Background
Kurkotkin, Semen was born on February 13, 1917.
Kurkotkin, Semen was born on February 13, 1917.
Graduated from the Tank Forces Academy, 1951, and from the Academy of the General Staff, 1958.
Joined the Red Army, 1937. Tank officer during World War II. Commander of Soviet Forces in Germany, 1971-1972. Deputy Defence Minister, 1972.
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.