served with Khrushchev during the war. In his memoirs, Khrushchev said: Khrushchev also claimed to have been shocked by the virulence with which Moskalenko denounced Marshal Zhukov in 1957, when Khrushchev had decided to sack Zhukov, but even so, he remained in office until April 1962, when he was dismissed without any reason being given, and was made an Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense. an honorary post of no significance. The French journalist Michel Tatu, who was based in Moscow at the time, surmised that his fall was related to the Cuban Missile Crisis: For his services in the development and strengthening of the Armed Forces of the USSR, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for the second time on 1978. From December 1983, he was part of the Group of Inspectors General of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Moskalenko died on 17 June 1985. His body was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery. Honours and awards Soviet Union Foreign Other honors The Poltava Military School of Communications was named in honor of him. Honorary Citizen of the city of Tiraspol Streets named after him in Pokrovsk, Horlivka and Vinnytsia A bronze bust honoring him in Pokrovsk References Bibliography Marshal K.S. Moskalenko (Commander of the 38th Army), On South-Western direction, Moscow, Science, 1969 Marshal K.S. Moskalenko (Commander of the 38th Army), On South-Western direction, 1943 -1945, Moscow, Science, 1972 External links Generals.dk 1902 births 1985 deaths People from Donetsk Oblast People from Bakhmutsky Uyezd Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Second convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Third convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Fourth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Fifth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Sixth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Seventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Eighth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Marshals of the Soviet Union Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of the Winter War Soviet military personnel of World War II Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st