born
- Andrei Antonovich Greczhko , ( 1903-10-04 ) 4 October 1903, Golodaevka , Don Host Oblast , Russian Empire
- Died
- 26 April 1976 (1976-04-26) (aged 72), Moscow, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis , Moscow
- Party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1928–1976)
- Other political affiliations
- Communist Party of Ukraine
- Profession
- Soldier
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)
- Allegiance
- Soviet Russia , (1919–1922) , Soviet Union , (1922–1976)
- Branch service
- Soviet Army
- Years of service
- 1919–1976
- Rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955–1976)
- Commands
- 18th Army , 1st Guards Army , Kiev Military District
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Rostov-on-Don
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- soldier
- Educated at
- M.V. Frunze Military Academy
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Field of work
- government
- Military branch
- infantry
- Military rank
- general of the army
- Image
- Andrei Grechko 3 (cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Soviet Union
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- Commons category
- Andrei Grechko
- date of birth
- 1903-10-17
- date of death
- 1976-04-26
- place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- start of work period
- 1919-00-00
- ethnic group
- Ukrainians
- military unit
- Soviet Armed Forces
- name in native language
- Андрій Антонович Гречко
- end of work period
- 1976-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrei Antonovich Grechko (Russian: Андре́й Анто́нович Гре́чко; Ukrainian: Андрій Антонович Гречко; 17 October [O.S. 4 October] 1903 – 26 April 1976) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as the Soviet minister of defence from 1967 to 1976.
Born to a Ukrainian peasant family near Rostov-on-Don, Grechko served in the Red Army cavalry during the Russian Civil War. After graduating from the Frunze Military Academy, he took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. Grechko was a fresh graduate of the Voroshilov Military Academy when Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union. He held a succession of cavalry and army commands afterwards and saw action in the Caucasus, Ukraine and Central Europe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andrei Grechko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.