Mitrofan Nedelin
| Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin | |
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| Born | November 9, 1902 Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 October 1960 (aged 57) Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried at | Kremlin Wall Necropolis |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union
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| Service/branch | Artillery, Strategic Rocket Forces |
| Years of service | 1920 — 1960 |
| Rank | Chief marshal of the artillery |
| Commands held | 13th Artillery Regiment (1939-40) Artillery 160th Rifle Division (1940-41) 4th Anti-Tank Brigade (1941) Artillery 18th Army (1941) Artillery 37th Army (1941-43) Artillery 56th Army (1943) V Artillery Corps (1943) Artillery South-Western Front (1943) Artillery 3rd Ukrainian Front (1943-45) Artillery Southern Soviet Group of Forces (1945-46) Chief Artillery Directorate (1948-50) CinC Artillery (1950-52, 1953-55) Deputy Minister of War (1952-53) Deputy Minister of Defence (1955-60) CinC Strategic Missile Force (1959-60) |
| Battles/wars |
Russian Civil War, Spanish Civil War, Winter War, World War II |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin (Russian: Митрофа́н Ива́нович Неде́лин) (November 9, 1902 — October 24, 1960) was a Soviet military commander who served as Chief Marshal of the Artillery in the Soviet Armed Forces. A long-time member of the Red Army, Nedelin was a veteran of numerous wars and was honored as a Hero of the Soviet Union for his service during the Second World War. On May 8, 1959, Nedelin was promoted to Chief Marshal of the Artillery, and became an important figure in the development of ICBMs and the Space Race. On October 24, 1960, Nedelin was killed in an explosion at Baikonur Cosmodrome during the eponymous Nedelin catastrophe.
Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin was born on November 9, 1902, in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire.
Nedelin joined the Red Army in 1920, aged 18, and fought as a volunteer in the Russian Civil War until its conclusion in 1923. The following year he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and was conscripted back into the Red Army, becoming an artillery commander. From 1937 to 1939, Nedelin fought in the Spanish Civil War as a foreign volunteer for the Republican Government, and the same year was appointed to command 13th Artillery Regiment in the Soviet Red Army. In 1940 he was appointed to command the artillery of 160th Rifle Division after returning from Spain, and participated in the Winter War until 1940.
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