Background
PURKAYEV, Maksim was born on August 26, 1894 in village Nalitovo, now Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Son of a peasant.
PURKAYEV, Maksim was born on August 26, 1894 in village Nalitovo, now Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Son of a peasant.
1916 graduate Saratov Ensigns School. 1923 graduate “Vystrel" Higher Infantry Courses. 1936 graduate Frunze Military Academy.
From 1915 in Russian Army. 1916-1917 nco in reserve regt, then officer in artillery brigade. From July 1918 in Red Army.
1918-1921 commanded company, then regt on Eastern and Western Fronts. 1923-1933 commander and comissar of an infantry regiment Assistant chief of staff, then chief of staff of a division
Head, organisation and draft department, military distr staff Deputy chief of staff of a military distribution 1936-1938 commanded infantry division
1938-1939 chief of staff, Belorussian Military district. 1939 military attache in Germany. 1939-1940 chief of staff, Western Special Military district.
1940-1941 chief of staff, Kiev Special Military district. 1941 chief of staff, Southwestern Front. 1941 fought in battle of Moscow.
1941-1942 commander, 3rd Shock Army, Western and Northwestern Fronts. 1942-1943 commander, Kalinin Front. 1943 his stroops liberated Velikiye Luki.
1943-1945 commander. Far Eastern Front. 1945 commander, 2nd Far Eastern Front. August 1945 his troops entered Harbin and linked up with the Pacific Fleet to capture Southern Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands.
1945-1947 commander. Far Eastern Military district. 1947-1952 chief of staff, Far Eastern Military district. 1952 head, Higher Military Training Establishments Board.
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Ministry of Defense. Deputy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet of 1946 convocation.
Number religious basis is needed in order to display ethical behavior.
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 1918.