| Marshal of the Soviet Union VOROSHILOV Kliment Yefremovich (1881-1969) During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), member of the Supreme Command Headquarters (the 'Stavka'), member of the State Defence Committee. Commander-in-Chief of the Northern-Western Sector, Commander of the troops of the Leningrad Front, the 'Stavka' representative for the formation of troops, the 'Stavka' representative on the Volkhov Front (coordinated actions of the troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts in breaking the Leningrad blockade), Commander-in-Chief of the partisan movement, Chairman of the Trophy Committee under the State Defence Committee, and Chairman of the Armistice Commission. Took part in the Moscow conference of the three powers - the USSR, the USA and Britain (1941), and in the Tehran conference of the leaders of the USSR, USA and Britain (1943). Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labour, was awarded many orders and medals and ceremonial weapons |
