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Kliment Yefremovich "Klim" Voroshilov, was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era (1924–1953). He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union, the second highest military rank of the Soviet Union, and served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the official Soviet head of state, from 1953 to 1960.
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Born 23 January 1881 · Died 2 December 1969 · Q186185
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Chairman Voroshilov presided over the meetings and clearly had the most influential voice, but split votes were not uncommon and Voroshilov was sometimes outvoted... Throughout his tenure as Presidium chair, he behaved like someone who believed that one should follow established procedure and not act too quickly in matters of life and death.
Won Gold Star medal (1968).
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“Chairman Voroshilov presided over the meetings and clearly had the most influential voice, but split votes were not uncommon and Voroshilov was sometimes outvoted... Throughout his tenure as Presidium chair, he behaved like someone who believed that one should follow established procedure and not act too quickly in matters of life and death.”
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His personality as it was described by Molotov in 1974: "Voroshilov was nice, but only in certain times.
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Died 1969-12-02.
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“It was necessary to close the front against Germany and that it (victory) depended on us whether it was to be closed or not.”
“If we enjoy the benefits of peace, it is only because we have an excellent armed force and a fine socialist economy. Let us exert all efforts so that our further development may be strong and mighty, so that our numerous enemies may think well and long before they decide to attack our fatherland, and so that if they attack, they will quickly regret it.”
Voroshilov started to feel unwell
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“Whoever can lift a rifle, should have one.”
“It's a bad business. There is no firm front. We have separate strongpoints in which our units are holding off the attacks of superior enemy forces. Communications with them are weak.”
Won Gold Star medal (1968).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1968).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1968).
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Won Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1965).
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“Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”
Awarded Order of Lenin (1961).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1960).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1960).
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Although he came out of retirement in 1966 and re-joined the party
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Won Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1958).
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Awarded Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic (1957).
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Won Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" (1957).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1956).
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Won Gold Star medal (1956).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1956).
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Voroshilov was appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1953–1960).
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Voroshilov was appointed a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1951).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1948).
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Won Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy" (1948).
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Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1947).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1945).
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“For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1944).
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Awarded Order of Suvorov, 1st class (1944).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1941).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1938).
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Won Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" (1938).
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Awarded Order of the Republic (1937).
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Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1937–1969).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1935).
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Voroshilov was named a Marshal of the Soviet Union
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And a Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1935
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Career landmark: People's Commissar for Defense (1934–1940).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1930).
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Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1926–1960).
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Became a full member of the Politburo
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1925).
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Career landmark: People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs (1925–1934).
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After the death of Mikhail Frunze, Voroshilov was appointed People's Commissar for Military and Navy Affairs and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR, a post he held until 1934
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1921).
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And in 1925 Stalin appointed him People's Commissar for Military and Navy Affairs (later People's Commissar for Defence)
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1919).
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Where Ekaterina was helping orphans, they adopted a four-year-old orphan boy who they named Petya
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When he was given command of the Fifth Ukrainian Army, which was made up of a few scattered units, who were driven out of Ukraine by the German army
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Was released from exile in 1912, and for a time worked in an ordnance factory in Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad/Volgograd)
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Enrolled in a German owned factory in Lugansk (which was renamed Voroshilov during the Stalin era)
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Started work in a factory near his home village, where he led a strike in 1899
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Born 1881-01-23.
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