Timofei 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.