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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 , along with Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army Alexander Yegorov, and three senior commanders, Vasily Blyukher, Semyon Budyonny, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky. Wikipedia  

✵ 23. January 1881 – 2. December 1969   •   Other names Климент Ворошилов
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Famous Kliment Voroshilov Quotes

“It was necessary to close the front against Germany and that it (victory) depended on us whether it was to be closed or not.”

Kliment Voroshilov

Quoted in "The unmaking of Adolf Hitler" - Page 377 - by Eugene Davidson - 2004

“It's a bad business. There is no firm front. We have separate strongpoints in which our units are holding off the attacks of superior enemy forces. Communications with them are weak.”

Kliment Voroshilov

Quoted in "The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad" - Page 182 - by Harrison E. Salisbury - History - 2003

“I personally believe that war is highly unlikely.”

Kliment Voroshilov

June 9, 1927. Quoted in "Forging Stalin's Army: Marshal Tukhachevsky and the Politics of Military Innovation" - Page 57 - by Sally W. Stoecker - 1999

“Whoever can lift a rifle, should have one.”

Kliment Voroshilov

Quoted in "Epoch's end" - Page 149 - by Tārāśaṅkara Bandyopādhyāẏa, Hirendranath Mukerjee - 1945

“If we enjoy the benefits of peace, it is only because we have an excellent armed force and a fine socialist economy. Let us exert all efforts so that our further development may be strong and mighty, so that our numerous enemies may think well and long before they decide to attack our fatherland, and so that if they attack, they will quickly regret it.”

Kliment Voroshilov

Quoted in "Pacific Affairs" - Page 51 - by University of British Columbia, Institute of Pacific Relations

“The Soviet Union, true to the Leninist principles of respect for the rights and national independence of all peoples great or small, has always been and is guided in its relations with other countries by the principles of mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-intervention in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefits, peaceful coexistence and economic cooperation.”

Kliment Voroshilov

Quoted in "The Nineteen Days: A Broadcaster's Account of the Hungarian Revolution" - by George R. Urban - 1957

“Voroshilov was a striking figure, with a great deal of influence among the workers, so that the degree of influence of the committee on the workers and its success as regards recruitment depended primarily on him.”

Kliment Voroshilov

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