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Dmitriy Ustinov
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Soviet military commander and politician (1908-1984)
Dmitriy Ustinov was a Soviet military leader and government official who lived from 1908 to 1984, playing an important role in the Soviet Union's defense and industrial policies during the Cold War era. He matters historically because he significantly influenced Soviet military strategy and weapons development during a critical period of superpower tension.
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Key facts
- Premier
- Alexei Kosygin , Nikolai Tikhonov
- Preceded by
- Andrei Grechko
- Succeeded by
- Sergei Sokolov
- Born
- ( 1908-10-30 ) 30 October 1908, Samara , Russian Empire
- Died
- 20 December 1984 (1984-12-20) (aged 76), Moscow, Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Party
- CPSU (1927–1984)
- Profession
- Mechanical engineer
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union Hero of Socialist Labour
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Branch service
- Soviet Armed Forces
- Years of service
- 1941–1984
- Rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union (1976–1984)
- Battles wars
- World War II , Soviet–Afghan War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dmitry
- Family name
- Ustinov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Samara
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- engineer
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Conflict
- Eastern Front
- Military branch
- Soviet Army
- Military rank
- general of the army
- Image
- Dmitry Ustinov (colorized, full).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1908-10-30
- date of death
- 1984-12-20
- Commons category
- Dmitri Ustinov
- ethnic group
- Russians
- place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- name in native language
- Дмитрий Устинов
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Encyclopedic overview
Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov (Russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов; 30 October 1908 – 20 December 1984) was a Soviet politician and a Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee secretary in charge of the Soviet military–industrial complex from 1965 to 1976 and as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death in 1984.
Ustinov was born in the city of Samara to a Russian working-class family in 1908. Upon reaching adulthood, he joined the Communist Party in 1927 before pursuing a career in engineering. After graduating from the Institute of Military Mechanical Engineering in 1934, he became a construction engineer at the Leningrad Artillery Marine Research Institute. By 1937, he transferred to the "Bolshevik" Arms Factory where he ultimately rose to become the director. While serving as People's Commissar of Armaments during World War II, he achieved distinction within the party's ranks by successfully overseeing the evacuation of Leningrad's industries to the Ural Mountains, a feat for which he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour. At the war's end, he was entrusted with seizing raw materials, scientists and research left over from Germany's missile programme.
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