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Andrei Grechko

Andrei Grechko

Former Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
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. Born to a Ukrainian peasant family near Rostov-on-Don, Grechko served in... Wikipedia
Born: October 17, 1903, Kuibyshevo, Russia
Died: April 26, 1976 (age 72 years), Moscow, Russia
Books: Battle for the Caucasus, The armed forces of the Soviet Union, The Armed Forces of the Soviet State: A Soviet View, and more
Nationality: Russian and Soviet
Place of burial: Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Awards: Order of the Red Banner, Order of Lenin, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", and more
Party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union