Education
Graduate, Frunze Military Academy, 1953; graduate, Voroshilov Academy of General Staff, 1959.
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Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov
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Career
Joined, Soviet Army, 1938; advanced through grades to marshall, 1977; commander of platoon, Soviet Army, 1940; chief of staff tank battalion, regiment, brigade, Soviet Army, 1941-1945; various command posts in tank detachments, Soviet Army, 1945-1948; commander tank regiment, chief of staff tank division, deputy commander of army, commander of army, Soviet Army, 1953-1967; commander, Kiev Military Area, 1967-1969; commander-in-chief, Soviet Forces in Germany, 1969-1971; member, Communist Party Soviet Union, since 1942; member central committee, Communist Party Soviet Union, 1971-1989; chief of general staff and 1st deputy minister of defense, 1971-1977; commander-in-chief of, Armed Forces of Warsaw Pact, 1977-1989; general inspector, Ministry Defense, Moscow, 1989-1991; state military advisor, Government of State of Russia, Moscow, since 1992.
