whom he had a daughter Tatyana Andreevna (1927-2002). Tatyana was married to Soviet and Russian diplomat Yuriy Kirichenko (1936-2017), the son of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine Aleksey Kirichenko. According to the memoirs of his contemporaries, Grechko was an enthusiastic fan of the sports club CSKA Moscow. Due to his efforts, the club received not only a new stadium, but also an arena, a base in Arkhangelsk and a host of other sports facilities. Honours and awards Foreign Other honors Bronze busts honoring Grechko were installed in his hometown at the Kuibyshevo in Rostov Oblast of Russia and Alley of Heroes Monument in Slovakia. Following his death in 1976, the Order of Lenin and Ushakov Naval Academy was renamed to Order of Lenin and Ushakov Marshal of the Soviet Union A.A. Grechko Naval Academy in honor of him. In 1990, the academy's name was changed to honor Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov. In 1976, part of the former Mozhayskoye Highway in Moscow from General Yermolov Street to Aminyevskoye Highway was named Marshal Grechko Avenue. A secondary school in Kuibyshevo was named in honor of Grechko. An ore-bulk-oil carrier and oil tanker of the Novorossiysk Shipping Company were named in honor of him. Memorial plaques honoring Grechko were installed on the former headquarters of the Kyiv military district and former building of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia in Moscow. Streets are named after him in: Russia: Krymsk Ukraine: Sloviansk, Rovenky, Dnipro, Khmelnytsky and Shostka Uzbekistan: Nukus As part of the decommunization laws in Ukraine, Greckho Streets in Zhytomyr and Kyiv were renamed to honor Vsevolod Petriv and Ivan Vyhovsky respectively. Selected works Great Feat of the Soviet People (1970) Battle for the Caucasus (1971) Through the Carpathians (1972) Liberation of Kiev (1973) Liberation Mission of the Soviet Armed Forces in the Second World War (1975) Years of War 1941—1943 (1976) The Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (1977) Source: References External links The Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, book by Grechko published in 1975 and translated into English in 1977 Liberation Mission of the Soviet Armed Forces in the Second World War, book edited by Grechko and published (with English translation) in 1975 1903 births 1976 deaths People from Rostov Oblast People from Don Host Oblast Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist