Rokossovsky is one of the most famous and famous military commanders of the Great Patriotic War. Due to his unbending character and “military genius”, he forever inscribed his name in world history.
Rokossovsky biography
The exact date of birth of Konstantin Konstantinovich is unknown. According to some reports, he was born in 1896, to others - in 1894.
As for the family of the future marshal, there is also very little information about her. It is known that his ancestors owned the small village of Rokossovo, which is located on the territory of modern Poland. It is from its name that the name of the commander comes from.
Great-grandfather Konstantin Konstantinovich called Jozef. He was also a military man and devoted his life to his service. Rokossovsky’s father served on the railroad, and Antonin’s mother was from Belarus and worked as a teacher at school.
At the age of six, young Kostya was sent to a school with a technical bias. However, after the death of his father in 1902, you have to quit school, as the mother could not pay for it on her own. The boy, as he could, tried to help the family, worked as an apprentice with a mason, a pastry chef and even a doctor. He was very fond of reading and learning everything new.
In 1914, he entered the Dragoon Regiment. There he learned to masterfully manage horses, shoot weapons and fight great on peaks and drafts. In the same year, for military successes, Rokossovsky received the St. George Cross of the fourth degree and was promoted to corporal.
In 1923, he married Julia Barmina, and two years later they had a daughter, Ariadne.
