Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov ( Kliment Efremovic Vorošilov, , Klyment Oxrimovyc Vorošylov), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969) was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union, along with Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army Alexander Ilyich Yegorov, and three senior commanders, Vasily Blyukher, Semyon Budyonny, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky.