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Rodion Malinovsky
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Soviet military commander
Rodion Malinovsky was a top Soviet military commander who rose to prominence during World War II and held major leadership positions in the Soviet armed forces. He matters because he played a significant role in Soviet military operations during the war and in shaping Soviet military strategy during the Cold War that followed.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rodion
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Odesa
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- M.V. Frunze Military Academy
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Conflict
- Soviet–Japanese War
- Military branch
- Red Army
- Military rank
- Sergeant
- Image
- Rodion Malinovsky 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rodion Malinovsky
- date of birth
- 1898-11-11
- date of death
- 1967-03-31
- place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- ethnic group
- Ukrainians
- birth name
- Радион Малиновский
- name in native language
- Родион Яковлевич Малиновский
- end of work period
- 1967-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Russian: Родио́н Я́ковлевич Малино́вский; Ukrainian: Родіо́н Я́кович Малино́вський, romanized: Rodion Yakovych Malynovskyi; 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1898 – 31 March 1967) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1967, during which he oversaw the strengthening of the Soviet Army.
Born to an impoverished Ukrainian household in Odessa, Malinovsky volunteered for the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and served with distinction in both the German Front and the Western Front. He was serving in the Russian Legion in France on the outbreak of the October Revolution, after which he returned to Russia and joined the Red Army in the Russian Civil War. After graduating from the Frunze Military Academy, Malinovsky volunteered to fight on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, where he again served with great distinction and was later awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner in recognition of his service.
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