Kliment Voroshilov

Also known as Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov

Soviet marshal and politician

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Kliment Voroshilov was a Soviet military leader and government official who held major positions in the Soviet Union during the 20th century. He is historically significant because he played an important role in Soviet military affairs and politics during a transformative period in Russian history.

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Born: 1881
Died: 1969
Works: 32

Top works

Velikiĭ pokhod armii Voroshilova ot Luganska k T︠s︡arit︠s︡ynu i geroicheskai︠a︡ oborona T︠s︡arit︠s︡yna
Rechʹ na XX sʺezde KPSS, 20 fevrali︠a︡ 1956 goda
Po slavnomu puti sot︠s︡ializma
Rechʹ na sobranii izbirateleĭ Kirovskogo izbiratelʹnogo okruga goroda Leningrada 10 marta 1954 g.
Rechʹ na predvybornom sobranii izbirateleĭ Minskogo gorodskogo izbiratelʹnogo okruga 7 fevrali︠a︡ 1946 g.

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Film & TV

Acting · Verkhnee, Lisichanskaya volost, Bakhmutovskiy uezd, Ekaterinoslavskaya governorate, Russian Empire

Known for

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre — Self (archive footage)2020
Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым — Self (archive footage)2016
Beginning1967
Our Cinema — (archive footage)1940
Maxim Gorky — Self (archive footage)1940
Soviets on Parade — Self1933

Article

Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Russian: Климент Ефремович Ворошилов pronounced), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (Russian: Клим Ворошилов; 4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969), was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era (1924–1953). He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union, the second highest military rank of the Soviet Union (junior to the Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, which was a post only held by Joseph Stalin), 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 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 Commissar for Defence). In 1926, he became a full member of the Politburo. In 1935, Voroshilov was named a Marshal of the Soviet Union.