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== Warsaw Pact command == [[File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-83697-0003,_Rodion_J._Malinowski,_Heinz_Hoffmann,_Walter_Ulbricht.jpg|thumb|left|Grechko (far right) with [[East German leader]] [[Walter Ulbricht]] (center) and Soviet Minister of Defense Marshal [[Rodion Malinovsky]] (far left) (1961)]] After the war, Grechko was the Commanding General of the [[Kiev Military District]], until 1953. Between 1953 and 1957, Grechko was the Commander-in-Chief of [[Soviet Forces in East Germany]]. During this time, he commanded the suppression of the [[East German uprising of 1953]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/15/archives/soviet-advocate-of-preparedness-andrei-antonovich-grechko.html|title=Soviet Advocate of Preparedness Andrei Antonovich Grechko|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1971-06-15|access-date= May 25, 2022}}</ref> On 11 March 1955, Grechko and five other high-ranking colleagues, all of whom gained recognition during the [[Great Patriotic War]] as either [[field army|army]] or [[front (military formation)|front]] commanders - [[Kirill Moskalenko|Moskalenko]], [[Vasily Chuikov|Chuikov]], [[Ivan Bagramyan|Bagramyan]], [[Sergey Biryuzov|Biryuzov]] and [[Andrey Yeryomenko|Yeremenko]] - were promoted to the rank of [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]]. From 1957 to 1960, Grechko was the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. By decree of the Presidium of the [[Supreme Soviet of the USSR]] of 1 February 1958, "for the courage and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders", Grechko was awarded the title of [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] with the [[Order of Lenin]] and the [[Gold Star medal]].<ref name=":PN">{{cite web|url=https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/pamyat-commander306/|title=Гречко Андрей Антонович|newspaper=Pamyat Naroda |access-date= May 25, 2022}}</ref> From 1960 to 1967, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Warsaw Pact]] Forces.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120910134353/http://www.sevos.ru/2010/10-02/10-02-17/05-gost.htm Газета «Северная Осетия» // Гость «СО»].</ref>
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