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Jun 07, 1897 Zaraysk, Russia Died on 30 Dec 1968 (aged 71)
Soviet military commander
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About Kirill Meretskov
- Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov (Russian: ????´?? ?????´?????? ???????´?; 7 June [O.S.
- 26 May] 1897 – 30 December 1968) 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.
- He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union shortly afterwards. The NKVD arrested Meretskov at the start of World War II.
- Released two months later, he returned to command the 7th Army and later the Volkhov Front during the 1941-1944 Siege of Leningrad.
- He commanded the Karelian Front from February 1944, notably the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive of October 1944.
- From April 1945 he was assigned to the Far East, where he commanded a front during the Soviet invasion of Japanese Manchuria.
- During the war he reached the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.
