Background
Tret’iak, Ivan was born on February 1, 1923 in the village of Malaia Popovka, Poltava Oblast’, in the Ukraine.
Tret’iak, Ivan was born on February 1, 1923 in the village of Malaia Popovka, Poltava Oblast’, in the Ukraine.
Member of the Soviet Army from 1939. Commander of a regiment during World War II. In 1943, joined the Communist Party. Fought on the Western and 2nd Baltic fronts.
In 1946, chief-of-staff, then 1st deputy commander of a unit and commander of a unit until 1967. Commander of the Belorussian mili
tary district, 1967-1976. Candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1971, full member, 1976.
Member of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Belorussian CP, 1976. Commander of the Far Eastern military district from May 1976. Still in charge when a Soviet fighter shot down a Korean jumbo jet in 1983, killing all 249 people on board.
After Marshal A. Koldunov’s dismissal, as a result of the Mathias Rust affair, appointed new Chief of Soviet Air Defence Forces.
Religion doesn't give equal treatment to women and therefore contradicts basic human rights.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union is the guiding force of all socialist countries, and the nucleus of their political system.