Background
PARSHIN, Georgiy was born on May 23, 1916 in village Setukha, now Orel Oblast. Son of a peasant.
Test piiot and World War 2 hero
PARSHIN, Georgiy was born on May 23, 1916 in village Setukha, now Orel Oblast. Son of a peasant.
1949 graduate Command Staff Extension Courses, Soviet Army.
1941 joined Soviet Army. During World War 2 fighter pilot, then flight, squadron and wing commander. Fought on Western, Southern, Caucasian, Leningrad and 3rd Belorussian fronts.
Flew 253 sorties; 1946 retired on medical grounds but later returned to active flying duty. From 1949 worked for Aeroflot, then as a test pilot.
Religious leaders contribute to secular and religious wars by endorsing or supporting the violence.
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.
Communist Party member from 1942.