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4 unusual facts about Voroshilov


Ivan Gošnjak

In 1946 Tito wanted to send him to complete his military studies at the Soviet Voroshilov Military Academy, but Gošnjak asked him for permission to stay in Belgrade and work in the Central Committee.

Military ranks of the Soviet Union

Curiously, the initial draft of the new rank system submitted by People's Commissar of Defence Marshal Voroshilov was more in line with Russian military tradition.

Russia Aflame

Frequently the audience on Friday night broke into fervent applause as Stalin or his marshals (Timoshenko, Budenny, Voroshilov) appeared briefly on the screen.

SS Brigade Schuldt

The battalion had proved its worth during the fighting around Voroshilov in early February to 7 March.


Kliment Voroshilov

The KV series of tanks, used in World War II, was named after Voroshilov.

Military academies in Russia

First established in 1827 as the Advance Officers' Class of the Imperial Russian Navy and later the Nikolayev Naval Academy and reorganized as the Petrograd Maritime Academy in 1917, and at various times renamed as the WPRF Naval Academy, the Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Voroshilov Naval Academy and the Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrey Grechko Naval Academy, it gained its current name and title in 1990.

Sotka

T-100 "Sotka", a Soviet heavy tank prototype considered while developing the Kliment Voroshilov tank


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