• Awarded the “Hero of the Soviet Union” March 21, 1940.
• Chief of the General Staff January 14, 1941.
• Appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union October 26, 1944.​
• Born 1897, Died 1968.

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M-1945 “Victory Parade” Uniform 
of Marshal of the USSR
Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov

Official Portrait of Marshal Meretskov in his M-1945 Victory Parade Uniform.