(3 June 1900 – 30 December 1973); appointed 8 May 1959; served as commander of the Soviet Air Force from 1957 to 1969. Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov (16 August 1914 – 3 December 1984); appointed March 1972; served as commander of the Soviet Air Force from 1969 to 1984. Boris Pavlovich Bugaev (29 July 1923 – 13 January 2007); appointed 1977; served as Minister of Civil Aviation of the USSR from 1970 to 1987. Alexander Ivanovich Koldunov (20 September 1923 – 9 June 1992); appointed 1984; served as commander of Soviet Air Defence Forces from 1978 to 1987. Chief marshals of the armored troops Pavel Alexeevich Rotmistrov (6 July 1901 – 16 April 1982); appointed 28 April 1962. Hamazasp Khachaturovich Babadzhanian (18 February 1906 – 1 November 1977); appointed 29 April 1975. See also Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the branch Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1943–1955, and 1955–1991 References Military ranks of Russia Military ranks of the Soviet Union