Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Voroshilov Marshal HSU HSL
Климeнт Ворошилов
Kliment Voroshilov in 1961
President of the Soviet Union
In office 15 March 1953 – 7 May 1960
Premier	Georgy Malenkov Nikolai Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev
Preceded by	Nikolai Shvernik
Succeeded by	Leonid Brezhnev
Defence Minister of the Soviet Union
In office 31 October 1925 – 7 May 1940
President	Mikhail Kalinin
Premier	Alexei Rykov(until 1930) Vyacheslav Molotov
Preceded by	Mikhail Frunze
Succeeded by	Semyon Tymoshenko
Personal details
Born	Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (1881-02-04)4 February 1881 Bakhmut, Russian Empire
Died	2 December 1969(1969-12-02) (aged 88) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Spouse(s)	Ekaterina Voroshilova
Children	Petya Voroshilov Timur Frunze (adopted) Tatyana Frunze (adopted)
Military service
Allegiance	Russian SFSR  Soviet Union
Branch/service	Red Army Soviet Armed Forces
Years of service	1917–1969
Rank	Marshal
Commands	North Caucasus Military District Moscow Military District Leningrad Front
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War Allied Invasion of Russia Polish–Soviet War Battle of Tsaritsyn World War II - Winter War Invasion of the Baltics Great Patriotic War Axis Invasion of the Soviet Union Siege of Leningrad

Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Russian: Климе́нт Ефре́мович Вороши́лов​) (born 4 February 1881 – died 2 December 1969), was a Soviet military officer and politician during Joseph Stalin's era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union. It is considered the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ^[1]

1. ↑ "Ворошилов Климент Ефремович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-10.