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Sergey Sokolov
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Soviet military commander (1911-2012)
Key facts
- Premier
- Nikolai Tikhonov , Nikolai Ryzhkov
- Preceded by
- Dmitriy Ustinov
- Succeeded by
- Dmitry Yazov
- Born
- ( 1911-07-01 ) 1 July 1911, Yevpatoria , Russian Empire
- Died
- 31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) (aged 101), Moscow , Russia
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1937–1987)
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union , Order of Honour
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Branch service
- Soviet Army
- Years of service
- 1932–1987
- Rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union (1978–1987)
- Battles wars
- Battle of Lake Khasan , World War II , Soviet–Afghan War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sergey
- Family name
- Sokolov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Yevpatoriia
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- civil servant
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Conflict
- Soviet-Afghan War
- Military branch
- armored warfare
- Military rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Image
- Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov (2008) (1).jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1911-07-01
- date of death
- 2012-08-31
- Commons category
- Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Soviet Armed Forces
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- name in native language
- Сергѐй Леонѝдович Соколо̀в
- start of work period
- 1932-00-00
- subject has role
- centenarian
- different from
- Sergey Sokolov
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Encyclopedic overview
Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov (Russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Соколо́в; 1 July 1911 – 31 August 2012) was a Soviet military commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, and served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 22 December 1984 until 29 May 1987.
Childhood and war service
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