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Andrei Grechko

Soviet marshal · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1903 to 1976 · aged 72

Andrei Antonovich Grechko was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as the Soviet minister of defence from 1967 to 1976.

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A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026

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1976Died26 April 19761973Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1969Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist RepublicAward1968Order of LeninAward1958Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1950Order of the Red BannerAward1945Order of Suvorov, 1st classAward1944Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st classAwardOrder of Suvorov, 1st classAwardOrder of the Red BannerAward1943Order of Suvorov, 2nd classAward1942Order of LeninAward1941Order of the Red BannerAward1903Born17 October 1903

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Hero of the Soviet Union1973
Gold Star medal1973
Order of Lenin1973
Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic1969
Order of Lenin1968
Order of Lenin1963
Hero of the Soviet Union1958
Gold Star medal1958
Order of Lenin1958
Order of the Red Banner1950
Order of Lenin1945
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1945
Order of the Red Banner1944
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1944
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class1944
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st class1944
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class1943
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class1943
Order of Lenin1942
Order of the Red Banner1941
Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Order of Georgi Dimitrov
Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic
Order of Karl Marx
Order of the Two Rivers
Order of Sukhbaatar

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1976 · aged 72

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