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Kliment Voroshilov Климент Ворошилов | |
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Born | 4 February 1881 Verkhneye, Bakhmut Uezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 2 December 1969 (aged 88) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Political orientation | Marxism-Leninism |
Political party | CPSU (1918–1961, 1966–1969) RSDLP (1903–1918) |
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov was a prominent Soviet politician and military leader. He became one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union in 1935 and served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1953 until 1960.