Kliment Voroshilov
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Russian: Климе́нт Ефре́мович Вороши́лов) (born 4 February 1881 – died 2 December 1969), was a Soviet military officer and politician during Joseph Stalin's era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union. It is considered the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. [1]
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Климе́нт Ефре́мович Вороши́лов | |
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.jpg) Kliment Voroshilov in 1961 | |
| President of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 15 March 1953 – 7 May 1960 | |
| Premier | Georgy Malenkov Nikolai Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Shvernik |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Defence Minister of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 31 October 1925 – 7 May 1940 | |
| President | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Premier | Alexei Rykov(until 1930) Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Frunze |
| Succeeded by | Semyon Tymoshenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov 4 February 1881 Bakhmut, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 December 1969 (aged 88) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Spouse(s) | Ekaterina Voroshilova |
| Children | Petya Voroshilov Timur Frunze (adopted) Tatyana Frunze (adopted) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Russian SFSR USSR |
| Branch/service | Red Army Soviet Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1917–1969 |
| Rank | Marshal |
| Commands | North Caucasus Military District Leningrad Front |
| Battles/wars | Russian Civil War |
Early life and career
Voroshilov was born Verkhnyeye, Bakhmut uyezd, Yekaterinoslav. The place is now part of Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. He was born into a railway worker's family of Russian ethnicity. According to the Soviet Major General Petro Grigorenko, Voroshilov himself alluded to the heritage of his birth-country, Ukraine, and to the previous family name of Voroshilo.
Personal life
He was married to Ekaterina Voroshilova (born Golda Gorbman). She came from a Jewish Ukrainian family from Mardarovka. She changed her name when she converted to Orthodox Christianity in order to be allowed to marry Voroshilov. During Stalin's rule, the couple lived in the Kremlin at the Horse Guards.
Death
Voroshilov died in 1969 in Moscow and was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.
Kliment Voroshilov Media
Kliment Voroshilov with his teacher Semyon Ryzhkov
A portrait taken after Voroshilov received the his second Order of the Red Banner.
The red banner from the Paris Commune, brought to Moscow by French communists. *On the photo: Kliment Voroshilov first on the right, Grigory Zinoviev third from the right, Avel Enukidze fourth from the right and Nikolay Antipov fifth from the right. 1924
Voroshilov and Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 29 October 1933
The first five Marshals of the Soviet Union, clockwise from top left: Budyonny, Blyukher, Yegorov, Voroshilov and Tukhachevsky (November 1935). Only Voroshilov and Budyonny would survive Stalin's Great Purge.
Voroshilov with Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Harry Hopkins and George Marshall at the Tehran Conference in Iran, December 1943
Voroshilov shows the Sword of Stalingrad to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt while the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Stalin look on.
Voroshilov with Mao Zedong and Mei Lanfang in Beijing, China, 1957
Voroshilov (right) with J.K. Paasikivi in Moscow
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Voroshilov's grave at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow
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References
- ↑ "Ворошилов Климент Ефремович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
Other websites
Media related to Kliment Voroshilov at Wikimedia Commons