Background
Smushkevich, Iakov was born in 1902.
Smushkevich, Iakov was born in 1902.
Educated at a pilot’s school, 1932.
Joined the Red Army and the Bolshevik Party, 1918. Took part in the Civil War. Fighter pilot in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.
Later served at Khalkin Gol against the Japanese, 1939. Deputy Commander of the Air Force, 1937, and Commander, November 1939. Non-voting member of the Central Committee of the VKP, 1939.
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.