In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Amvrosievich and the family name is Strokach.
Timofei Strokach
Тимофій Строкач
Minister (People's Commissar) of the Interior of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 16 January 1946 – 16 March 1953
Preceded by
Vasiliy Ryasnoi
Succeeded by
Pavlo Meshyk
In office 3 July 1953 – 31 May 1956
Preceded by
Pavlo Meshyk
Succeeded by
Aleksei Brovkin
Commander of the Soviet Border Troops
In office 28 May 1956 – 8 March 1957
Preceded by
Pavel Zyryanov
Succeeded by
Pavel Zyryanov
Commander of the Soviet Interior Troops
In office 9 June 1956 – 8 March 1957
Preceded by
Alexander Sirotkin
Succeeded by
Semyon Donskov
Personal details
Born
(1903-03-04)4 March 1903 Belotserkovitsy, Primorskaya Oblast, Russian Empire
Died
15 August 1963(1963-08-15) (aged 60) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Resting place
Baikove Cemetery[1]
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater
OGPU Border College
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Branch/service
NKVD
KGB
Soviet Border Troops
Soviet partisans
Rank
Lieutenant general
Battles/wars
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
World War II
Timofei Amvrosievich Strokach (Russian: Тимофей Амвросиевич Строкач; Ukrainian: Тимофій Амвросійович Строкач, romanized: Tymofiy Amvrosiiovych Strokach; 4 March 1903 – 15 August 1963) was a prominent military figure of the Soviet NKVD and KGB.
^"Строкач Тимофей Амвросиевич". kiev-necropol.narod.ru. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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