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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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Quotes
- “Could anyone in his right mind speak seriously of any limited nuclear war? It should be quite clear that the aggressor's actions will instantly and inevitably trigger a devastating counterstroke by the other side. None but completely irresponsible people could maintain that a nuclear war may be made to follow rules adopted beforehand, with nuclear missiles exploding in a "gentlemanly manner" over strictly designated targets and sparing the population.”
- “If the present White House leadership runs the gauntlet of common sense and the people's will for peace and challenges us by starting MX missile deployment, then the Soviet Union will respond by deploying a new intercontinental ballistic missile of the same class, with its characteristics in no way inferior to those of the MX.”
- “Frankly, we doubt the veracity and seriousness of the United States in regard to achieving results that would be acceptable to both sides in Geneva.”
- “The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness of the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear forces, the United States would not be able to deal a crippling blow to the socialist countries. The aggressor will not be able to evade an all-crushing retaliatory strike.”
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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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- date of birth
- 1908-10-30
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- 1984-12-20
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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.