Background
Iakovlev, Nikolai was born in 1898.
Iakovlev, Nikolai was born in 1898.
Took part in WW1. Joined the Red Army, 1918. Took part in the Civil War. Joined the Bolshevik Party,
1923.
Commander of an artillery regiment, 1931-1941. On active service during the Finnish-Soviet war, 1939-1940. Chief of the Artillery Administration (GAU) during World War II. Deputy Commander of Soviet Artillery,
1946-1948.
Deputy Defence Minister, 1948. Deputy Commander of the Anti-Aircraft Defence Forces of the USSR, 1953.
No 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.