   kirill semyonovich moskalenko (, ; may 11, 1902 â june 17, 1985) was a marshal of the soviet union. a member of the soviet army who fought in both the russian civil war and world war ii, he later served as commander in chief of strategic missile forces and inspector general for the ministry of defense. ==biography== moskalenko was born in the village of grishino, yekaterinoslav governorate, russian empire (present-day krasnoarmiisk raion, donetsk oblast, ukraine), in a family of ukrainian peasants. he attended a number of military academies and joined the red army in 1920 and fought on various fronts during the russian civil war. during the soviet-finnish war, he was the commander of artillery for the 51st rifle division. ===world war ii=== when operation barbarossa began in june 1941, moskalenko was the commander of an anti-tank brigade. between june, 1941, and march, 1942, moskalenko first held command of the 1st anti-tank brigade, 15th rifle corps, 6th army, and later of the 6th cavalry corps. he was the commander of the newly reformed 38th army from march to july, 1942. he was then appointed commander of the 1st tank army (julyâaugust 1942) and the 1st guards army (augustâoctober 1942) before finally receiving command of the [[40t
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