Background
Sokolov, Sergey Leonidovich was born on July 1, 1911 in Evpatoriya, Crimea.
Sokolov, Sergey Leonidovich was born on July 1, 1911 in Evpatoriya, Crimea.
Graduate, Military Academy Armoured and Mechanized Troops, 1947. Graduate, General Staff Military Academy, 1951.
With Army, 1932, Tank Corps, Far East, 1934. Chief Staff 32nd Army, Karelia, 1941, chief Commander, 1944, regimental Commander, chief staff division & Commander division. First deputy Commander Moscow Military District, 1960—1964, Leningrad Military District, 1964, commander-rank col-general, 1965—1967, 1st deputy minister defense-rank general, 1967—1984, minister defense-rank marshal, 1984—1987.
Member Communist Party of the Soviet Union, since 1937, Central Committee, 1965—1967, 1968—1987, Politburo, 1985—1987. Deputy member Supreme Soviet, since 1966.
CPSU since 1937; Politburo 1985-1987. CPSU Central Committee 1968-1989.