Postwar Konstantin Rokossovsky

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rokossovsky on 1976 soviet stamp


rokossovsky played key role in regime s suppression of independent poland through stalinization , sovietization in general, , in polish army in particular. de facto supreme commander of polish army, introduced various methods suppression of anti-soviet activity, real or imagined. among notorious labour battalions of army, able-bodied men found socially or politically insecure or guilty of having families abroad drafted. estimated 200,000 men forced work in these labour camps in hazardous conditions, in quarries, coal mines, , uranium mines, , 1,000 died in first days of labour , while tens of thousands became crippled. other groups targeted these repressive measures former soldiers of pre-war polish army wartime underground home army.


in june 1956 poznań protests against local working conditions , living standards, soviet occupation of poland, rokossovsky approved order send in military units. result of on 10,000 soldiers , 360 tanks crushed protesters, , @ least 74 civilians killed.


in wake of poznan riots , rehabilitation of formerly imprisoned communist reformer władysław gomułka in 1956, rokossovsky went moscow in failed attempt convince nikita khrushchev use force against polish state. however, gomułka managed negotiate soviets, , on new polish first secretary s insistence rokossovsky forced leave poland. returned soviet union, restored soviet ranks , honours; , in july 1957, following removal office of defence minister zhukov, nikita khrushchev appointed him deputy minister of defence , commander of transcaucasian military district. in 1958 became chief inspector of ministry of defence, post held until retirement in april 1962.


he died in august 1968, aged 71. ashes buried in kremlin wall necropolis on red square.








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