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Rodion Malinovsky

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Rodion Malinovsky

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Also known as Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky

Soviet military commander

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Rodion Malinovsky was a male individual from Russia. His professional period spanned from 1914 until his death in 1967. He is recorded as having five works.

Malinovsky was born in 1898, with specific dates listed as November 10, November 11, and November 23. He died on March 31, 1967. He is referenced by 357 other encyclopedia articles.

A quote attributed to him states, "Service is service, wherever it occurred. The defense of the fatherland is no small thing."

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Russia
Active from
1977-11-06

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Quotes

  • Service is service, wherever it occurred. The defense of the fatherland is no small thing.
  • The Soviet Army, Air Force and Navy are strong enough to thwart any attempts of imperalist reaction to disrupt the peaceful labor of our people or the unity and solidarity of the socialist camp.
  • Don't touch us, gentlemen imperialists, don't threaten us for you yourselves will fall into the abyss which you are so diligently preparing for us and burn to cinders in nuclear inferno.
  • Playing down the effective capacity of the USSR to deal a counterblow to the aggressor and exaggeration of their transoceanic capabilities...do not testify to the presence of common sense among the U.S. military.

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rodion Malinovsky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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