Kirill Moskalenko

Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko
Born	(1902-05-11)May 11, 1902 Grishino, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died	June 17, 1985(1985-06-17) (aged 83) Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried at	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1920–1962
Rank	Marshal of the Soviet Union
Commands held	38th Army 40th Army Moscow Military District Strategic Missile Troops
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War World War II
Awards	Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Order of Lenin (7) Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner (5) Order of Suvorov, 1st Class (2) Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st Class Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd Class
Other work	Commander of Strategic Rocket Forces

Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko (Ukrainian: Кири́ло Семе́нович Москале́нкo, Russian: Кири́лл Семёнович Москале́нко; May 11, 1902 – 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.

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.

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