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Kirill Meretskov

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Soviet marshal (1897-1968)

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Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov was a Soviet military commander. Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, he served in the Red Army from 1920. During the Winter War of 1939-1940 against Finland, he had the task of penetrating the Mannerheim Line as commander of the 7th Army.

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Meretskov, after landing at the Khvoynaya airfield, 1942Meretskov, after landing at the Khvoynaya airfield, 1942Operation Iskra, January 1943Operation Iskra, January 1943Meretskov (left) with Marshals Rodion Malinovsky (center) and Aleksandr Vasilevsky, at an airfield in Dalian, ChinaMeretskov (left) with Marshals Rodion Malinovsky (center) and Aleksandr Vasilevsky, at an airfield in Dalian, ChinaMeretskov in the military parade of the 29th anniversary of the October Revolution, 1946Meretskov in the military parade of the 29th anniversary of the October Revolution, 1946Meretskov on a 2022 stamp of RussiaMeretskov on a 2022 stamp of Russia

Awards 26

1968Order of the October Revolution
1968Honorary weapon with a golden image of the State Emblem of the USSR
1948Order of the National Flag
1948Medal "For Liberation of Korea''
1946Order of the Cloud and Banner
1946Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit
1946Medal "For the Victory over Japan" of Mongolia
1945Order of Victory
1945Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1945Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
1944Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
1943Order of Suvorov, 1st class
1940Hero of the Soviet Union
1938Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
1937Order of Lenin
1928Order of the Red Banner
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Victory over Japan"
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"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Legion of Merit

Connected to Kirill 6

Vasily ChuikovAlso won Honorary weapon with a golden image of the State Emblem of the USSRRodion MalinovskyAlso won Order of VictoryNikolay Gerasimovich KuznetsovAlso won Medal "For Liberation of Korea''Ivan PapaninAlso won Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"Pavel BatitskyAlso won Order of the Cloud and BannerYury GrigorovichAlso won Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"

About this person

Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov was a Soviet military commander. Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, he served in the Red Army from 1920. During the Winter War of 1939-1940 against Finland, he had the task of penetrating the Mannerheim Line as commander of the 7th Army. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union shortly afterwards.

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Politician
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Lived 1897 to 1968 · aged 71
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