Background
KURKOTKIN, Marshal Semyon Konstantinovich was born in 1917.
KURKOTKIN, Marshal Semyon Konstantinovich was born in 1917.
Academy, of Tank Troops, and Academy, of General Staff.
Commander of a tank regiment, then of a tank brigade 1941-1958. Command posts since 1958. Deputy Commander in Chief of Soviet Forces in Germany, Commander of Transcaucasian Military
District 1966-1971.
Deputy to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet since 1970. General 1972; Candidate. Deputy Minister of Defence, Chief of Rear Services of Armed Forces.
Central Committee of Byelorussian Communist Party 1961-1966. 1971-1976, member Central Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1976. Central Committee and Political Bureau of Georgian Communist Party 1971.