Semyon Timoshenko

Timoshenko, Semyon Konstantinovich

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born February 18 [February 6, Old Style], 1895 , Furmanka, Ukraine, Russian Empire died March 31, 1970 , Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.

Soviet general who helped the Red Army withstand German forces during the early part of World War II.