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In 1935 however, the Red Army introduced the equivalent rank of "Marshal of the Soviet Union" (Russian: Маршал Советского Союза) as the highest military rank of the Soviet Union, when ranks were restored under Stalin's rule. The Field Marshals' Hall of the Winter Palace. Russian cuirassiers can be seen observing the paintings.
Between 1941 and 1944, Voroshilov was a member of the State Defense Committee . After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Voroshilov became commander of the short-lived Northwestern Direction (July to August 1941), controlling several fronts. In September 1941 he commanded the Leningrad Front.
The rank of admiral of the fleet or fleet admiral [a] ( Russian: aдмирал флота, romanized : admiral flota) was the highest naval rank of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1955 and second-highest from 1962 to 1991. It was first created by a Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in 1940 as an equivalent to general of the army, but ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Eastern Front. World War II. Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (born Nov. 23 [Nov. 11, old style], 1898, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died March 31, 1967, Moscow) was a Soviet marshal prominent in World War II. Malinovsky was drafted into the imperial army at the start of World War I and fought as a machine gunner throughout that conflict.
t. e. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev [b] [c] (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) [4] was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982. His 18-year term ...
Overview. The rank was largely honorary and could be considered equivalent to admiral of the fleet in other nations. It was formally established by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union on March 3, 1955, and replaced a similarly named rank, Fleet Admiral/Admiral of the Fleet (aдмирал флота) that had been equivalent to marshal of the Soviet Union since 1945.
The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union, created in September 1935, took first precedence over all ranks since then. With the new Marshal rank being introduced, the Council of People's Commissars began the process of phrasing out the 1924 rank system. See also. History of Russian military ranks
