Kirill Meretskov

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Kirill Meretskov was a prominent Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played key roles in major World War II operations and the 1945 campaign against Japan.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marshal of the Soviet Union
Soviet military commander
human
allegiance Soviet Union
awardReceived Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
Order of Lenin
Order of Suvorov, 1st class
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
burialPlace Kremlin Wall Necropolis
causeOfDeath heart attack
conflict Soviet–Japanese War
Winter War
World War II
countryOfCitizenship Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
educatedAt Frunze Military Academy
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
familyName Meretskov
fieldOfWork military strategy
givenName Kirill
languageSpoken Russian
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
militaryBranch Red Army
militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
nativeLanguage Russian
notableWork command of Soviet forces in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
command of the 1st Far Eastern Front in the Manchurian campaign
occupation military officer
participatedIn Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive
Sinyavino Offensive
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Tikhvin Defensive Operation
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Ryazan Governorate NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Moscow
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
positionHeld Commander of the 1st Far Eastern Front
Commander of the 33rd Army
Commander of the 7th Army
Commander of the Karelian Front
Commander of the Volkhov Front
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union
Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR
sexOrGender male


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