Modern era · 1941 – 1945
Eastern Front
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War, or the German–Soviet War, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland. It encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans), and lasted from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.
- When
- 22 Jun 1941 – 7 May 1945
- Where
- Soviet Union
- Era
- Modern
Topics
People
Joseph Stalin1878 – 1953Politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
Nikita Khrushchev1894 – 1971Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn1918 – 2008Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
Leonid Brezhnev1906 – 1982General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)
Mikhail Sholokhov1905 – 1984Soviet writer (1905-1984)
Yuri Andropov1914 – 1984General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1914–1984)
Georgy Zhukov1896 – 1974Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)
Vyacheslav Molotov1890 – 1986Soviet politician, statesman and diplomat (1890–1986)
Before and after
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