"Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov (Russian: \u041C\u0430\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0439 \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0301\u043B\u044C\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u0417\u0430\u0445\u0430\u0301\u0440\u043E\u0432, August 17, 1898 \u2013 January 31, 1972), Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of General Staff, Deputy Defense Minister, was born in Voylovo, a village in Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast to peasant parents. Zakharov joined the Red Guards (precursor to the Red Army) in 1917. He served under Kliment Voroshilov during the Russian Civil War."@en . . "Chief of the General Staff" . . . . . "1898Z"^^ . . "Leningrad Military District" . . . . . . "Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov"@en . . . . . "1971Z"^^ . . "General Staff Academy" . "1972Z"^^ . . . "\u041C\u0430\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0439 \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0301\u043B\u044C\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u0417\u0430\u0445\u0430\u0301\u0440\u043E\u0432 (Russian)"@en . "*" . "1972-01-31Z"^^ . "Zakharov, Matvei"@en . . "1898-08-17Z"^^ . "Marshal of the Soviet Union" . "1917Z"^^ .