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Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Voroshilov

Soviet military commander

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Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Klyment Okhrimovyč Vorošylov), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov ( Klim Vorošilov; 4 February 1881[1] – 2 December 1969), was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union, the highest military rank of the Soviet Union, and served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the nominal Soviet head of state, from 1953 to 1960.

Born to a Russian worker's family in modern Ukraine, Voroshilov took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917 as an early member of the Bolsheviks. He served with distinction at the Battle of Tsaritsyn, during which he became a close friend of Stalin. Voroshilov was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1921, and in 1925 Stalin appointed him People's Commissar for Military and Navy Affairs (later People's Commissars for Defence). In 1926, he became a full member of the

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Birthdate
January 23, 1881
Birthplace
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Date of Death
December 2, 1969
Place of Death
Moscow
Moscow
Nationality
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Soviet people
Awards Received
Hero of the Soviet Union
Hero of the Soviet Union
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Defense of Moscow"
Medal "For the Defense of Moscow"
Order of Suvorov
Order of Suvorov
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Order of Lenin
Hero of Socialist Labor
Hero of Socialist Labor
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Revolutionary
Revolutionary
Politician
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Officer (armed forces)
Officer (armed forces)

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Birth Name
Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Pseudonym
Volodin
Klim Voroshilov
Wikidata ID
Q186185

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