Background
TRETYAK, Ivan was born in 1923 in Poltava District, Ukraine.
TRETYAK, Ivan was born in 1923 in Poltava District, Ukraine.
Frunze Military Academy, and Academy, of General Staff.
Served in Soviet Army since 1939. Company Commander, Deputy Commander of a Regiment, then Commander of a Regiment on Western and Second Baltic Front 1941-1945. Commander of a Regiment, Chief-of-Staff, Commander of a unit 67.
Deputy to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet since 1966.
Commander Byelorussian Military District 1967-1976; Commander Far Eastern Military
District since 1976. Inspector 1981-1987. Commander in Chief since 1987.
Deputy Minister of Defence.
Hero of Soviet Union.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1943; Central Committee of Azerbaidzhan Communist Party 1966-1967. Central Committee of Byelorussian Communist Party, candidate member Political Bureau 1971-1976, member 78. Central Committee of Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1971-1976, member since 1976.
Staff Ministry of Defence since 1984, Chief.