Background
ZOTOV, Stepan was born on November 23, 1882 in village Golubinskaya, Don Army Oblast. Son of a poor Cossack.
ZOTOV, Stepan was born on November 23, 1882 in village Golubinskaya, Don Army Oblast. Son of a poor Cossack.
From 1904 in Russian Army. Fought in World War 1. 1918 organized a partisan detachment and fought against WhiteCossacks on the Don and at Tsaritsyn.
1918-1920 brigade commander. Deputy chief of staff, 4th Cavalry Division. Head, Staff Operation Department, Budyonnyy’s 1st Mounted Corps.
Chief, Field Staff, 1st Mounted Army. Commanded cavalry div and corporations 1932-1934 head, Red Army Horse-Stocks Board.
1934-1938 assistant, then deputy cavalry inspector, Red Army. Arrested by State Security organs.
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.
Communist Party member from 1919.