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Encyclopedia > Generalissimo of the Soviet Union
One of a conjectural Design for Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was developed by service of rear of the Soviet Army and heraldic council at the Ministry of Defence,USSR

Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was a military rank created on June 27, 1945 and granted to Joseph Stalin following World War II. It was the highest military rank in the Soviet Union, and Stalin was the only person ever to hold it. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... “Stalin” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... rank. ...


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Article about "Marshal of the Soviet Union" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (525 words)
The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza, Маршал Советсого Союза) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union.
The military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was established by a decree of the Soviet Cabinet, the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), on September 22, 1935.
The persistence of World War II veterans in the Soviet military leadership was one factor in the decline of Soviet military capacity in the later Soviet period.
Generalissimo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (180 words)
A generalissimo is a commissioned officer of the highest rank; the word is often translated as "Supreme Commander" or "Commander in Chief".
The dictator Francisco Franco, Chief of State of the Spanish State, also held the title Generalísimo de los Ejércitos Españoles, or "Generalissimo of the Spanish Armies", a title which expressed his supreme command of the Army, Navy, and Air Force of the Spanish State.
The Japanese title of Shogun is in a way comparable to that of generalissimo.
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