General Kirill Meretskov speaking to Senior Lieutenant A. P. Silantyev (right) who had shot down a German Bf 109 fighter that had just attempted to attack MeretskovGroup portrait of Soviet commanders, 1945; front row, left to right: Ivan Konev, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Georgy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Kirill Meretskov; rear row, left to right: Fyodor Tolbukhin, Rodion Malinovsky, Leonid Govorov, Andrey Yeryomenko, Ivan BagramyanMajor Vladimir Meretskov and Marshal Kirill Meretskov, Russia, Mar 1945Marshals of the Soviet Union Kirill Meretskov, Rodion Malinovsky, and Alexandr Vasilevsky at Zhoushuizi Airfield in Dalian, China, 17 Aug 1945
General Kirill Meretskov speaking to Senior Lieutenant A. P. Silantyev (right) who had shot down a German Bf 109 fighter that had just attempted to attack Meretskov's aircraft, Khvoynaya Airfield, Novgorod, Russia, 1942Group portrait of Soviet commanders, 1945; front row, left to right: Ivan Konev, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Georgy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Kirill Meretskov; rear row, left to right: Fyodor Tolbukhin, Rodion Malinovsky, Leonid Govorov, Andrey Yeryomenko, Ivan BagramyanMajor Vladimir Meretskov and Marshal Kirill Meretskov, Russia, Mar 1945Marshals of the Soviet Union Kirill Meretskov, Rodion Malinovsky, and Alexandr Vasilevsky at Zhoushuizi Airfield in Dalian, China, 17 Aug 1945
Marshal Kirill Meretskov in the military parade of the 29th anniversary of the October Revolution, Voroshilov (now Ussuriysk), Russia, 1946; the officer behind him was Major Vladimir Meretskov, commanding officer of the 218th Heavy Tank Regiment of Soviet 2nd Tank Division and son of the Marshal
Marshal Kirill Meretskov in the military parade of the 29th anniversary of the October Revolution, Voroshilov (now Ussuriysk), Russia, 1946; the officer behind him was Major Vladimir Meretskov, commanding officer of the 218th Heavy Tank Regiment of Soviet 2nd Tank Division and son of the Marshal
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