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Konstantin Rokossovsky
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Soviet and Polish military commander (1896-1968)
Konstantin Rokossovsky was a Soviet military officer who became one of the most successful generals during World War II, playing a key role in major Soviet victories against Nazi Germany. He later served as a high-ranking military commander in Poland, making him an important figure in both Soviet and Eastern European military history during the 20th century.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Polish People's Republic
- Place of birth
- Warsaw
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- M.V. Frunze Military Academy
- Political party
- Polish United Workers' Party
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Participant in
- 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Conflict
- Eastern Front
- Military branch
- Red Army
- Military rank
- Gefreiter
- Image
- Маршал Советского Союза дважды Герой Советского Союза Константин Константинович Рокоссовский.jpg
- Height
- 198
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- Commons category
- Konstantin Rokossovsky
- date of birth
- 1896-12-09
- date of death
- 1968-08-03
- place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Polish Armed Forces
- name in native language
- Konstanty Rokossowski
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- place of detention
- Kresty Prison
- ethnic group
- Poles
- end of work period
- 1962-00-00
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Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (9 December [O.S. 21 December] 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish general who served as a top commander in the Red Army during World War II and achieved the ranks of Marshal of the Soviet Union and Marshal of Poland. He also served as Defence Minister of Poland from 1949 to 1956.
Rokossovsky was born to a Polish noble family in Warsaw in present-day Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, or according to other sources in Velikiye Luki in present-day Russia. He served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, and in 1918, joined the Red Army and fought with distinction during the Russian Civil War. Rokossovsky rose to hold senior Red Army commands by 1937, when he fell victim to Joseph Stalin's Great Purge and was branded a traitor, imprisoned and tortured. After Soviet failures in the Winter War, Rokossovsky was released from prison in 1940 and returned to command of an army corps.
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