Stepan Andrianovich Kalinin (russian: Степа́н Андриа́нович Кали́нин; 28 December 1890 – 11 September 1975) was a
Soviet
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army commander. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the
Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
during the subsequent civil war. He was promoted to
Komkor (corps commander) in 1938. He was a member of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was a recipient of the
Order of Lenin
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and the
Order of the Red Banner
The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...
. He retired at the age of 56.
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Выступление С. А. Калинина на совещании высшего командного состава Красной Армии в декабре 1940 года
* Коллектив авторов. «Великая Отечественная. Командармы. Военный биографический словарь» — М.; Жуковский: Кучково поле, 2005.
* Сборник. Командный и начальствующий состав Красной Армии в 1940—1941 гг. Структура и кадры центрального аппарата НКО СССР, военных округов и общевойсковых армий. Документы и материалы. М.;СПб.:Летний сад, 2005.
Калинин Степан Андрианович* Фото http://voenspez.ru/index.php?topic=11202.20
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1890 births
1975 deaths
People from Yegoryevsky District, Moscow Oblast
People from Bogorodsky Uyezd
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet lieutenant generals
Russian military personnel of World War I
Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
Gulag detainees
Soviet rehabilitations