Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was the highest military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces. Created on 26 June 1945 following the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, it was awarded to Premier J
Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference in 1945, wearing his Marshal uniform
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Generalissimo, also generalissimus, is a military rank of the highest degree, superior to field marshal and other five-star ranks in the states where they are used.
Generalissimo of the Soviet Union
…uniform of his pre-existing rank, Marshal. Though never awarded again, the rank officially remained in Soviet military statutes until 1993. The rank of Generalissimo was awarded to several military leaders in the Imperial Russian Army, including for the first time by Peter the Great to Aleksei Shein in 1696, by…
Francisco Franco, Generalissimo of Spain from 1936 to 1975