# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodion-malinovsky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:10:37.560Z

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name: "Rodion Malinovsky"
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description: "Marshal of the Soviet Union who commanded the victory at Stalingrad, drove the Wehrmacht from Ukraine to Prague, crushed Japan's Kwantung Army in Manchuria, then spent a decade as defense minister navigating Khrushchev's nuclear fixation while quietly protecting the conventional army."
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birthDate: "1898-11-10"
deathDate: "1967-03-31"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born poor in Odessa in 1898, Malinovsky fought for the Tsar in World War I on two fronts, returned from France after the Revolution, and joined the Reds in the civil war. He volunteered for Spain in the 1930s and came back decorated. When Germany invaded in 1941, he was among the rare Soviet generals who didn't collapse — he held at Stalingrad in December 1942, led the Dnieper–Carpathian offensive that cleared Ukraine, then swept through the Balkans forcing Romania to flip sides, earning his marshal's star from Stalin. Budapest, Vienna, Prague followed; after Germany fell he transferred east and demolished the Japanese in Manchuria, winning Hero of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev brought him back to Moscow as ground forces chief in the 1950s, then made him defense minister in 1957 after Zhukov's ouster. For ten years Malinovsky held the line for tanks and infantry against the Premier's missile enthusiasm, keeping autonomy even after Khrushchev fell. He died of pancreatic cancer in March 1967.