Marshal of the Soviet Union

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military rank
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet armed forces
surface form: 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 Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces

Red Army
surface form: Soviet Army
nativeLabel Marshal of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
surface form: Маршал Советского Союза
NATOequivalentRank OF-10
notableHolder Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Andrei Grechko
Boris Shaposhnikov
Dmitry Ustinov
Georgy Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Kliment Voroshilov
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Nikolai Ogarkov
Rodion Malinovsky
Rodion Yakovlev
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

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Aleksandr Vasilevsky militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Andrey Yeremenko militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Vasily Chuikov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Georgy Zhukov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Konstantin Rokossovsky militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Semyon Timoshenko militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Kliment Voroshilov positionHeld Marshal of the Soviet Union
Kliment Voroshilov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Tukhachevsky militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Ivan Konev militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union followedBy Marshal of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marshal of the Russian Federation
Marshal of the Soviet Union nativeLabel Marshal of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Маршал Советского Союза
Marshal of Poland isComparableTo Marshal of the Soviet Union
Dmitry Yazov positionHeld Marshal of the Soviet Union
Dmitry Yazov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Serebryanye Prudy militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vasily Chuikov
Rodion Malinovsky militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Sergei Akhromeyev militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Boris Shaposhnikov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Ivan Bagramyan militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Kirill Meretskov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Vasilevsky militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Marshal of the People's Republic of China distinctFrom Marshal of the Soviet Union
Dmitry Ustinov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Vasily Sokolovsky militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Fyodor Tolbukhin positionHeld Marshal of the Soviet Union
Fyodor Tolbukhin militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of Aviation distinguishedFrom Marshal of the Soviet Union
1st Far Eastern Front commanderRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Komandarm 1st rank replacedBy Marshal of the Soviet Union
Chief Marshal of the branch higherRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Army General (Soviet rank) higherRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal star appliesToRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union Pavel Batitsky militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Batitsky
Konstanty Rokossowski militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Matvei Zakharov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Sergei Biryuzov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Yazov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Dmitry Yazov
Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Andrei Grechko
Andrei Grechko positionHeld Marshal of the Soviet Union
Andrei Grechko militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
Akhromeyev militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sergei Akhromeyev
Shaposhnikov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Boris Shaposhnikov
Meretskov militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
subject surface form: Kirill Meretskov
Field Marshal (Greece) equivalentTo Marshal of the Soviet Union