Background
Biriuzov, Sergei was born on August 21, 1904 in Skopin near Riazan'.
Biriuzov, Sergei was born on August 21, 1904 in Skopin near Riazan'.
Graduated from the Frunze Military Academy, 1937.
Joined the army, 1922. Staff officer during World War II. Commanded the Soviet Army, which entered Yugoslavia at the end of World War II. After the war, senior Soviet officer in Bulgaria, until 1947. Commander of Soviet Air Defences, 1955.
Commander of ballistic rocket forces, 1962. Chief of the General Staff, April 1963.
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.