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1014:(ICAO) or any third party willing to decipher their contents. The fact that the recorders are in possession of the USSR shall be kept secret. As far as we are aware neither the US nor Japan has any information on the flight recorders. We have made necessary efforts in order to prevent any disclosure of the information in future." (Memo 5.)
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Central Committee with oversight of the military, the defense industry, and certain security organs. He was also placed in charge of developing the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and intercontinental ballistic missile system. Ustinov was known in the defense industry as
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General Igor Illarionov, an assistant of Ustinov for 30 years, described him as "the most Stalinist of all the Commissars". Indeed, Ustinov had been groomed by Stalin to maintain the established system. Illarionov also said that Ustinov, like many of his contemporaries, was shaped by his
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Ustinov was married to Taisa
Alekseevna Briekalova-Ustinova (1903–1975). They had a daughter, Vera Dmitriyevna Ustinova, and a son, Nikolai Dmitriyevich Ustinov (1931–1992). Ustinov also had a granddaughter, Nastya Nemtsova.
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3153:Vladilen Niktin (1989–1990)
1804:Korean Air Lines Flight 007
1706:Sino-Soviet border conflict
1671:Glassboro Summit Conference
1398:Order of Aeronautical Merit
1295:Mongolian People's Republic
1285:campaign and jubilee medals
1187:The Cardinal of the Kremlin
1174:Ustinov appears briefly in
992:Korean Air Lines Flight 007
986:In 1992, Russian president
893:Marshal of the Soviet Union
683:Marshal of the Soviet Union
631:military–industrial complex
627:Central Committee secretary
619:Marshal of the Soviet Union
607:Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ustinov
448:Marshal of the Soviet Union
109:Marshal of the Soviet Union
10:
4444:
4378:Heroes of the Soviet Union
4373:Heroes of Socialist Labour
4218:People from Samarsky Uyezd
4213:People from Samara, Russia
2693:People's Commissar for the
2552:Military and Naval Affairs
1686:Invasion of Czechoslovakia
1544:Memoirs: Mikhail Gorbachev
1289:
763:besieged city of Leningrad
81:In this name that follows
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1781:Legacy of Leonid Brezhnev
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1510:Zubok, Vladislav (2007).
1335:Order of Klement Gottwald
1231:
1042:with a bronze bust of him
633:from 1965 to 1976 and as
615:Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов
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1741:1977 Soviet constitution
1370:Order of Georgi Dimitrov
1276:winner, 1st class (1953)
1238:Hero of the Soviet Union
1181:The Hunt for Red October
1092:changed its name to the
771:Hero of Socialist Labour
663:Hero of Socialist Labour
629:in charge of the Soviet
526:1952–1984: Full member,
477:1976–1984: Full member,
404:Hero of Socialist Labour
399:Hero of the Soviet Union
119:
2550:People's Commissars for
1451:Order of the White Rose
1341:Order of the White Lion
1313:Order of the Red Banner
1244:Hero of Socialist Labor
1152:Typhoon-class submarine
1076:Kremlin Wall Necropolis
1050:Military Parade on the
1028:Kremlin Wall Necropolis
968:Russian space programme
364:Kremlin Wall Necropolis
53:more precise citations.
4162:Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
3989:Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
3770:Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
3557:Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
3314:Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
1212:The Manhattan Projects
1115:Personality and family
1052:October Revolution Day
1043:
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815:October Revolution Day
789:was combined with the
742:
3177:First Deputy Premiers
2768:Ministers of the Navy
1666:Collective leadership
1078:on 24 December 1984.
1037:
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960:Space Shuttle program
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812:
787:Ministry of Armaments
740:
436:Years of service
3623:Konstantin Chernenko
3562:Konstantin Chernenko
3309:Konstantin Chernenko
2864:Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
2798:Ministers of Defence
2759:Aleksandr Vasilevsky
2738:Aleksandr Vasilevsky
2538:Ministers of Defence
2105:Konstantin Chernenko
1819:Uzbek cotton scandal
1761:1980 Summer Olympics
1736:1977 Moscow bombings
1464:Order of Playa Girón
1434:, twice (1978, 1983)
1372:, twice (1976, 1983)
1357:Order of Ho Chi Minh
1337:, twice (1978, 1983)
1246:, twice (1942, 1961)
295:Position established
3831:Mikhail Solomentsev
3633:Eduard Shevardnadze
3613:Mikhail Solomentsev
3395:Eduard Shevardnadze
3390:Mikhail Solomentsev
3344:Eduard Shevardnadze
3324:Mikhail Solomentsev
1307:Order of Sukhbaatar
1129:Great Patriotic War
1127:experiences in the
948:Iran hostage crisis
936:Nur Muhammad Taraki
885:General of the Army
879:Minister of Defence
849:space station with
835:Vladimir Chelomey's
745:At the time of the
716:Ustinov joined the
505:1965—1976: Member,
430:Soviet Armed Forces
386:Mechanical engineer
4126:Alexander Shelepin
3994:Dinmukhamed Kunaev
3928:Alexander Shelepin
3760:Alexander Shelepin
3730:Dinmukhamed Kunaev
3522:Dinmukhamed Kunaev
3274:Dinmukhamed Kunaev
2626:Kliment Voroshilov
2594:Kliment Voroshilov
1791:Events (1982–1985)
1726:Vladivostok Summit
1658:Events (1964–1982)
1586:Political offices
1538:Gorbachev, Mikhail
1453:, 1st class (1978)
1432:Order of Karl Marx
1388:, 1st class (1976)
1343:, 1st class (1977)
1264:, 1st class (1944)
1258:, 1st class (1945)
1227:Honours and awards
1215:, a comic book by
1170:In popular culture
1044:
1038:Ustinov Square in
1032:
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871:as he rose in the
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564:Other offices held
4190:
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4152:Vasil Mzhavanadze
4135:Candidate members
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3974:Vasil Mzhavanadze
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3816:Vasil Mzhavanadze
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3638:Mikhail Gorbachev
3581:Candidate members
3572:Mikhail Gorbachev
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3405:Vitaly Vorotnikov
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3319:Vitaly Vorotnikov
3254:Mikhail Gorbachev
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2785:Nikolai Kuznetsov
2681:Nikolai Kuznetsov
2673:Mikhail Frinovsky
2634:Semyon Timoshenko
2570:Nikolai Podvoisky
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1696:Brezhnev Doctrine
1650:Era of Stagnation
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1386:Cross of Grunwald
1102:Mikhail Gorbachev
851:Sergei Korolyov's
670:Leonid Brezhnev's
625:. He served as a
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463:Soviet–Afghan War
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222:Nikita Khrushchev
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4111:Nikolai Shvernik
4096:Dmitry Polyansky
4091:Nikolai Podgorny
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3923:Andrei Kirilenko
3908:Nikolai Podgorny
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3745:Nikolai Podgorny
3715:Andrei Kirilenko
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3628:Nikolai Tikhonov
3618:Vasili Kuznetsov
3567:Nikolai Tikhonov
3537:Nikolai Podgorny
3507:Andrei Kirilenko
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3400:Vladimir Dolgikh
3375:Vasili Kuznetsov
3329:Viktor Chebrikov
3294:Nikolai Tikhonov
3269:Andrei Kirilenko
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1262:Order of Kutuzov
1256:Order of Suvorov
1217:Jonathan Hickman
1158:bomber, and the
1090:Saint Petersburg
1019:Death and legacy
1004:Viktor Chebrikov
978:, top priority.
873:defence industry
775:space programmes
749:, in June 1941,
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