Background
PETROV, Mikhail was born in 1898 in village Zalustyuzh’ye, Saint St. Petersburg Province. Son of a stove-maker.
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Mikhail Petrovich PETROV
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1927 graduate Tambov infantry school, 1932 graduate Leningrad Tank Commanders Courses.
Career
Until 1917 metalworker at munitions plant in Petrograd. 1917 took part in February and October Revol. From 1918 in Red Army.
Fought in Civil War in Ukraine, Volga Region, Centr Asia and Transcaucasia. 1932-1936 commands with armored troops. 1936-1937 volunteer with Spanish Republic tank troops.
From 1937 commander, Kalinovskiy Mechanized Corps, then 15th Tank Corps. 1939 took part in Galician campaign. 1941 commander, 50th Army on Bryansk Front.
Deputy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet of 1937 convocation. October 1941 seriously wounded as the remnants of his army were trying to break out of German encirclement, left with peasants in German-occupied territory.
Religion
Religion is a cause of numerous conflicts and bloody wars throughout the history of mankind.
Views
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.
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