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Marshal of the Soviet Union
Dmitry Yazov
Дмитрий Язов
Yazov in 2013
Minister of Defence
In office
30 May 1987 – 28 August 1991
PremierNikolai Ryzhkov
Valentin Pavlov
Preceded bySergei Sokolov
Succeeded byYevgeny Shaposhnikov
Personal details
Born
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov

(1924-11-08)8 November 1924
Yazovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died25 February 2020(2020-02-25) (aged 95)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeFederal Military Memorial Cemetery, Moscow Oblast
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991)
SignatureDmitry Yazov
Military service
AllegianceDmitry Yazov Soviet Union
Dmitry Yazov Russia
Branch/serviceSoviet Army
Russian Ground Forces
Years of service1941–1991
RankMarshal of the Soviet Union
Battles/warsWorld 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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