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Kirill Meretskov
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Soviet marshal (1897–1968)
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- Na sluzhbe narodu
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 19,324x
- One-step inactivation of chromosomal genes in
<i>Escherichia coli</i>
K-12 using PCR products
· 2000 · cited 13,984x
- Construction of Escherichia coli K‐12 in‐frame, single‐gene knockout mutants: the Keio collection
· 2006 · cited 7,206x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,394x
- The CoQ oxidoreductase FSP1 acts parallel to GPX4 to inhibit ferroptosis
· 2019 · cited 3,178x
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Key facts
- Born
- 7 June [ O.S. 26 May ] 1897, Nazaryevo , Ryazan Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 30 December 1968 (1968-12-30) (aged 71), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Buried
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Allegiance
- Soviet Russia (1917–1922) , Soviet Union (1922–1964)
- Service years
- 1917–1964
- Rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944–1964)
- Commands
- Volga Military District , Leningrad Military District , 7th Army , Chief of the General Staff , Volkhov Front , Karelian Front , Soviet Far East Front , Moscow Military District
- Conflicts
- Russian Civil War Spanish Civil War World War II Winter War Great Patriotic War Siege of Leningrad Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive Soviet–Japanese War Harbin–Kirin Operation
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union , Order of Victory
- Other work
- Chief of the General Staff , Deputy Commissar of Defense, Assistant Minister of Defense, Inspector-General of the Army
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- date of birth
- 1897-05-26
- date of death
- 1968-12-30
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- Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov
- name in native language
- Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков
- start of work period
- 1916-00-00
- end of work period
- 1968-00-00
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Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov (Russian: Кири́лл Афана́сьевич Мерецко́в; 7 June [O.S. 26 May] 1897 – 30 December 1968) was a Soviet military commander. Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, he served in the Red Army from 1920. During the Winter War of 1939–1940 against Finland, he had the task of penetrating the Mannerheim Line as commander of the 7th Army. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union shortly afterwards.
The NKVD arrested Meretskov at the start of the invasion of the Soviet Union. Released two months later, he returned to command the 7th Army and later the Volkhov Front during the 1941–1944 siege of Leningrad. He commanded the Karelian Front from February 1944, notably the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive of October 1944. From April 1945 he was assigned to the Far East, where he commanded a front during the Soviet invasion of Japanese Manchuria. During the war he reached the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.