Marshal of the Soviet Union

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military rank

Marshal of the Soviet Union was the highest military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces, bestowed upon the most senior and distinguished commanders.

Aliases (2)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military rank →
appliesToJurisdiction	Soviet Armed Forces →
awardedFor	exceptional leadership of the armed forces → outstanding service to the Soviet state in wartime or peacetime →
country	Soviet Union →
dateOfAbolition	1991 →
dateOfEstablishment	1935-09-22 →
eligibility	most distinguished commanders → senior military commanders →
endTime	1991 →
firstConferred	1935 →
followedBy	Marshal of the Russian Federation →
hasLowerRank	Army General (Soviet rank) → Chief Marshal of the branch →
inceptionYear	1935 →
insignia	large marshal star on shoulder boards →
languageOfName	Russian →
lastConferred	1990 →
militaryBranch	Soviet Air Forces → Soviet Armed Forces → Soviet Army →
nativeLabel	Маршал Советского Союза →
NATOequivalentRank	OF-10 →
notableHolder	Aleksandr Vasilevsky NERFINISHED → Andrei Grechko → Boris Shaposhnikov → Dmitry Ustinov → Georgy Zhukov → Ivan Konev → Kliment Voroshilov → Konstantin Rokossovsky → Leonid Brezhnev → Mikhail Tukhachevsky → Nikolai Ogarkov → Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED → Rodion Yakovlev NERFINISHED → Semyon Budyonny → Semyon Timoshenko → Sergei Akhromeyev → Vasily Chuikov →
numberOfHoldersKilledInWorldWarII	3 →
positionInHierarchy	highest military rank in the Soviet Union →
precededBy	Komandarm 1st rank →
rankGroup	five-star rank →
shortDescription	highest military rank of the Soviet Union from 1935 to 1991 →
symbol	Marshal star →
totalNumberOfHolders	41 →
uniformFeature	distinctive gold-embroidered shoulder boards →
usedDuringConflict	Cold War → World War II →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aleksandr Vasilevsky → Aleksandr Vasilevsky → Andrey Yeremenko → Boris Shaposhnikov → Dmitry Yazov → Georgy Zhukov → Ivan Bagramyan → Ivan Konev → Kirill Meretskov → Kliment Voroshilov → Konstantin Rokossovsky → Leonid Brezhnev → Mikhail Tukhachevsky → Nikolai Bulganin → Rodion Malinovsky → Semyon Timoshenko → Sergei Akhromeyev → Vasily Chuikov → Vasily Chuikov →	militaryRank
Dmitry Yazov → Kliment Voroshilov →	positionHeld
Marshal of the Soviet Union ("Marshal of the Russian Federation") →	followedBy
Marshal of Poland →	isComparableTo
Marshal of the Soviet Union ("Маршал Советского Союза") →	nativeLabel