Pavel Batitsky Military person

Pavel Fyodorovich Batitsky (27 June 1910 – 17 February 1984) was a Soviet military leader awarded the highest honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1965 and appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1968. Batitsky served in the Red Army from 1924 and was commander-in-chief of the Air Defense Forces from 1966 to 1978. Following the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, he was chosen to execute Lavrenty Beria, the former head of the NKVD.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 27, 1910
Birth place
Kharkiv
Date of deathFebruary 17, 1984
Place of death
Moscow

Search

Military person

military branch
Red Army
military commandMoscow Military District
service start1924
service end1978

Topical connections

Aleksandr MalyginFootball player
Aleksei BibikWriter
Alexander Isaakovich GelmanWriter
Andrey VlasovMilitary person
Abram GrushkoArtist
Abdurrahman FatalibeyliMilitary person
Élie MetchnikoffScientist
Aleksandr ShpakovskySports manager
Andrei GrechkoPolitician
Aleksandr VasilevskyMilitary person
Alexander AfinogenovWriter

Pavel Batitsky on Wikipedia