Stock Photo - 1966 - It cannot be confirmed whether or not Marshall Malinovsky, who has been suffering from a serious illness due to old age, is alive or dead. Here is recent portrait of him at 68 years old. Marshall Gretcko is filling his position during his illness. Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (November 1898 - March 1967) was a Soviet military commander in World War II and Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s. He contributed to the major defeat of Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Budapest. During the post-war era, he made a pivotal contribution to the strengthening of the Soviet Union as a military superpower. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)