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Kirill Meretskov
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Soviet marshal (1897–1968)
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Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov was a Soviet politician, military officer, and commander who held the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. Born in Zaraysk in 1897, he served in the Red Army and was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His military career included participation in the Russian Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, the Winter War, and World War II. He received several high honors, including the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Victory, the Order of Lenin, and the Order of the October Revolution.
Meretskov was educated at the M.V. Frunze Military Academy and began his work period in 1916. He participated in the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Congresses of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was detained at Lefortovo Prison. He died in Moscow on December 30, 1968, and was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. His written works include *Na sluzhbe narodu*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Na sluzhbe narodu
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,416x
- One-step inactivation of chromosomal genes in
<i>Escherichia coli</i>
K-12 using PCR products
· 2000 · cited 14,093x
- Construction of Escherichia coli K‐12 in‐frame, single‐gene knockout mutants: the Keio collection
· 2006 · cited 7,281x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- The CoQ oxidoreductase FSP1 acts parallel to GPX4 to inhibit ferroptosis
· 2019 · cited 3,312x
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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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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