Background
Artem'ev, Viacheslav was born on August 27, 1903 in Moscow.
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Viacheslav Pavlovich Artem'ev
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Graduated from the Frunze Military Academy.
Career
Commander of a cavalry regiment, taken prisoner by the Germans, 1943. In
June 1944 joined the Vlasov army (anti-Stalinist Russians in Germany financed by the Germans). Appointed commander of the 2nd regiment of the ROA. Eyewitness of the intervention of the ROA on the side of the Czechs in Prague, 1945 (the last military action of World War II), and of the end of the Vlasov army.
Valuable memoirs published in 1974 (Pervaia divizia ROA). Managed to escape from SMERSH and forcible repatriation after World War II. Lectured on Soviet military affairs in US army establishments.
Religion
No religious basis is needed in order to display ethical behavior.
Views
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.
