Kirill Meretskov

Commander

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Gender	Male
Death	55 years ago
Date of birth	June 7,1897
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Born	Nazar'evo
	Russia
Date of died	December 30,1968
Died	Moscow
	Russia
Place of burial	Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Battles and wars	Russian Civil War
	Winter War
	World War II
Job	Politician
	Army officer
Books	Serving the People
	City Invincible
Education	Frunze Military Academy
Founded	Volkhov Front
	1st Far Eastern Front
Date of Reg.	2019-02-22 10:34:54
Date of Upd.	2023-07-14 07:27:53
ID	447900

Order of Victory
Order of Suvorov
Order of Kutuzov
Order of the October Revolution
Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Medal For the Victory over Japan
Medal For the Defence of Leningrad
Jubilee Medal 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy
Jubilee Medal 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Jubilee Medal 40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Medal For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic
Legion of Merit
Medal In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad
Order of the National Flag
Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"

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Kirill Meretskov Life story

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.