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  Kliment Voroshilov
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (January 23, 1881 - December 2, 1969) was a Russian military commander and politician.
Voroshilov was elected to the Central Committee (1921-1961).
Stalin's death prompted major changes in the Soviet leadership and in March 1953, Voroshilov was approved as chairman of the Presidium[?] with Nikita Khrushchev as General Secretary.
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Original Ilyushin scheme (TsKB-55 with rear gunner position was rejected by Kliment Voroshilov (Stalin's favorite, hero of Civil War, proved himself as a military impotent during early dramatic stages of the Great Patriotic War).
Moreover, Stalin and Voroshilov decided to make it single-seat bomber, capable to penetrate deep into enemy territory at higher altitude.
They and other military leaders could never imagine that there will be no fighters available for escort...
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 Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov — Infoplease.com
A Bolshevik from 1903, he was an active revolutionary prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and an outstanding Red Army commander in the civil war (1918–20) that followed it.
Voroshilov was a member of the politburo of the central committee of the Communist party from 1926 and a member of the Supreme Soviet from 1937.
A close associate of Stalin, he became chairman of the presidium of the supreme council of the USSR (i.e., president of the USSR) on Stalin's death (1953).
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 Voroshilov K.Y.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Voroshilov K.Y. Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was born Jan. 23, 1881, Verkhneye, Bakhmut region, Yekaterinoslav province, Russia.
Stalin's death prompted a major rotation in the Soviet leadership and on March 15, 1953, Kliment Voroshilov left his office in the government and was approved as chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
Voroshilov feared exposing the executions of the Great Purge of the 1930s, in which he was personally involved, and opposed Khrushchev's initiative to make it known at the 20th party congress (1956).
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 Kliment_Voroshilov - Thagodz Wiki
Voroshilov was made full member of the newly formed Politburo in 1926, remaining a member until 1960.
Voroshilov commanded Soviet troops during the Winter War from November 1939 to January 1940, but due to his poor planning and overall incompetence the Red Army suffered tremendous casualties.
Stalin's death prompted major changes in the Soviet leadership and in March 1953, Voroshilov was approved as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (ie President of the Soviet Union) with Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party and Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.
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 Kliment Voroshilov - Wikinfo
Voroshilov was born in Verkhneye, near Dnepropetrovsk (then called Yekaterinoslav) in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire.
Voroshilov was elected to the Central Committee in 1921 and remained a member until 1961.
Stalin's death prompted major changes in the Soviet leadership and in March 1953, Voroshilov was approved as chairman of the Presidium (ie President of the Soviet Union) with Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party and Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kliment Voroshilov
Voroshilov was appointed People's Commissar for Defence in 1934 and a Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1935 During World War II, Voroshilov was a member of the State Defense Committee.
Voroshilov commanded Soviet troops during the Winter War from November 1939 to January 1940, but due to his incompetence the Red Army suffered tremendous casualties.
Nikita Khrushchev had an especially low opinion of him; he once described Voroshilov as the "biggest bag of shit in the army".
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 VOROSHILOV, Kliment Yefremovich @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
Kliment Voroshilov joined the Bolshevik party in 1903 and participated in the civil war in Russia.
In 1918-1919, Voroshilov was a member of the Ukrainian workers' and peasant's provisional government and people's commissar for internal affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.
The decease of Stalin prompted a major rotation in the Soviet leadership and on 15 Mar 1953, Voroshilov left his office in the government and was approved as Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet.
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 Mobilizing the Energies -- Monday, May. 20, 1957 -- Page 1 -- TIME
Voroshilov returned the embrace, a 21-gun salute boomed out, Voroshilov admirers released a covey of "peace doves," and Voroshilov himself launched into a speech meant to please his hearers.
Sukarno and Voroshilov had already entered the palace grounds safely, but Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio was not so fortunate: he stumbled about, blinded by tear gas, while the crowd smashed the windows of his limousine.
Voroshilov rose, excused himself and went to his chambers for a rest.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Voroshilov,
Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition...
Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich (1881–1969) Soviet statesman, president (1953–60).
Voroshilov was a Red Army commander in the civil war (1918–20) before becoming commissar for defence...
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 Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich, 1881-1969, Soviet military leader and public official.
A Bolshevik from 1903, he was an active revolutionary prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and an outstanding Red Army commander in the civil war (1918-20) that followed it.
As commissar for military and naval affairs, later defense (1925-40), Voroshilov helped reorganize the Red Army.
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 Timelines - This Day in Alternate History
With the sudden, unexpected approval of the new Soviet dictator, Kliment Voroshilov, the Allies agree to terms.
Event Description: Soviet Premier Kliment Voroshilov, considering the idea of a third power, namely Germany, useful for his plans, approves the proposed armistice.
Event Description: Soviet Premier Kliment Voroshilov hosts a summit at Yalta, Crimea, where he proposes partition of East Asia into Soviet, British, and American zones of occupation.
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 Australian Information from Wikipedia
His commander at this time was Kliment Voroshilov, later a close colleague of Joseph Stalin and Commissar for Defence.
Promotion at this time was rapid for those officers who survived Stalin's Great Purge of 1937-38.
In 1937 he became a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet and in 1939 a candidate member of the Party Central Committee.
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 Ussuriysk - Thagodz Wiki
The city was founded in 1866 as Nikolskoye, named so after tsar Nicholas I, but was changed to Voroshilov in 1935 after Kliment Voroshilov.
With Nikita Khrushchev's ascent to power after Stalin's death, Voroshilov was forced to retire in 1960 and the city's name was changed to Ussuriysk after the nearby Ussuri river.
The city is very green because many trees, such as poplars, elms, and jasmine, have been transplanted here from the taiga.
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 AllRefer.com - Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Russian, Soviet, And CIS History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Russian, Soviet, And CIS History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Russian, Soviet, And CIS History, Biographies
As commissar for military and naval affairs, later defense (1925–40), Voroshilov helped reorganize the Red Army.
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 KV-1 History
In this section you will find where the tank has been used, when it was designed, its limitations and abilities, and how the functions.
The KV (Kliment Voroshilov) tank series had its beginnings in 1938.
When the German army invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the KV-1 proved to be one of the most feared tanks in the Red Army arsenal.
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 CNN Cold War - Documents: Soviet meeting on Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
[Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Kliment] Voroshilov: They are poorly informed.
Comrade Voroshilov: We acted correctly when we sent in troops.
Comrade Voroshilov: If only a group could be formed there, we could leave our troops in place.
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 KV - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
KV (Egypt), an acronym referring to tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt
Kliment Voroshilov tanks, a series of WWII heavy tanks of the Soviet Union
This page expands and disambiguates a two-letter combination which might be an abbreviation, an English word, a word in another language, any or all of these.
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 Kliment Voroshilov tank - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At the time of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II these were amongst the large number of Soviet tanks that were superior to German tanks.
A new heavy tank design entered production late in 1943 based on the work done on the KV-13.
Because Kliment Voroshilov had fallen out of political favour, the new heavy tank series was named IS, after Iosif Stalin.
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 1st Cavalry Army at AllExperts
This force rapidly grows in numbers, sided with Bolshevik s and eventually became the 1st Cavalry Army.
It was transformed from a guerrilla force into military unit under leadership of Semyon Budyonny, Kliment Voroshilov and Bolshevik commissars.
This Army played an important role in winning the Civil War for the Bolsheviks, driving the White General Anton Denikin back from Moscow.
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 News | TimesDaily.com | TimesDaily | Florence, AL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was established by a decree of the Soviet Cabinet, the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), on September 22, 1935.
On November 20 the rank was conferred on five people: People's Commissar of Defence and veteran Bolshevik Kliment Voroshilov, Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army Aleksandr Yegorov, and three senior commanders, Vasily Blyukher, Semyon Budyonny and Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
These included both those who were purged in 1937–38 (Blyukher, Tukhachevsky and Yegorov), and those who held high commands in the early years of World War II (Budyonny, Kulik, Shaposhnikov, Timoshenko and Voroshilov).
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 GamersNation.co.uk » Battlegroup Frontlines News - Play On! - Video Games PC PlayStation 2 Xbox 360 Wii PS3 ...
The Skin was touched up by Tomcraft for BF2, while takiwa was responsible for the tank-engine, which means he did the code for the KV-2.
The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks were a series of Soviet heavy tanks, named after the Soviet defense commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov.
At the time of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, these were amongst the large number of Soviet tanks that were superior to German tanks.
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 Gatorsports.com :: 100 years of Gator Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Moscow, Soviet Union image= caption=Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Voroshilov nickname= allegiance=Military of the Soviet Union serviceyears=1903 — 1960 rank=Marshal of the Soviet Union branch= commands= unit= battles=Russian Civil War
I think with his legit speed (4.28), he will have a great chance to get plenty of playing time
No, I'm a Buckeye Fan and the two games against you guys doesn't change that despite what the bandwa
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 Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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 Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich (1881-1969), Soviet military and political leader, born in Ukraine.
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