• One of five original Marshals of the Soviet Union appointed by Stalin in 1935.
• Served with Stalin in the Civil War and the war against Poland.
• Survived the "Purges" of 1937-1938.
• During the war he was more of a "Political Commissar" than a military tactician.
• One of only two of the original marshals to survive the war.
• Born 1881, Died 1969.

Marshal Voroshilov - Cover of Time Magazine, February 12, 1934

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M-1943 Holiday Uniform 
of Marshal of the Soviet Union
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov

Official portrait of Marshal Voroshilov in his M-1945 Victory Parade Uniform.