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marshal of the Soviet Union

{{Short description|Highest Soviet military rank}}

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{{Infobox military rank

| name = Marshal of the Soviet Union

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Маршал Советского Союза|italic=no}}}}

| image = Large Marshal's Star.svg

| image_size = 100px

| caption = Marshal's star – big

| image2 = Rank insignia of маршал Советского Союза.svg

| image_size2 = 90px

| caption2 = Uniform shoulder strap {{small|(1955–1991)}}

| country = {{flag|USSR}}

| service branch = Red Army (1922–1946)
Soviet Army (1946–1991)

| abbreviation =

| rank = General officer

| NATO rank =

| Non-NATO rank =

| formation = 22 September 1935

| abolished = December 1991

| higher rank = Generalissimo

| lower rank = Chief marshal of the branch
Army General

| equivalents = Admiral of the Fleet

}}

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| image1 = RKKA 1935 collar OF10 marshal.svg

| caption1 = Gorget patch
1935–40

| image2 = RKKA 1940 collar OF10 marshal.svg

| caption2 = Gorget patch
1940–43

| image3 = RKKA 1940 chevron OF10 marshal.svg

| caption3 = Sleeve chevron
1940–43

| image4 = CCCP-Army-OF-10 (1943–1955).svg

| caption4 = Shoulder board
1943–55

| image5 = Schirmmütze Marschall der UDSSR.jpg

| caption5 = Peaked cap
1945–91

| header = Rank insignias of Marshal of the Soviet Union

}}

Marshal of the Soviet Union ({{langx|ru|Маршал Советского Союза|Marshal sovetskogo soyuza}}, {{IPA|ru|ˈmarʂəl sɐˈvʲetskəvə sɐˈjuzə|pron}}) was the second-highest military rank of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin wore the uniform and insignia of Marshal after World War II.

The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 1991 when the Soviet Union dissolved. Forty-one people held this rank. The equivalent naval rank was until 1955 admiral of the fleet and from 1955 Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union.

History of the rank

{{see also|List of Field Marshals of the Russian Empire}}

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The military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was established by a decree of the Soviet Cabinet, the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), on 22 September 1935. On 20 November, the rank was conferred on five people: People's Commissar of Defence and veteran Bolshevik Kliment Voroshilov, chief of the General Staff of the Red Army Alexander Yegorov, and three senior commanders, Vasily Blyukher, Semyon Budyonny, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky.

Of these, Blyukher, Tukhachevsky, and Yegorov were executed during Stalin's Great Purge of 1937–38. On 7 May 1940, three new marshals were appointed: the new People's Commissar of Defence, Semyon Timoshenko, Boris Shaposhnikov, and Grigory Kulik.

During World War II, Kulik was demoted for incompetence, and the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was given to a number of military commanders who earned it on merit. These included Georgy Zhukov, Ivan Konev and Konstantin Rokossovsky to name a few. In 1943, Stalin himself was made a Marshal of the Soviet Union, and in 1945, he was joined by his intelligence and police chief Lavrentiy Beria. These non-military marshals were joined in 1947 by politician Nikolai Bulganin.

Two Marshals were executed in postwar purges: Kulik in 1950 and Beria in 1953, following Stalin's death. Thereafter the rank was awarded only to professional soldiers, with the exception of Leonid Brezhnev, who made himself a marshal in 1976, and Dmitry Ustinov, who was prominent in the arms industry and was appointed Minister of Defence in July 1976. The last Marshal of the Soviet Union was Dmitry Yazov, appointed in 1990, who was imprisoned after the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991. Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev committed suicide in 1991 during the fall of the Soviet Union.

The Marshals fell into three generational groups.

  • Those who had gained their reputations during the Russian Civil War. These included both those who were purged in 1937–38 (Blyukher, Tukhachevsky, and Yegorov), and those who held high commands in the early years of World War II (Budyonny, Kulik, Shaposhnikov, Timoshenko and Voroshilov). All of the latter except Shaposhnikov and Timoshenko proved out-of-step with modern warfare and were removed from commanding positions.
  • Those who built their reputations during World War II and assumed high commands in the latter part of the war. These included Zhukov, Vasilevsky, Konev, Rokossovsky, Malinovsky, Tolbukhin, Govorov, and Meretskov.
  • Those who assumed high command during the Cold War era. All were officers in World War II, but their higher commands were held in the Warsaw Pact or as Soviet defence ministers. These included Sokolovsky, Grechko, Yakubovsky, Kulikov, Ogarkov, Akhromeyev, and Yazov.

All marshals in the third category had been officers in World War II, except Ustinov, who had been People's Commissar for Armaments. Even Yazov, who was 20 when the war ended, had been a platoon commander. Brezhnev was not a professional soldier, but was still commissioned as a political commissar in the war.

Of the 35 Marshals who were career soldiers, the majority were of Russian origin. Timoshenko (Tymoshenko), Kulik (Kulyk), Grechko (Hrechko), Yeremenko (Yeryomenko), Moskalenko, Batitsky (Batytsʹkyy) and Koshevoy (Koshovyy) were of Ukrainian origin, while Sokolovsky (Sakaloŭski) and Yakubovsky (Jakuboŭski) had Belarusian origins. Rokossovsky (Rokossowski) was born in Congress Poland to a Polish family, while Malinovsky (Malinowsky) was born in Odessa (now in Ukraine) to a Polish father. Tukhachevsky also had Polish ancestry. Bagramyan (Baghramyan) was the sole marshal of Armenian origin.

The rank was abolished with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. It was succeeded in modern Russia by the rank of Marshal of the Russian Federation, which has been held by only one person, Igor Sergeyev, who was Russia's defence minister from 1997 to 2001. There have been no living marshals since Yazov's death in February 2020.

List of marshals

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|+ List of Marshals of the Soviet Union

! scope="col" data-sort-type=number | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! scope="col" style="width: 7em;" | Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Photo

! scope="col" width="85" data-sort-type=isoDate | Date of rank

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Positions held{{efn|name=positions|Positions held during active service as a marshal, within the Red Army/Soviet Armed Forces, Communist Party, or non-CPSU governmental apparatus. Selected minor positions are hidden.}}

! scope="col" | Central
Committee
member

! scope="col" | Secretariat
member

! scope="col" | Politburo, Presidium
member

! scope="col" class="sortable" | Yrs{{efn|name=years|Years spent in active service as a marshal. Soviet marshals, with a few exceptions, typically held prominent positions—including full or candidate membership of the CPSU's Central Committee and Politburo/Presidium—without explicitly retiring. Interregna between the holding of such positions are not counted. Retirement for the purposes of counting years on this list are:

}}

! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="150" | Notes{{efn|name=notes|Includes lifespan; awards of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labour, and Order of Victory; major appointments before promotion to and after retirement as a marshal; and unusual career events such as demotion, removal from office, and purges by Communist Party leadership.}}

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! scope="row" | 1

| data-sort-value="voroshilov" | {{nowrap|Kliment Voroshilov}}

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1935-11-20-00" | {{nowrap|20 Nov 1935{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619005|title=Birthday Anniversary of Kliment Ye. Voroshilov, Statesman and Military Figure, Marshal of the Soviet Union|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library}}}}

|

  • People's Commissar for Defence, 1934–1938.
  • People's Commissar for Defence/Chairman, Main Military Council of the Red Army, 1938–1940.{{sfn|Spahr|1972|p=55}}
  • Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers, 1940–1953.{{efn|as Deputy Chairman, Council of People's Commissars (1940–1946){{sfn|Huskey|1992|p=25}}}}{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/140878|title=Приказ с объявлением Указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о назначении К. Е. Ворошилова заместителем Председателя СНК СССР и председателем Комитета Обороны при СНК СССР, С. К. Тимошенко|trans-title=Announcement of Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the appointment of K.E. Voroshilov as Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and S.K. Timoshenko as People's Commissar for Defence|date=1940-05-08|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Chairman, Allied Control Commission in Hungary, 1945–1947.{{cite journal|last=Hollósi|first=Dániel József|title=The Economic Policy of the Hungarian Communist Party between 1945 and 1946|journal=Studia|volume=36|issue=2|pages=57–58|year=2020|doi=10.48261/PIS203604}}
  • Chairman, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, 1953–1960.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/363076|title=Из протокола совместного заседания пленума ЦК КПСС, Совета Министров СССР и Президиума Верховного Совета СССР|trans-title=From the minutes of the joint meeting of the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR (5 March 1953)|date=1953-03-05|access-date=2024-12-14|publisher=Government of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}

{{show|Other positions (1939–1942)

|

  • Commander in Chief, Soviet Forces in Finland, 1939–1940.{{sfn|Manninen|2004|p=111}}
  • Chairman, Defence Committee, Council of People's Commissars, 1940.{{sfn|Karlsson|1988|p=72}}
  • Commander in Chief, Northwestern Direction, 1941.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/261067-postanovlenie-gko-locale-nil-83-ss-locale-nil-o-naznachenii-glavnokomanduyuschih-voyskami-severo-zapadnogo-zapadnogo-i-yugo-zapadnogo-napravleniy-i-preobrazovanii-stavki-glavnogo-komandovaniya-v-stavku-verhovnogo-komandovaniya-10-iyulya-1941-g|title=Постановление ГКО № 83 сс «О назначении главнокомандующих войсками Северо-западного, Западного и Юго-Западного направлений и преобразовании Ставки Главного Командования в Ставку Верховного Командования»|trans-title=GKO Decree No. 83 "On the appointment of commander-in-chief of troops of the North-West, West and South-West directions and the transformation of the Headquarters of the Main Command into the Headquarters of the Supreme Command"|date=1941-07-10|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=State Defence Committee|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Commander in Chief, Leningrad Front, 1941.{{sfn|Shukman|1997|pp=318–319}}
  • Stavka Representative to the Volkhov Front, 1942.{{sfn|Shukman|1997|pp=318–319}}
  • Commander in Chief, Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement, 1942.{{sfn|Shukman|1997|pp=318–319}}

}}

| data-sort-value="10(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(10th–20th, 23rd)}}

| {{no}}

| data-sort-value="14(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(14th–20th)}}

| 25

| (1881–1969) Resigned as head of state, 1960.{{cite news|last=Frankel|first=Max|author-link=Max Frankel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/08/archives/voroshilov-quits-as-chief-of-state-brezhnev-khrushchev-aide-rising.html|title=Voroshilov Quits as Chief of State; Brezhnev, Khrushchev Aide, Rising in Party Councils, Succeeds Marshal, 79|date=1960-05-08|access-date=2024-12-02|newspaper=The New York Times}} Mayor of Luhansk, 1917; People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs, 1925–1934. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1956 and 1968; Hero of Socialist Labour, 1960.

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! scope="row" | 2

| data-sort-value="budyonny" | Semyon Budyonny

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| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1935-11-20-01" | {{nowrap|20 Nov 1935{{sfn|Tyushkevich|1978|p=209}}}}

|

  • Inspector of Cavalry, Red Army, 1924–1937.
  • Commander, Moscow Military District, 1937–1940.
  • First Deputy People's Commissar for Defence, 1940–1942.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/327949|title=Постановление Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) «О первом заместителе народного комиссара обороны»|trans-title=Decree of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) "On the First Deputy People's Commissar for Defence"|date=1942-08-27|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence, 1942–1943.
  • Inspector of Cavalry, Red Army, 1943–1945.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/187514-prikaz-o-naznachenii-marshala-sovetskogo-soyuza-budennogo-s-m-komanduyuschim-kavaleriey-krasnoy-armii-i-general-polkovnika-gorodovikova-o-i-ego-zamestitelem-25-yanvarya-1943-g|title=Приказ о назначении Маршала Советского Союза Буденного С.М. командующим кавалерией Красной Армии и генерал-полковника Городовикова О.И. - его заместителем|trans-title=People's Commissar of Defence of the USSR, Order No. 057 "Order on the appointment of Marshal of the Soviet Union S.M. Budenny as commander of the cavalry of the Red Army and Colonel General O.I. Gorodovikov as his deputy"|date=1943-01-25|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=People's Commissariat of Defence of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Deputy Minister of Agriculture, 1947–1953.
  • Deputy Minister of Agriculture/Inspector of Cavalry, Soviet Ground Forces, 1953–1954.

{{show|Field commands (1940–1942)

|

  • Commander, 21st Army, 1941.
  • Commander in Chief, Southwestern Direction, 1941.
  • Commander in Chief, Reserve Front, 1941.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/198591|title=Директива Ставки ВГК № 001863 главнокомандующим войсками Юго-Западного и Западного направлений, командующим войсками Резервного и Западного фронтов о назначениях высшего командного состава|trans-title=Stavka Headquarters Directive No. 001863 by the Commander-in-Chief of the South-West and Western Forces "On the appointment of senior command personnel for the Reserve and Western Fronts"|date=1941-09-11|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Stavka of the Supreme High Command|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Commander in Chief, North Caucasus Direction, 1942.
  • Commander in Chief, North Caucasus Front, 1942.

}}

| data-sort-value="17(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 17th, 19th–24th; Full: 18th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 17

| (1883–1973) Retired, 1954. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1958, 1963 and 1968.

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! scope="row" | 3

| data-sort-value="tukhachevsky" | Mikhail Tukhachevsky

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1935-11-20-02" | {{nowrap|20 Nov 1935{{sfn|Tyushkevich|1978|p=209}}}}

|

  • First Deputy People's Commissar for Defence/Chief of Ordnance, Red Army, 1931–1936.{{cite journal|last=McGranahan|first=William|url=https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol8/iss1/18/|title=The Rise and Fall of Marshal Tukhachevsky|journal=Parameters|volume=8|number=1|page=63|date=1978-07-04|access-date=2024-12-05|doi=10.55540/0031-1723.1146|publisher=USAWC Press}}
  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence/Inspector of Military Training, Red Army, 1936–1937.{{cite web|last=McFadden|first=Christopher Paul|url=https://www.ausa.org/sites/default/files/LWP-56-Mikhail-Nikolayevich-Tukhachevsky-1893-1937-Practitioner-and-Theorist-of-War.pdf|title=Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky (1893–1937): Practitioner and Theorist of War|page=6|date=August 2006|access-date=2024-12-05|publisher=The Institute of Land Warfare|website=Association of the United States Army}}

| data-sort-value="17(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(17th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 2

| (1893–1937){{efn|Arrested and stripped of rank, 22 May 1937; executed, 12 June 1937; rehabilitated and posthumously restored as marshal, 31 January 1957.}} Stripped of rank, 1937. Posthumously rehabilitated.

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! scope="row" | 4

| data-sort-value="yegorov" | Alexander Yegorov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1935-11-20-03" | {{nowrap|20 Nov 1935{{sfn|Tyushkevich|1978|p=209}}}}

|

  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence/Chief, General Staff of the Red Army, 1935–1937.
  • First Deputy People's Commissar for Defence, 1937–1938.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/402225|title=Об утверждении Маршала Советского Союза т. Егорова А.И. первым заместителем Народного Комиссара Обороны СССР|trans-title=On approval of Marshal of the Soviet Union A.I. Yegorov as First Deputy People's Commissar of Defence of the USSR|date=1937-05-10|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Commander, Transcaucasian Military District, 1938.

| data-sort-value="17(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(17th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 3

| (1883–1939){{efn|Arrested and stripped of rank, February 1938; executed, 23 February 1939; rehabilitated and posthumously restored as marshal, March 1956.}} Stripped of rank, 1938. Posthumously rehabilitated.

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! scope="row" | 5

| data-sort-value="blyukher" | Vasily Blyukher

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1935-11-20-04" | {{nowrap|20 Nov 1935{{sfn|Tyushkevich|1978|p=209}}}}

|

  • Commander, Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army, 1935–1938.
  • Commander in Chief, Far Eastern Front, 1938.{{cite web|url=http://rkka.ru/handbook/doc/okdva-280638.htm|title=Приказ Народного Комиссара Обороны СССР, No. 0107|trans-title=People's Commissar of Defence of the USSR, Order No. 107 "On the reorganization of the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army"|date=1938-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203223542/http://rkka.ru/handbook/doc/okdva-280638.htm|archive-date=2016-02-03|language=ru}}

| data-sort-value="17(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(17th){{efn|Candidate member of the 17th Central Committee until promotion at the 12th Plenary Session (12 October 1937){{cite web|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/07186.asp|title=Центральный Комитет, избранный XVII-м съездом ВКП(б) 10.2.1934, члены|trans-title=Central Committee elected by the XVII Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on 10.2.1934, members|access-date=2024-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727103431/http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/07186.asp|archive-date=2022-07-27|publisher=Knowbysight.info}}}}}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 3

| (1889–1938){{efn|Arrested, 22 October 1938; died in captivity, 9 November 1938; retroactively stripped of rank, March 1939; rehabilitated and posthumously restored as marshal, 1956.}} Retroactively stripped of rank, 1939. Posthumously rehabilitated.

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! scope="row" | 6

| data-sort-value="timoshenko" | Semyon Timoshenko

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| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1940-05-07-00" | 7 May 1940  

|

{{show|Field commands (1941–1943)

|

  • Commander in Chief, Western Front, 1941.
  • Commander in Chief, Western Direction/Commander in Chief, Western Front, 1941.{{sfnmp|Sadykiewicz|1987|1p=55|Shukman|1997|2p=247}}
  • Commander in Chief, Southwestern Direction, 1941.
  • Commander in Chief, Southwestern Direction/Commander in Chief, Southwestern Front, 1941.{{sfn|Sadykiewicz|1987|p=55}}
  • Commander in Chief, Southwestern Direction, 1941–1942.
  • Commander in Chief, Southwestern Direction/Commander in Chief, Southwestern Front, 1942.
  • Commander in Chief, Stalingrad Front, 1942.
  • Commander in Chief, Northwestern Front, 1942–1943.

}}

| data-sort-value="18(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Full: 18th; Candidate: 19th–23rd)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 20

| (1895–1970) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1960. Chairman, State Committee for War Veterans, 1961–1970. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1940 and 1965; awarded Order of Victory, 1945.

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! scope="row" | 7

| data-sort-value="shaposhnikov" | Boris Shaposhnikov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1940-05-07-01" | 7 May 1940  

|

  • Chief, General Staff of the Red Army, 1937–1940.
  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence, 1940–1941.
  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence/Chief, General Staff of the Red Army, 1941–1942.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/187216-prikaz-ob-osvobozhdenii-g-k-zhukova-ot-dolzhnosti-nachalnika-generalnogo-shtaba-i-naznachenii-na-etu-dolzhnost-b-m-shaposhnikova-10-avgusta-1941-g|title=Приказ об освобождении Г.К. Жукова от должности начальника Генерального Штаба и назначении на эту должность Б.М. Шапошникова|trans-title=People's Commissar of Defence of the USSR, Order No. 0270 "Order for the release of G.K. Zhukov from the post of Chief of the General Staff and the appointment of B.M. Shaposhnikov"|date=1941-08-10|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=People's Commissariat of Defence of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Chief of Staff, Western Front, 1941.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/178397|title=Постановление Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) о назначении руководителей Наркомата обороны, Западного направления и Западного фронта|trans-title=Decree of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) "On the appointment of the leaders of the People's Commissariat of Defence, the Western Region and the Western Front"|date=1941-07-19|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence, 1942–1943.
  • Commandant, Kliment E. Voroshilov Higher Military Academy, 1943–1945.

| data-sort-value="18(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(18th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 5

| (1882–1945) Died in office.

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! scope="row" | 8

| data-sort-value="kulik" | Grigory Kulik

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1940-05-07-02" | 7 May 1940  

|

  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence/Deputy Chief, General Staff of the Red Army/Head, Main Artillery Directorate, Red Army, 1937–1941.
  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence/Head, Main Formation and Training Directorate, Red Army, 1941.
  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence, 1941–1942.
  • Commander, 54th Army, 1941.
  • Stavka Representative to the Crimean Front, 1941–1942.

| data-sort-value="18(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(18th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 2

| (1890–1950){{efn|Stripped of rank and honours, 16 February 1942; dismissed as deputy people's commissar for defence and expelled from Central Committee, 19 February 1942; appointed as major general, 17 March 1942; promoted to lieutenant general, 15 April 1943; demoted to major general, 9 July 1945; arrested and stripped of rank, 11 January 1947; executed, 24 August 1950; rehabilitated and posthumously restored as marshal, 28 September 1957.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/328098|title=Постановление Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) о маршале Г. И. Кулике|trans-title=Decree of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) "On the Matter of Marshal G.I. Kulik"|date=1942-02-19|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}}} Stripped of rank, 1942. Posthumously rehabilitated. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1940 (rescinded 1942).{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/187318-prikaz-o-kulike-g-i-2-marta-1942-g|title=Приказ о Кулике Г.И.|trans-title=People's Commissar of Defence of the USSR, Order No. 0041 "On the Matter of Marshal G.I. Kulik"|date=1942-03-02|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=People's Commissariat of Defence of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}

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| data-sort-value="zhukov" | Georgy Zhukov

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| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1943-01-18" | {{nowrap|18 Jan 1943{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/item/1954868|title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding Army General G.K. Zhukov the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1943-01-18|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library}}}}

|

  • First Deputy People's Commissar for Defence/Deputy Commander in Chief, Red Army/Deputy Chairman, Stavka of the Supreme High Command, 1942–1945.
  • Commander in Chief, 1st Ukrainian Front, 1944.
  • Commander in Chief, 1st Byelorussian Front, 1944–1945.
  • Chief Administrator, Soviet Military Administration in Germany/Commander in Chief, Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, 1945–1946.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/308016|title=Приказ главноначальствующего Советской военной администрации в Германии относительно организации военной администрации по управлению Советской зоной оккупации в Германии|trans-title=Order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany regarding the organization of a military administration to manage the Soviet occupation zone in Germany|date=1945-06-09|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=Soviet Military Administration in Germany|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces/Commander in Chief, Soviet Ground Forces, 1946.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/387521|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. О назначении заместителей Министра вооруженных сил СССР, Начальника Генерального Штаба, Главнокомандующих сухопутными войсками, военно-морскими, военно-воздушными силами и Начальника тыла вооруженных|trans-title=Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the appointment of deputies of the Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR, the Chief of the General Staff, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Navy, and Air Force and the Chief of the Rear of the Armed Forces"|date=1946-03-21|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Commander, Odessa Military District, 1946–1948.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/308025|title=Приказ министра Вооруженных Сил СССР И.В. Сталина об освобождении Г.К. Жукова от должности главнокомандующего Сухопутными войсками. 9 июня 1946 г.|trans-title=Order of the Minister of Armed Forces of the USSR I.V. Stalin on the termination of G.K. Zhukov from the post of commander in chief of the Ground Forces|date=1946-06-09|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Ministry of the Armed Forces|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Commander, Ural Military District, 1948–1953.
  • First Deputy Minister of Defence, 1953–1955.{{efn|as First Deputy Minister of War (5–15 March 1953)}}
  • Minister of Defence, 1955–1957.

| data-sort-value="18(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 18th; Full: 19th–20th)}}

| {{no}}

| data-sort-value="20(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(20th)}}

| 14

| (1896–1974){{efn|Dismissed as minister of defence, 26 October 1957; terminated from active military service, 27 February 1958.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/416536|title=Протокол № 141 от 27 февраля. Приложение. Проект. Постановление Совета Министров СССР «Об увольнении в отставку и материальном обеспечении Маршала Советского Союза Жукова Г.К.»|trans-title=Decree No. 141 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the dismissal of Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov"|date=1958-02-27|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}}} Dismissed as minister of defence, 1957. Chief, General Staff of the Red Army, 1941. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1940, 1944, 1945 and 1956; awarded Order of Victory, 1944 and 1945.

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| data-sort-value="vasilevsky" | Aleksandr Vasilevsky

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| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1943-02-16" | {{nowrap|16 Feb 1943{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/187550-prikaz-s-obyavleniem-ukaza-prezidiuma-verhovnogo-soveta-sssr-locale-nil-o-prisvoenii-generalu-armii-vasilevskomu-a-m-voennogo-zvaniya-marshala-sovetskogo-soyuza-locale-nil-18-fevralya-1943-g|title=Приказ с объявлением Указа Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении генералу армии Василевскому А.М. военного звания Маршала Советского Союза»|trans-title=Order with the announcement of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding Army General A.M. Vasilevsky the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1943-02-18|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=People's Commissariat of Defence of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}}}

|

  • Deputy People's Commissar for Defence/Chief, General Staff of the Red Army, 1942–1945.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/327948|title=Постановление ГКО СССР № 1723 об освобождении Б. М. Шапошникова от должности начальника Генштаба Красной армии и возложении на А.М. Василевского исполнения обязанностей начальника Генштаба Красной армии|trans-title=GKO Decree No. 1723 "On the relief of B.M. Shaposhnikov from the post of chief of the General Staff of the Red Army and granting A.M. Vasilevsky interim authority as chief of the General Staff of the Red Army|date=1942-05-11|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=State Defence Committee|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/327952|title=Постановление ГКО СССР № 7549с об освобождении А. М. Василевского от обязанностей начальника Генштаба Красной армии и назначении начальником Генштаба А. И. Антонова. Секретно|trans-title=GKO Decree No. 7549(c) "On the relief of A.M. Vasilevsky from the duties of the chief of the General Staff of the Red Army and the appointment of A.I. Antonov as chief of the General Staff|date=1945-02-17|access-date=2024-12-08|publisher=State Defence Committee|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Commander in Chief, 3rd Byelorussian Front, 1945.
  • Commander in Chief, Soviet Forces in the Far East, 1945.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/227584|title=Приказ Ставки Верховного Главнокомандования о назначении маршала Советского Союза А. М. Василевского Главнокомандующим советскими войсками на Дальнем Востоке|trans-title=Order of the Headquarters of the Supreme Command on the appointment of Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky as Commander-in-Chief of Soviet Forces in the Far East|date=1945-06-30|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Stavka of the Supreme High Command|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces/Chief, General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1946–1947.
  • First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces/Chief, General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1947–1948.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/376841|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. О назначении Маршала Советского Союза Василевского А. М. первым заместителем Министра вооруженных сил СССР|trans-title=Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the appointment of Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky as First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR"|date=1947-03-06|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces, 1948–1949.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/387833|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. О первом заместителе Министра вооруженных сил СССР и Начальнике Генерального штаба вооруженных сил СССР|trans-title=Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR"|date=1948-11-12|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Minister of War, 1949–1953.{{efn|as Minister of the Armed Forces (1949–1950){{sfn|Karlsson|1988|pp=72–73}}}}{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/363031|title=Постановление Политбюро о кадровых перестановках в руководстве Министерства вооруженных сил СССР (Протокол № 68)|trans-title=Decree No. 68 of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On personnel shifts in the leadership of the Ministry of Armed Forces of the USSR"|date=1949-03-24|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • First Deputy Minister of War, 1953.
  • Deputy Minister of Defence, 1953–1956.
  • Deputy Minister of Defence for Military Science, 1956–1957.

| data-sort-value="19(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(19th–20th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 14

| (1895–1977) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1959. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1944 and 1945; awarded Order of Victory, 1944 and 1945.

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! scope="row" | 11

| data-sort-value="stalin" | Joseph Stalin

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1943-03-06" | {{nowrap|6 Mar 1943{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/243800-ukaz-prezidiuma-verhovnogo-soveta-sssr-o-prisvoenii-verhovnomu-glavnokomanduyuschemu-vooruzhennymi-silami-sssr-stalinu-i-v-voennogo-zvaniya-marshala-sovetskogo-soyuza-6-marta-1943-g|title=Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о присвоении Верховному Главнокомандующему вооруженными силами СССР Сталину И. В. военного звания Маршала Советского Союза|trans-title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the USSR, I.V. Stalin, the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1943-03-06|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}}}

|

| data-sort-value="6(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(6th Conf.–19th)}}

| data-sort-value="11" {{yes}}
{{small|(11th–19th)}}

| data-sort-value="6(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(6th Comp.–19th)}}

| 2

| (1878–1953) Died in office. Promoted to Generalissimo, 27 Jun 1945. Made Hero of Socialist Labour, 1939; Hero of the Soviet Union, 1945; awarded Order of Victory, 1944.

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! scope="row" | 12

| data-sort-value="konev" | Ivan Konev

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1944-02-20" | {{nowrap|20 Feb 1944{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/item/1954984|title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding Army General I.S. Konev the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1944-02-20|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library}}}}

|

| data-sort-value="18(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 18th; Full: 19th–24th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 17

| (1897–1973){{efn|Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, July 1960; recalled as marshal to command Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 13 August 1961; reappointed to Group of Inspectors General, April 1962.}} Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1960; reappointed, 1962. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1944 and 1945; awarded Order of Victory, 1945.

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! scope="row" | 13

| data-sort-value="govorov" | Leonid Govorov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1944-06-18" | {{nowrap|18 Jun 1944{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/item/1955032|title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding Army General L.A. Govorov the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1944-06-18|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library}}}}

|

| data-sort-value="19(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(19th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 11

| (1897–1955) Died in office. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1945; awarded Order of Victory, 1945.

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! scope="row" | 14

| data-sort-value="rokossovsky" | Konstantin Rokossovsky

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1944-06-29" | {{nowrap|29 Jun 1944{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/item/1955036|title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding Army General K.K. Rokossovsky the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1944-06-29|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library}}}}

|

  • Commander in Chief, 1st Byelorussian Front, 1943–1944.
  • Commander in Chief, 2nd Byelorussian Front, 1944–1945.
  • Commander in Chief, Northern Group of Forces, 1945–1949.{{sfn|Shukman|1997|p=194}}
  • Minister of National Defence, Republic of Poland, 1949–1952.
  • Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers, Polish People's Republic/Minister of National Defence, Polish People's Republic, 1952–1956.
  • Deputy Minister of Defence/Chief Inspector, Ministry of Defence, 1956–1957.{{sfn|Shukman|1997|pp=195–196}}
  • Deputy Minister of Defence/Commander, Transcaucasian Military District, 1957–1958.{{sfn|Shukman|1997|pp=195–196}}
  • Deputy Minister of Defence/Chief Inspector, Ministry of Defence, 1958–1962.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/412939|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. Об освобождении Маршала Советского Союза Рокоссовского К. К. от обязанностей заместителя Министра и члена коллегии Министерства обороны СССР. № 379|trans-title=Decree No. 379 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the termination of Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky from the duties of Deputy Minister of Defence of the USSR"|date=1962-04-24|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}

| data-sort-value="22(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(22nd–23rd)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 18

| (1896–1968) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1962. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1944 and 1945; awarded Order of Victory, 1945. Made Marshal of Poland, 1949.

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! scope="row" | 15

| data-sort-value="malinovsky" | Rodion Malinovsky

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1944-09-10" | {{nowrap|10 Sep 1944{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/item/1955067?mode=archive|title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding Army General R.Ya. Malinovsky the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1944-09-10|access-date=2024-12-02|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library}}}}

|

| data-sort-value="19(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 19th; Full: 20th–23rd)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 23

| (1898–1967) Died in office. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1945 and 1958; awarded Order of Victory, 1945.

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! scope="row" | 16

| data-sort-value="tolbukhin" | Fyodor Tolbukhin

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1944-09-12" | {{nowrap|12 Sep 1944{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/item/1955068|title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding Army General F.I. Tolbukhin the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1944-09-12|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library}}}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 5

| (1894–1949) Died in office. Posthumously made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1965; awarded Order of Victory, 1945.

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! scope="row" | 17

| data-sort-value="meretskov" | Kirill Meretskov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1944-10-26" | {{nowrap|26 Oct 1944{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/item/1955082|title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding Army General K.A. Meretskov the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1944-10-26|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|language=ru|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library}}}}

|

| data-sort-value="18(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(18th–19th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 20

| (1897–1968) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1964. Chief, General Staff of the Red Army, 1940–1941. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1940; awarded Order of Victory, 1945.

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! scope="row" | 18

| data-sort-value="beria" | Lavrentiy Beria

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1945-07-09" | {{nowrap|9 Jul 1945{{cite book|last=Birstein|first=Vadim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kg2uAwAAQBAJ|title=SMERSH: Stalin's Secret Weapon|page=28|date=2013-06-18|access-date=2021-09-29|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=978-1849545679|via=Google Books}}}}

|

| data-sort-value="17(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(17th–19th)}}

| {{no}}

| data-sort-value="18(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(18th–19th){{efn|Candidate member of the 18th Politburo until promotion at the 8th Plenary Session (18 March 1946){{cite web|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/07177.asp|title=Узкий состав ЦК РСДРП(б) - Политическое бюро ЦК РСДРП(б) - Бюро ЦК РСДРП(б) - РКП(б) - Политическое бюро ЦК РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - Президиум - Политическое бюро ЦК КПСС|trans-title=Narrow composition of the Central Committee of the RSDLP(b) - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) - Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) - RCP (b) - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) - CPSU (b) - Presidium - Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU|access-date=2024-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528161017/http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/07177.asp|archive-date=2022-05-28|publisher=Knowbysight.info}}}}}}

| 8

| (1899–1953){{efn|Unofficial rank of Commissar General of State Security converted to Marshal of the Soviet Union, 9 July 1945; arrested and removed from all offices, 26 June 1953; stripped of rank, 18 December 1953; executed, 23 December 1953.}} Stripped of rank, 1953. First Secretary, Communist Party of Georgia, 1931–1932, 1934–1938; First Secretary, Communist Party, Transcaucasian SFSR, 1932–1938. Made Hero of Socialist Labour, 1943.

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! scope="row" | 19

| data-sort-value="sokolovsky" | Vasily Sokolovsky

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| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1946-07-03" | 3 Jul 1946  

|

| data-sort-value="19(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Full: 19th–20th; Candidate: 22nd–23rd)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 14

| (1897–1968) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1960. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1945.

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! scope="row" | 20

| data-sort-value="bulganin" | Nikolai Bulganin

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1947-11-03" | {{nowrap|3 Nov 1947{{sfn|Pierre|1955|p=93}}}}

|

  • Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers/Minister of the Armed Forces, 1947–1949.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/362997|title=Постановление Политбюро о назначении Н.А. Булганина заместителем председателя Совета Министров СССР (Протокол № 57)|trans-title=Decree No. 57 of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) "On the Appointment of N.A. Bulganin as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR"|date=1947-03-05|access-date=2024-12-14|publisher=Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/362992|title=Постановление пленума ЦК ВКП(б) об освобождении И.В. Сталина и назначении Н.А. Булганина министром вооруженных сил СССР (Протокол № 9)|trans-title=Resolution No. 9 of the Plenary of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On the release of I.V. Stalin and the appointment of N.A. Bulganin as Minister of Armed Forces of the USSR"|date=1947-02-26|access-date=2024-12-14|publisher=Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers, 1949–1950.
  • First Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers, 1950–1953.
  • First Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers/Minister of Defence, 1953–1955.{{efn|as Minister of War (5–15 March 1953)}}
  • Chairman, Council of Ministers, 1955–1958.
  • Chairman, State Bank of the Soviet Union, 1958.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/416547|title=Протокол № 145 от 25 марта. Постановление Президиума ЦК КПСС «О Председателе Совета Министров СССР»|trans-title=Resolution No. 145 of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR"|date=1958-03-25|access-date=2024-12-14|publisher=Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Chairman, Regional Economic Council, 1958.

| data-sort-value="17(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(17th–20th){{efn|Candidate member of the 17th Central Committee until promotion at the 12th Plenary Session (12 October 1937)}}}}

| {{no}}

| data-sort-value="18(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(18th–20th){{efn|Candidate member of the 18th Politburo until promotion by poll (18 February 1948){{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/363007|title=Постановление Политбюро об избрании Н.А. Булганина членом Политбюро (Протокол № 61)|trans-title=Resolution No. 61 of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) "On the election of N.A. Bulganin as a member of the Politburo"|date=1948-02-16|access-date=2024-12-14|publisher=Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}}}}}

| 11

| (1895–1975){{efn|Resigned as premier, 27 March 1958; expelled from Presidium, 5 September 1958; stripped of rank, 20 November 1958; retired, 14 October 1961.}} Stripped of rank, 1958.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/416609|title=Протокол № 191 от 20 ноября. Постановление Президиума ЦК КПСС «Об отмене постановления Политбюро ЦК о присвоении т. Булганину Н.А. воинского звания Маршала Советского Союза»|trans-title=Resolution No. 191 of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On nullifying the decision of the Politburo to award N.A. Bulganin the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union"|date=1958-11-20|access-date=2024-12-07|publisher=Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}} Chairman, Council of People's Commissars, Russian SFSR, 1937–1938; Deputy Chairman, Council of People's Commissars, 1938–1944; Chairman, State Bank of the Soviet Union, 1938–1940, 1940–1945. Made Hero of Socialist Labour, 1955.

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! scope="row" | 21

| data-sort-value="grechko" | Andrei Grechko

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1955-03-11-00" | 11 Mar 1955  

|

| data-sort-value="19(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 19th–20th; Full: 22nd–25th)}}

| {{no}}

| data-sort-value="24(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(24th–25th)}}

| 21

| (1903–1976) Died in office. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1958 and 1973.

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! scope="row" | 22

| data-sort-value="bagramyan" | Ivan Bagramyan

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1955-03-11-01" | 11 Mar 1955  

|

  • Deputy Minister of Defence/Chief Inspector, Ministry of Defence, 1954–1955.
  • Commandant, Military Academy of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1956–1958.
  • Deputy Minister of Defence/Chief, Rear Services of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1958–1968.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/414171|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. О заместителе Министра обороны СССР|trans-title=Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the Deputy Minister of Defence of the USSR"|date=1968-04-23|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}

| data-sort-value="19(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 19th–20th; Full: 22nd–26th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 13

| (1897–1982) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1968. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1944 and 1977.

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! scope="row" | 23

| data-sort-value="biryuzov" | Sergey Biryuzov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1955-03-11-02" | 11 Mar 1955  

|

| data-sort-value="20(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 20th; Full: 22nd)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 9

| (1904–1964) Died in office. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1958.

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! scope="row" | 24

| data-sort-value="moskalenko" | Kirill Moskalenko

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1955-03-11-03" | 11 Mar 1955  

|

  • Commander, Moscow Military District, 1953–1960.
  • Deputy Minister of Defence/Commander in Chief, Strategic Missile Forces, 1960–1962.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/409616|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. Об утверждении т. Москаленко К. С. Главнокомандующим Ракетными войсками — заместителем Министра обороны СССР и членом коллегии Министерства обороны СССР|trans-title=Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On approval of K.S. Moskalenko as Deputy Minister of Defence of the USSR, Commander-in-Chief of the Missile Forces, and member of the Defence Collegium"|date=1960-10-25|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}
  • Deputy Minister of Defence/Chief Inspector, Ministry of Defence, 1962–1983.

| data-sort-value="20(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(20th–26th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 28

| (1902–1985) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1983. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1943 and 1978.

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! scope="row" | 25

| data-sort-value="chuikov" | Vasily Chuikov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1955-03-11-04" | 11 Mar 1955  

|

| data-sort-value="20(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 20th; Full: 22nd–26th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 17

| (1900–1982) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1972. Commander in Chief, Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, 1949–1953. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1944 and 1945.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 26

| data-sort-value="yeryomenko" | Andrey Yeryomenko

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1955-03-11-05" | 11 Mar 1955  

|

| data-sort-value="20(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 20th, 23rd; Full: 22nd)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 3

| (1892–1970) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1958. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1944.

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! scope="row" | 27

| data-sort-value="zakharov" | Matvei Zakharov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1959-05-08" | 8 May 1959  

|

  • Commander in Chief, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 1957–1960.
  • First Deputy Minister of Defence/Chief, General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1960–1963.
  • Commandant, Military Academy of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1963–1964.
  • First Deputy Minister of Defence/Chief, General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1964–1971.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/413433|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. О Начальнике Генерального Штаба Вооруженных Сил СССР. № 947|trans-title=Decree No. 947 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR"|date=1964-11-21|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/414731|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. О Начальнике Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил СССР. № 680|trans-title=Decree No. 680 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR"|date=1971-09-21|access-date=2024-12-09|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}

| data-sort-value="22(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(22nd–24th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 12

| (1898–1972) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1971. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1945 and 1971. Director, Main Intelligence Directorate, 1949–1952.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 28

| data-sort-value="golikov" | Filipp Golikov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1961-05-06" | 6 May 1961  

|

| data-sort-value="22(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(22nd)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 1

| (1900–1980) Relieved and appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1962. Director, Main Intelligence Directorate, 1940–1941.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 29

| data-sort-value="krylov" | Nikolay Krylov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1962-04-28" | 28 Apr 1962  

|

| data-sort-value="22(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(22nd–24th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 10

| (1903–1972) Died in office. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, twice in 1945.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 30

| data-sort-value="yakubovsky" | Ivan Yakubovsky

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1967-04-12" | 12 Apr 1967  

|

  • First Deputy Minister of Defence/Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization, 1967–1976.{{cite web|url=https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nodes/413960|title=Постановление Совета Министров СССР. О назначении т. Якубовского И. И. первым заместителем Министра обороны СССР (Протокол № 308)|trans-title=Decree No. 308 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the appointment of I.I Yakubovsky as First Deputy Minister of Defence of the USSR"|date=1967-04-12|access-date=2024-12-14|publisher=Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|language=ru|website=Electronic Library of [Russian and Soviet] Historical Documents}}

| data-sort-value="22(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(22nd–25th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 9

| (1912–1976) Died in office. Commander in Chief, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 1960–1961; 1962–1965. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, twice in 1944.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 31

| data-sort-value="batitsky" | Pavel Batitsky

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1968-04-15-00" | 15 Apr 1968  

|

| data-sort-value="22(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 22nd; Full: 23rd–26th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 10

| (1910–1984) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1978. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1965.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 32

| data-sort-value="koshevoy" | Pyotr Koshevoy

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1968-04-15-01" | 15 Apr 1968  

|

| data-sort-value="22(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(22nd–23rd)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 1

| (1904–1976) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1969. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1944 and 1945.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 33

| data-sort-value="brezhnev" | Leonid Brezhnev

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1976-05-07" | {{nowrap|7 May 1976{{sfn|Karlsson|1988|p=70}}}}

|

| data-sort-value="19(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(19th–26th)}}

| data-sort-value="19" {{yes}}
{{small|(19th–26th)}}

| data-sort-value="19(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 19th; Full: 20th–26th)}}

| 6

| (1906–1982) Died in office. First Secretary, Communist Party of Moldavia, 1950–1952; First Secretary, Communist Party of Kazakhstan, 1955–1956; Chairman, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, 1960–1964; Second Secretary, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1963–1964. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1966, 1976, 1978 and 1981; Hero of Socialist Labour, 1961; awarded Order of Victory, 1978 (rescinded 1989).

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 34

| data-sort-value="ustinov" | Dmitry Ustinov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1976-07-30" | {{nowrap|30 Jul 1976{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-uma-84-003/page/4/mode/2up?q=marshal|title=USSR Report: Military Affairs — Military History Journal No. 10, October 1983|page=4|date=1984-01-06|access-date=2024-12-04|via=Internet Archive}}}}

|

| data-sort-value="19(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(19th–26th)}}

| data-sort-value="22" {{yes}}
{{small|(22nd–25th)}}

| data-sort-value="22(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 22nd–24th; Full: 25th–26th)}}

| 8

| (1908–1984){{efn|Directly appointed as General of the Army, 29 April 1976; promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union, 30 July 1976.}} Died in office. Minister of the Defence Industry, 1941–1957;{{efn|as People's Commissar for Armaments (1941–1946); Minister of Armaments (1946–1953){{sfn|Karlsson|1988|pp=72–73}}}} Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers, 1957–1963; First Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers, 1963–1965; CPSU Central Committee Secretary for Administrative Organs, 1963–1976; for the Defence Industry, 1965–1976. Made Hero of Socialist Labour, 1942 and 1961; Hero of the Soviet Union, 1978.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 35

| data-sort-value="kulikov" | Viktor Kulikov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1977-01-14-00" | 14 Jan 1977  

|

| data-sort-value="24(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(24th–27th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 12

| (1921–2013) Relieved, 1989. Commander in Chief, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 1969–1971; Chief, General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1971–1977; Member of the State Duma, 2000–2003. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1981.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 36

| data-sort-value="ogarkov" | Nikolai Ogarkov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1977-01-14-01" | 14 Jan 1977  

|

| data-sort-value="23(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 23rd; Full: 24th–28th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 11

| (1917–1994) Relieved as chief of the general staff, 1984; appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1988. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1977.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 37

| data-sort-value="sokolov" | Sergei Sokolov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1978-02-17" | 17 Feb 1978  

|

| data-sort-value="23(a)(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(23rd–27th){{efn|Candidate member of the 23rd Central Committee until promotion at the 7th Plenary Session (9–10 April 1968){{cite web|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/05803.asp|title=XXIII-й съезд Коммунистической партии Советского Союза 29.3 - 8.4.1966|trans-title=XXIII Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 29.3 - 8.4.1966|access-date=2022-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416064014/http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/05803.asp|archive-date=2022-04-16|publisher=Knowbysight.info}}}}}}

| {{no}}

| data-sort-value="26(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(26th–27th)}}

| 9

| (1911–2012) Dismissed as minister of defence, 1987. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1980.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 38

| data-sort-value="akhromeyev" | Sergey Akhromeyev

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1983-03-25-00" | 25 Mar 1983  

|

| data-sort-value="26(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(26th–27th){{efn|Candidate member of the 26th Central Committee until promotion at the 6th Plenary Session (14–15 June 1983){{cite web|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/05805.asp|title=Центральный Комитет, избранный XXVI съездом КПСС 3.3.1981, члены|trans-title=Central Committee elected by the XXVI Congress of the CPSU 3.3.1981, members|access-date=2022-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425043055/http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/05802.asp|archive-date=2022-04-25|publisher=Knowbysight.info}}}}}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 5

| (1923–1991) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1988. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1982.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 39

| data-sort-value="kurkotkin" | Semyon Kurkotkin

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1983-03-25-01" | 25 Mar 1983  

|

| data-sort-value="24(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 24th; Full: 25th–27th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 5

| (1917–1990) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1988. Commander in Chief, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 1971–1972. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1981.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 40

| data-sort-value="petrov" | Vasily Petrov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1983-03-25-02" | 25 Mar 1983  

|

| data-sort-value="25(a)" {{yes}}
{{small|(25th–27th)}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 3

| (1917–2014) Appointed to Group of Inspectors General, 1986. Made Hero of the Soviet Union, 1982.

style="vertical-align: top;"

! scope="row" | 41

| data-sort-value="yazov" | Dmitry Yazov

| 75px

| style="text-align: right;" data-sort-value="1990-04-28" | 28 Apr 1990  

|

| data-sort-value="26(b)" {{yes}}
{{small|(Candidate: 26th; Full: 27th–28th){{efn|Candidate member of the 27th Central Committee until promotion at the 4th Plenary Session (26 June 1987){{cite web|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/05805.asp|title=Центральный Комитет, избранный XXVII съездом КПСС 6.3.1986, члены|trans-title=Central Committee elected by the XXVII Congress of the CPSU 6.3.1986, members|access-date=2022-05-21|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220416063020/http://www.knowbysight.info/2_KPSS/05805.asp|archive-date=2022-04-16|publisher=Knowbysight.info}}}}}}

| {{no}}

| data-sort-value="27(b)" {{operational|Candidate}}
{{small|(27th)}}

| 1

| (1924–2020) Dismissed as minister of defence, 1991.

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bar:konev from:1946.33 till:1946.50 color:political

bar:konev from:1946.50 till:1950.25 color:service

bar:konev from:1950.25 till:1951.92 color:other

bar:konev from:1951.92 till:1955.25 color:theatre

bar:konev from:1955.25 till:1956 color:service

bar:konev from:1956 till:1960.33 color:warsawgermany

bar:konev from:1961.67 till:1962.33 color:warsawgermany text:"Ivan Konev"

bar:govorov from:1944.50 till:1946.33 color:theatre

bar:govorov from:1946.33 till:1954.42 color:other

bar:govorov from:1954.42 till:1955.25 color:service text:"Leonid Govorov"

bar:rokossovsky from:1944.50 till:1949.92 color:theatre

bar:rokossovsky from:1949.92 till:1956.92 color:political

bar:rokossovsky from:1956.92 till:1957.83 color:other

bar:rokossovsky from:1957.83 till:1957.98 color:theatre

bar:rokossovsky from:1957.98 till:1962.33 color:other text:"Konstantin Rokossovsky"

bar:malinovsky from:1944.75 till:1956.25 color:theatre

bar:malinovsky from:1956.25 till:1957.83 color:service

bar:malinovsky from:1957.83 till:1967.25 color:defence text:"Rodion Malinovsky"

bar:tolbukhin from:1944.75 till:1949.83 color:theatre text:"Fyodor Tolbukhin"

bar:meretskov from:1944.83 till:1954.42 color:theatre

bar:meretskov from:1954.42 till:1964.33 color:other text:"Kirill Meretskov"

bar:beria from:1945.58 till:1946.08 color:nkvd

bar:beria from:1946.08 till:1953.25 color:political

bar:beria from:1953.25 till:1953.50 color:nkvd text:"Lavrentiy Beria"

bar:sokolovsky from:1946.58 till:1949.25 color:warsawgermany

bar:sokolovsky from:1949.25 till:1952.50 color:other

bar:sokolovsky from:1952.50 till:1960.33 color:genlstaff text:"Vasily Sokolovsky"

bar:bulganin from:1947.92 till:1949.25 color:defence

bar:bulganin from:1949.25 till:1953.25 color:political

bar:bulganin from:1953.25 till:1955.17 color:defence

bar:bulganin from:1955.17 till:1958.92 color:political text:"Nikolai Bulganin"

bar:spacer_khrushchev from:1930 till:1999 color:category

bar:leader_khrushchev from:1980.17 till:1980.17 color:none text:"Malenkov–Khrushchev era (1953–1964)"

bar:grechko from:1955.25 till:1957.92 color:warsawgermany

bar:grechko from:1957.92 till:1960.33 color:service

bar:grechko from:1960.33 till:1967.33 color:warsawgermany

bar:grechko from:1967.33 till:1976.33 color:defence text:"Andrei Grechko"

bar:bagramyan from:1955.25 till:1968.33 color:other text:"Ivan Bagramyan"

bar:biryuzov from:1955.25 till:1963.25 color:service

bar:biryuzov from:1963.25 till:1964.83 color:genlstaff text:"Sergey Biryuzov"

bar:moskalenko from:1955.25 till:1960.83 color:theatre

bar:moskalenko from:1960.83 till:1962.33 color:service

bar:moskalenko from:1962.33 till:1983.98 color:other text:"Kirill Moskalenko"

bar:chuikov from:1955.25 till:1960.33 color:theatre

bar:chuikov from:1960.33 till:1964.25 color:service

bar:chuikov from:1964.25 till:1972.58 color:other text:"Vasily Chuikov"

bar:yeryomenko from:1955.25 till:1958.33 color:theatre text:"Andrey Yeryomenko"

bar:zakharov from:1959.42 till:1960.33 color:warsawgermany

bar:zakharov from:1960.33 till:1963.25 color:genlstaff

bar:zakharov from:1963.25 till:1964.92 color:other

bar:zakharov from:1964.92 till:1971.75 color:genlstaff text:"Matvei Zakharov"

bar:golikov from:1961.42 till:1962.33 color:other text:"Filipp Golikov"

bar:krylov from:1962.33 till:1963.25 color:theatre

bar:krylov from:1963.25 till:1972.17 color:service text:"Nikolay Krylov"

bar:spacer_brezhnev from:1930 till:1999 color:category

bar:leader_brezhnev from:1986.45 till:1986.45 color:none text:"Brezhnev era (1964–1982)"

bar:yakubovsky from:1967.33 till:1976.92 color:warsawgermany text:"Ivan Yakubovsky"

bar:batitsky from:1968.33 till:1978.58 color:service text:"Pavel Batitsky"

bar:koshevoy from:1968.33 till:1969.75 color:warsawgermany text:"Pyotr Koshevoy"

bar:brezhnev from:1976.42 till:1982.92 color:gensec text:"Leonid Brezhnev"

bar:ustinov from:1976.58 till:1984.98 color:defence text:"Dmitry Ustinov"

bar:kulikov from:1977.08 till:1989.17 color:warsawgermany text:"Viktor Kulikov"

bar:ogarkov from:1977.08 till:1984.75 color:genlstaff

bar:ogarkov from:1984.75 till:1988.67 color:theatre text:"Nikolai Ogarkov"

bar:sokolov from:1978.17 till:1984.98 color:other

bar:sokolov from:1984.98 till:1987.42 color:defence text:"Sergei Sokolov"

bar:spacer_andropovchernenko from:1930 till:1999 color:category

bar:leader_andropovchernenko from:1980.60 till:1980.60 color:none text:"Andropov–Chernenko era (1982–1985)"

bar:akhromeyev from:1983.25 till:1988.92 color:genlstaff text:"Sergey Akhromeyev"

bar:kurkotkin from:1983.25 till:1988.42 color:other text:"Semyon Kurkotkin"

bar:petrov from:1983.25 till:1985.08 color:service

bar:petrov from:1985.08 till:1986 color:other text:"Vasily Petrov"

bar:spacer_gorbachev from:1930 till:1999 color:category

bar:leader_gorbachev from:1985.45 till:1985.45 color:none text:"Gorbachev era (1985–1991)"

bar:yazov from:1990.33 till:1991.67 color:defence text:"Dmitry Yazov"

}}

See also

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{reflist}}

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|last=Pierre

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|last=Spahr

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  • {{cite web

|url=http://www.marshals.su/

|title=Biographies of all the Marshals and Admirals of the Fleet of the USSR

|access-date=2024-12-05

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331075551/http://www.marshals.su/

|archive-date=2009-03-31

}}

  • {{cite web

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|first=Steen

|url=https://generals.dk/nation/Soviet_Union.html

|title=Soviet Generals

|year=2000

|access-date=2024-12-05

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515185928/https://generals.dk/nation/Soviet_Union.html

|archive-date=2024-05-15

|website=The Generals of WWII (database)

}}

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