Malinovsky. Balandin R.K.

Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky occupies a special place among the Soviet marshals. A brave soldier, a talented commander and author of vivid memories of the First World War was also a caring father.

Marshal’s military career and amazing: during the First World War, he managed to fight both on the Eastern Front (Russia) and on West (France); Having passed the civilian, Rodion Yakovlevich became a prominent commander of the Red Army and was sent as a military adviser to Spain; Having liberated his native land during the Great Patriotic War, Malinovsky was appointed commander of the Transbaikal Front and participated in the defeat of Japan. The peak of the military career of the Marshal of the Soviet Union was the appointment to the post of military Minister of the USSR in 1957.