Semyon Timoshenko
| Semyon Timoshenko Семён Тимоше́нко |
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| People's Commissar for Defense of the Soviet Union | |
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In office 7 May 1940 – 19 July 1941 |
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| Premier |
Vyacheslav Molotov Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Kliment Voroshilov |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Stalin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko 18 February 1895 Furmanivka, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 31 March 1970 (aged 75) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality |
 Soviet Union
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| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire Soviet Union
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| Service/branch |
Russian Imperial Army Soviet Army |
| Years of service | 1914 – 1960 |
| Rank | Marshal of the Soviet Union |
| Commands |
Kiev Military District Northwestern Front Belorussian Military District |
| Battles/wars |
World War I Russian Civil War Polish-Soviet War Winter War Great Patriotic War / World War II |
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (Russian: Семён Константи́нович Тимоше́нко, Semën Konstantinovič Timošenko; Ukrainian: Семе́н Костянти́нович Тимоше́нко, Semen Kostiantynovych Tymoshenko) (18 February [O.S. 6 February] 1895 – 31 March 1970) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Timoshenko was born into a peasant family at Furmanivka, in the Budjak region (Southern Bessarabia, present-day Odessa Oblast, Ukraine).
In 1914, he was drafted into the army of the Russian Empire and served as a cavalryman on Russia's western front. On the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917, he sided with the Bolsheviks, joining the Red Army in 1918 and the Bolshevik Party in 1919.
During the Russian Civil War, Timoshenko fought on various fronts. His most important encounter occurred at Tsaritsyn (later renamed Stalingrad), where he commanded a cavalry regiment, and met and befriended Joseph Stalin, who was responsible for the city's defense. This connection would ensure his rapid advancement after Stalin gained control of the Communist Party by the end of the 1920s. In 1920–1921, Timoshenko served under Semyon Budyonny in the 1st Cavalry Army; he and Budyonny would become the core of the "Cavalry Army clique" which, under Stalin's patronage, would dominate the Red Army for many years.
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