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Semyon Budyonny, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1883)

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Semyon Budyonny

Soviet military commander (1883–1973)

Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny was a Russian and Soviet cavalryman, military commander during the Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War and World War II, and politician, who was a close political ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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Marshal of the Soviet Union

Highest Soviet military rank

Marshal of the Soviet Union was the second-highest military rank of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin wore the uniform and insignia of Marshal after World War II.
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