Background
Akhromeev, Sergei was born on May 5, 1923. Son of a peasant.
Akhromeev, Sergei was born on May 5, 1923. Son of a peasant.
Graduated from the Military Academy of Tank Troops in 1952 and the Military Academy of the General Staff in 1967.
With the Soviet Army from 1940. Commander at various fronts, 1941-1945, Chief-of-staff of a regiment, regiment commander, division commander, 1946-1964. Senior military commanding posts, 1967-1972.
Chief of Administration in the USSR Ministry of Defence, 1974-1979. 1st Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces from 1979. Candidate member of the Central Committee from 1981.
Full member, 1983. Marshal, 1983. Succeeded Marshal Ogarkov as Chief-of-staff, September 1984. First Deputy Minister of Defence, 1984.
Religion is bad because it divides people, and is a cause of conflict and war.
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.