Rodion Malinovsky
November 23, 1898 – March 31, 1967
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (1898–1967) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1967. He volunteered for the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and later joined the Red Army, rising through its ranks after service in the Russian Civil War. During the Second World War he became one of the most prominent Red Army commanders.
Military service
- Aug 1, 1914 – Jan 1, 1917 Imperial Russian Army
- from Nov 1, 1919 Red Army
Affiliations
Party membership
- from Jan 1, 1926 Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Timeline
1899
1905
1911
1917
1923
1929
1935
1941
1947
1953
1959
1965
1971