Biography Moskalenko, Kirill Semenovich
Moskalenko, Kirill Semenovich (28.04 (11.05) .1902), Soviet commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955), Hero of the Soviet Union (23.10. 1943), Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (03.10. 1969).
Member of the CPSU in 1926. In the Red Army in 1920. Member of the Civil War 1918 – 1920, Private. He graduated from the Ukrainian Union School kraskomov (1922), artillery refresher courses commanders WPRA (1928) and the Faculty of the higher command the Artillery Academy. Dzerzhinsky (1939).
During the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939 – 1940 was the chief of artillery, infantry division. In 1940 the commander of the artillery corps, the commander of an anti-brigade.
In the Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945 Commander of small arms and cavalry corps, the commander of the Army's mobile force of troops and the deputy. Commander of the 6 th Army (until February 1942), commander of the 38 th, 1 st Tank, 1 Guards, 40-Armies (1942 – 1943), from October 1943 until the end of the war the 38 th Army in the South-West , Stalingrad, Voronezh, 1 st and 4 th Ukrainian fronts.
Posle war – in positions of responsibility in the army (1945 – 1948), commander of Moscow District Air Defence (1948 – 1953), commander of the Moscow Military District (1953 – 1960), Chief of the Strategic Rocket Forces and deputy. Minister of Defence of the USSR (1960 – 1962).
Since April 1962 the Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Defense and Deputy. Minister of Defence of USSR. A member of the CPSU Central Committee since 1956. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 2 8 th convocations.
He was awarded five Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, 5 Red Banner, two Orders of Suvorov, 1 st degree, 2 orders of Kutuzov 1 st degree, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1 st degree and medals, as well as several awards and medals from foreign countries.
Cit.: On the South-West direction. Memories of the army commander. 1941 – 1943, 2 ed., Vol. 1, M., 1973; In the south-westerly direction. 1943 – 1945. Memoirs of the army commander, M., 1972.