Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Matvei Zakharov
Born: August 17, 1898
Died: January 31, 1972 (aged 73)
Bio: Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov, 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 in 1917.