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After the war, Voroshilov oversaw the establishment of a socialist regime in Hungary. Following Stalin's death in 1953, Voroshilov was appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. His fortunes declined during the rise of Nikita Khrushchev and the Supreme Soviet turned against him.
The Kliment Voroshilov (KV; Russian: Климент Ворошилов, КВ) tanks are a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov who operated with the Red Army during World War II.
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (born Feb. 4 [Jan. 23, Old Style], 1881, Verkhneye, Russia—died Dec. 2, 1969, Moscow) was a military and political leader of the Soviet Union who served as head of state after the death of his close friend and collaborator Joseph Stalin.
Quick Reference. (1881–1969) Soviet statesman and marshal. One of the oldest of the Bolsheviks, he became president (1953–60) after Stalin's death. Born in Verkhne, Dnepropetrovsk, the son of a miner, Voroshilov worked in the mines as a child before attending school.
Kliment Voroshilov. Sputnik. Kliment Yefremovich did, indeed, have much greater influence than other military commanders. From 1925, he was in charge of the country’s defense department, first...
VOROSHILOV, KLIMENT EFREMOVICH (1881 – 1969), leading Soviet political and military figure, member of Stalin's inner circle. A machinist's apprentice who joined the Bolsheviks in 1903, Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov spent nearly a decade underground and in exile, then emerged in late 1917 to become the commissar of Petrograd.
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Russian: Климе́нт Ефре́мович Вороши́лов ) (born 4 February 1881 – died 2 December 1969), was a Soviet military officer and politician during Joseph Stalin's era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union.
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, popularly known as Klim Voroshilov, was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin-era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union, the second highest military rank of the Soviet Union, and served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the nominal Soviet ...
Kliment Voroshilov. Following the end of the war and Stalin’s death in March 1953, Voroshilov played a waiting game to see who would emerge as his successor: NKVD Secret Police Chief Laventi P. Beria, or Khrushchev.
May 17, 2018 · Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich (1881–1969) Soviet statesman, president (1953–60). He joined the Bolsheviks in 1903, and took an military role in the Russian Revolution (1917). Voroshilov was a Red Army commander in the civil war (1918–20) before becoming commissar for defence (1925–40).
