In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Timofeyevich and the family name is Yazov.
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Dmitry Yazov
Дмитрий Язов
Yazov in 2013
Minister of Defence
In office 30 May 1987 – 28 August 1991
Premier
Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov
Preceded by
Sergei Sokolov
Succeeded by
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Personal details
Born
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov
(1924-11-08)8 November 1924 Yazovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
25 February 2020(2020-02-25) (aged 95) Moscow, Russia
Resting place
Federal Military Memorial Cemetery, Moscow Oblast
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union Russia
Branch/service
Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces
Years of service
1941–1991
Rank
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Battles/wars
World War II Soviet–Afghan War
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov (Russian: Дми́трий Тимофе́евич Я́зов; 8 November 1924 – 25 February 2020) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Yazov served as Minister of Defence from 1987 until he was arrested for his part in the 1991 August Coup, four months before the fall of the Soviet Union.[1]
Yazov was the last person to be appointed to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union on 28 April 1990, the only Marshal born in Siberia, and at the time of his death on 25 February 2020, he was the last living Marshal of the Soviet Union.
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