Background
Chistiakov, Ivan was born in 1900.
Chistiakov, Ivan was born in 1900.
Graduated from the Vystrel courses, 1930. Graduated from the Academy of the General Staff, 1949.
Joined the Red Army, 1918. Took part in the Civil War. Joined the Bolshevik Party, 1926.
Commander of several armies during World War II. Deputy Commander of the Transcaucasian military district, 1954. General Inspector of the Ministry of Defence, 1957-1968.
Religion is a cause of numerous conflicts and bloody wars throughout the history of mankind.
The emphasis on peaceful coexistence doesn’t mean that the Soviet Union accepted a static world with clear lines. Socialism is inevitable and the "correlations of forces" were moving towards socialism.