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Aleksei Antonov

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182: 387:, Antonov never lost his temper or allowed circumstances to get the better of him. He was firm, caustic, slow to praise and a tough taskmaster, but the rigorous regimen that he imposed on his staff won their respect. Above all he was adept at manipulating Stalin. He did not sugar-coat his reports. He was prepared to stand up to Stalin with what his deputy regarded as a 'brave outspokenness'. So skilled was he at providing the evening situation reports concisely and accurately that even Zhukov bowed to his capability and allowed Antonov to present them in his place. The trust that Stalin came to place in Antonov was reflected in his survivability. He retained his office until February 1945, when he was made chief of staff in Vasilevsky's place. 1143: 1021: 1032: 195: 383:
rushing off to report to Stalin when he arrived in Moscow, he spent the first week familiarizing himself thoroughly with the General Staff and the state of the front. Only when he was fully primed did he go to see his commander. The two men developed the most effective working relationship of the war. Antonov displayed a calm intelligence married to a massive energy and exceptional industry. According to his deputy, General
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came to rely on one subordinate above all others: the chief of operations, General Aleksei Antonov. On December 11 the forty-six-year-old Antonov stepped into the role which was more directly exposed to Stalin's inquisitive leadership than any other. Antonov rose to the challenge. Instead of
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was usually absent due to his frequent frontline missions as Stavka representative. As a result, Stavka relieved Antonov of his position in Operational Directorate, so that Antonov could fully concentrate in the leadership in the General Staff. In February 1945, Vasilevsky was appointed as the
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Conferences. At the Yalta Conference, he briefed the Western Allies on co-ordinating military actions, and by stressing how the Allies could aid Soviets through bombing lines of communications contributed to the
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commander of 3rd Belarusian Front, and Antonov finally became the formal leader of Soviet General Staff. In spite of his key role in the Red Army's ultimate victory, he was never named a
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After the war, Antonov became Deputy Commander-in-Chief and then Commander-in-Chief of the
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Session with British and US Chiefs of Staff at the Yalta Conference, 5 February 1945,
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TatarFact - Татарның бөек улы — армия генералы Антонов Алексей Иннокентьевич
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Antonov died on 16 June 1962 in Moscow, and his ashes interred in the
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Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
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By 1944, Antonov was Chief Spokesman and was present at the
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In 1941, Antonov became chief of staff for the Soviet
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ethnicity as the son of an artillery officer of the
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Shtemenko, Volume 1, p. 220, 225 395:Antonov standing behind Stalin at the 7: 671:Chief of the Staff of the Red Army 446:In 1956, Antonov married ballerina 1286:Recipients of the Order of Victory 14: 1306:Warsaw Treaty Organization people 648:Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles 1291:Recipients of the Order of Lenin 1141: 1030: 1019: 895: 779: 193: 180: 425:Transcaucasus Military District 239:Transcaucasus Military District 152: 1281:Frunze Military Academy alumni 450:. It was his second marriage. 283:Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov 1: 629:. Progress Publisher, Moskva. 291:Алексей Иннокентьевич Антонов 69:Army general Aleksei Antonov. 21:Eastern Slavic naming customs 1261:Army generals (Soviet Union) 1246:People from Grodnensky Uyezd 375:writes of him at this time: 367:Marshal of the Soviet Union 309:. From 1945 to 1946 he was 1332: 601:From Herdsman to Statesman 19:In this name that follows 18: 16:Soviet general (1896–1962) 1017: 777: 676: 669: 661: 656: 333:, Antonov graduated from 290: 276: 62: 53: 790:Chiefs of Combined Staff 627:The Soviet General Staff 472:21 February 2014 at the 54: 617:Bonn, Keith E. (2005). 436:Kremlin Wall Necropolis 337:in 1921 and joined the 335:Frunze Military Academy 131:Kremlin Wall Necropolis 952:Vladimir Triandafillov 574:FRUS Malta & Yalta 400: 389: 887:Russian General Staff 394: 377: 331:Imperial Russian Army 218:Years of service 1149:Russian Armed Forces 1048:Aleksandr Vasilevsky 1000:Aleksandr Vasilevsky 936:Mikhail Tukhachevsky 680:Aleksandr Vasilevsky 665:Aleksandr Vasilevsky 1038:Soviet Armed Forces 541:(Allen Lane, 1998: 305:for his efforts in 1241:People from Grodno 1167:Mikhail Kolesnikov 992:Boris Shaposhnikov 968:Boris Shaposhnikov 944:Boris Shaposhnikov 728:Supreme Commanders 718:Commanders of the 646:H. Salisbury ed., 588:Why the Allies Won 517:Why the Allies Won 448:Olga Lepeshinskaya 401: 399:, 9 February 1945. 350:Southwestern Front 144:Olga Lepeshinskaya 1218: 1217: 1112:Sergey Akhromeyev 1064:Vasily Sokolovsky 960:Alexander Yegorov 849: 848: 686: 685: 677:Succeeded by 657:Military offices 641:Stalin's Generals 625:S. M. Shtemenko. 621:. 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Vasilevsky 303:Order of Victory 292: 199: 197: 196: 186: 184: 183: 171:Military service 166:Order of Victory 156: 154: 109: 90:9 September 1896 89: 87: 75:Personal details 67: 57: 44: 1331: 1330: 1326: 1325: 1324: 1322: 1321: 1320: 1221: 1220: 1219: 1214: 1209: 1201: 1199:Nikolai Makarov 1193: 1191:Yuri Baluyevsky 1185: 1177: 1175:Viktor Samsonov 1169: 1161: 1151: 1142: 1140: 1135: 1130: 1122: 1114: 1106: 1104:Nikolai Ogarkov 1098: 1090: 1088:Matvei Zakharov 1082: 1080:Sergey Biryuzov 1074: 1072:Matvei Zakharov 1066: 1058: 1050: 1040: 1031: 1029: 1024: 1020: 1015: 1010: 1008:Aleksei Antonov 1002: 994: 986: 978: 970: 962: 954: 946: 938: 930: 922: 914: 904: 896: 894: 889: 880: 850: 845: 840: 832: 830:Anatoly Gribkov 824: 816: 814:Mikhail Kazakov 808: 800: 798:Aleksei Antonov 784: 775: 770: 762: 754: 752:Ivan Yakubovsky 746: 738: 722: 716: 682: 673: 667: 643:(New York 1969) 639:S. Bialer ed., 636: 634:Further reading 616: 613: 608: 607: 598: 594: 585: 581: 570: 566: 557: 553: 537:Richard Overy, 536: 532: 527: 523: 514: 510: 501: 500: 496: 490: 486: 482: 476: 474:Wayback Machine 465: 461: 456: 444: 325:in a family of 319: 272: 194: 192: 191: 181: 179: 158: 155: 1956) 150: 146: 111: 107: 91: 85: 83: 70: 58: 56:Алексей Антонов 55: 49: 48:Aleksei Antonov 40: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1329: 1327: 1319: 1318: 1313: 1308: 1303: 1298: 1293: 1288: 1283: 1278: 1273: 1268: 1263: 1258: 1253: 1248: 1243: 1238: 1233: 1223: 1222: 1216: 1215: 1213: 1212: 1210:(2012–present) 1204: 1196: 1188: 1180: 1172: 1164: 1159:Viktor Dubynin 1155: 1153: 1152:(1992–present) 1137: 1136: 1134: 1133: 1128:Vladimir Lobov 1125: 1117: 1109: 1101: 1096:Viktor Kulikov 1093: 1085: 1077: 1069: 1061: 1053: 1044: 1042: 1026: 1025: 1018: 1016: 1014: 1013: 1005: 997: 989: 981: 973: 965: 957: 949: 941: 933: 928:Sergey Kamenev 925: 920:Mikhail Frunze 917: 908: 906: 891: 890: 881: 879: 878: 871: 864: 856: 847: 846: 844: 843: 838:Vladimir Lobov 835: 827: 819: 811: 803: 794: 792: 786: 785: 778: 776: 774: 773: 765: 760:Viktor Kulikov 757: 749: 744:Andrei Grechko 741: 732: 730: 724: 723: 717: 715: 714: 707: 700: 692: 684: 683: 678: 675: 668: 663: 659: 658: 652: 651: 644: 635: 632: 631: 630: 623: 612: 609: 606: 605: 592: 579: 564: 560:Stalin's Curse 558:R. 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