ROKOSSOVSKY, KONSTANTIN

kənstəntyēnˈ rŏkŏs-sôfˈskē, 1896–1968, Soviet general, b. Warsaw. He entered the czarist army and in 1917 joined the Bolshevik forces in the Russian Revolution. Purged in 1937, he was rehabilitated in 1940. In World War II he distinguished himself at Moscow, Stalingrad (later Volgograd), and Kursk and became (1943) commander on the central front. His armies stood by without aiding the tragic Warsaw uprising of 1944 against the Germans. In 1949, Rokossovsky was made commander in chief and minister of defense of Poland and from 1952 he was deputy prime minister; in this capacity he was an important symbol of Soviet influence in Poland. After the assertion of Polish nationalism under Gomulka as leader of the Polish Communist party in 1956, Rokossovsky resigned and was recalled to the Soviet Union. From 1956 to 1958 he twice served as Russian deputy minister of defense.

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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
...Bulgaria; Women in Bulgaria Rokossovsky, Konstantin (1896 1968) Polish-born...Born in Russian Poland, Rokossovsky was evacuated to Russia during...the Soviet officer corps, Rokossovsky was imprisoned from 1937 to...
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Biographical Dictionary of World War II
Book by Mark M. Boatner III; Presidio Press, 1996
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Biography--Dictionaries
...Roessler, 1897-1958." ROKOSSOVSKY, Konstantin Konstantinovich. Soviet military...German Apocalypse" CB 44 . Rokossovsky was born 21 Dec 96 in Velikiye...Deciding on an army career, Rokossovsky took the cavalry short courses...
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Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare
Book by Spencer C. Tucker; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Military Art And Science--History--20th Century, Military Biography--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries
...1955). His last post was commander of the 1st Defense Area. Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich (1896-1968) Marshal of the Soviet Union. Born a Pole, Rokossovsky was drafted into the Russian army (1914) and, during World War...
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union
Book by Michael T. Florinsky; McGraw-Hill, 1961
Subjects: Soviet Union--Encyclopedias
...BIBLIOGRAPHY: A. Kosmodernyansky, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, His Life and...and many other productions. ROKOSSOVSKY, Konstantin Konstantinovich 1896- , marshal...1760. ROMANOV, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich 1858-1915...
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The Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe: An Introduction
Book by Richard F. Staar; Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1971
Subjects: Communism--Europe, Eastern, Europe, Eastern--Politics And Government--1945-1989
...125 , 265 , 276 Nazarkin, Konstantin, 247 Nejedly, Zdenek, 63...Ribicic, Mitja, 195 , 214 Rokossovsky, Konstantin K., 225 , 235 Roosevelt...Rozlubirski, Edwin, 227 Rusakov, Konstantin, 267 Scheel, Walter, 153...
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journal articles on: Rokossovsky Konstantin  - 2 results

 
 
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Soviet Takeovers: The Role of Advisers in Mongolia in the 1920s and in Eastern Europe after World War II
Journal article by Zoltan Barany; East European Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1994
Subjects: Eastern Europe, Military occupation, Polish foreign relations--Soviet Union, Soviet Union, Soviet foreign relations--Eastern Europe, Soviet foreign relations--Poland
...similar to that of Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky in Poland. Tsvetaevs arrival...Marshal of the Soviet Union, Konstantin Rokossovsky.(99) Although he enjoyed...many Poles. It appears that Rokossovsky did not want the assignment...
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The Bloody Triangle: The Defeat of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine, June 1941
Journal article by Jonathan M. House; Parameters, Vol. 39, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Bloody Triangle: The Defeat of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine, June 1941 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...finally withdrawing to defend farther east. Many of the Red Armys most effective and famous commanders, such as Konstantin Rokossovsky (commander of the 9th Mechanized Corps) and Mikhail Katukov (commander of Rokossovskys 20th Tank Division...


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Stalin's Gift
Magazine article by Benjamin Schwarz; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 299, May 2007
Subjects: 800 Days on the Eastern Front (Book)--Book reviews, A Writer at War (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Europe at War, 1939-1945: No Simple Victory (Book)--Book reviews, Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 (Book)--Book reviews, The Origins of the Final Solution (Book)--Book reviews, The Wehrmacht (Book)--Book reviews, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 (Book)--Book reviews, Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945 (Book)--Book reviews
...exceptional abilities, and extraordinary character. With this triumvirate, along with such commanders as Konstantin Rokossovsky, Stalin put in the service of his state the finest generals of the Second World War. The improved organization...
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The Price of Victory, the Cost of Aggression: Alexander Orlov, Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Provides a Russian Perspective on the Battle for Berlin, and the Controversies That Have Surrounded It as the 60th Anniversary Commemorations Approach
Magazine article by Alexander Orlov; History Today, Vol. 55, April 2005
Subjects: Soviet Union (World War II)--History, Veterans--Personal narratives
...245 were wounded (a total of 113,825), a higher proportion of losses. Of the Soviet commanders, Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky of the 2nd Belorussian Front sustained the least losses (3 per cent dead), while Zhukovs were 4.1 per cent...


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encyclopedia articles on: Rokossovsky Konstantin  - 2 results

 
 
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Rokossovsky, Konstantin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ROKOSSOVSKY, KONSTANTIN k nst ntyen rokos-sof ske, 1896...1944 against the Germans. In 1949, Rokossovsky was made commander in chief and minister...Polish Communist party in 1956, Rokossovsky resigned and was recalled to the...
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Poland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Poland was accelerated; in 1949, Soviet Marshall Konstantin Rokossovsky was made minister of defense and commander in chief...Stalinists from the government and the party, relieved Rokossovsky of his posts, and freed Cardinal Wyszynski from...


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