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Konstantin Konstantinovich[a] Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович (Ксаверьевич) Рокоссовский; Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 durin...
Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (born December 21 [December 9, Old Style], 1896, Velikiye Luki, Russia—died August 3, 1968, Moscow) was a Soviet military commander noted for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43).
The vital victory at the crucial railway junction of Bobruysk had also earned Konstantin Rokossovsky the title of the Marshal of the Soviet Red Army, bringing the position and reputation of the former Gulag prisoner along those of Zhukov and Ivan Konev.
00:00 Introduction00:13 Introduction w/ mouth sounds00:47 Context01:31 Beginning of actual biography01:57 WWI02:49 Interwar04:17 Purge06:11 The GPW Begins07:...
Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky contradicted Soviet Premier Josef Stalin and survived. Now, this same man stood firm a third time, murmuring quietly, “Two breakthroughs, Comrade Stalin, two breakthroughs.”
May 17, 2022 · Russia during the first half of the 20th century was both massive and constantly engaged in military conflict. One man who made a name for himself during the fighting was Konstantin Rokossovsky, who by the end of his military career was made the marshal of two different country’s armies.
Polish-born Soviet field-marshal. Rokossovsky enlisted in the Tsarist army and joined the Red Army in 1919. Arrested during Stalin's purges, he was released from prison camp to become one of the outstanding generals of World War II, taking part in the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and others.
Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky (1894-1968) is known as one of the greatest generals of World War II, the creators of the Great Victory of the Soviet people over fascism.
Mar 19, 2015 · The author Boris Sokolov offers this first objective and intriguing biography of Marshal Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky, who is widely considered one of the Red Army's top...
Konstantin Rokossovsky (kənstəntyēn´ rŏkŏs-sôf´skē), 1896–1968, Soviet general, b. Warsaw. He entered the czarist army and in 1917 joined the Bolshevik forces in the Russian Revolution.
