Background
Samokhin, Mikhail was born in 1902.
Samokhin, Mikhail was born in 1902.
Educated at a pilots’ school, 1931.
Joined the Red Army, 1924, and the Bolshevik Party, 1926. Served as a pilot in the Baltic fleet. Took part in the Soviet-Finnish war, 1939-1940.
During World War II, commander of the air force of the Baltic fleet. After the war, commander of the air force of several Soviet fleets, and of the anti-aircraft defence forces of the Navy. Deputy Commander of Soviet Anti-Aircraft Defence Forces, 1957-1963.
Religion divides people, and is a cause of numerous wars and conflicts throughout the human history.
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.