In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Grachev.
Pavel Grachev
Павел Грачёв
Grachev in 1994
Minister of Defence
In office 18 May 1992 – 17 July 1996
President
Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister
Boris Yeltsin Yegor Gaidar (acting) Viktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded by
Boris Yeltsin (acting)
Succeeded by
Mikhail Kolesnikov (acting)
Personal details
Born
(1948-01-01)1 January 1948 Rvy, Tula Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Died
23 September 2012(2012-09-23) (aged 64) Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Political party
CPSU (1969–91)
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union Russia
Branch/service
Russian Airborne Troops
Years of service
1965–1996
Rank
General of the Army
Commands
Soviet Airborne Troops Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Battles/wars
Soviet–Afghan War First Chechen War
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Грачёв; 1 January 1948 – 23 September 2012), sometimes transliterated as Grachov or Grachyov, was a Russian Army General and the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1996; in 1988 he was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union gold star. As Defence Minister, Grachev gained notoriety because of his military incompetence displayed during the First Chechen War and the persistent allegations of involvement in enormous corruption scandals.
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Грачёв; 1 January 1948 – 23 September 2012), sometimes transliterated as Grachov or Grachyov, was...
1994, five days after Dudayev and Russian Minister of Defense Gen. PavelGrachev of Russia had agreed to "avoid the further use of force", Russian forces...
Security Council of Russia, sacked at the latter's behest defence minister PavelGrachev, and on 20 June sacked a number of his siloviki, one of them being his...
Russian Federation. Kostyantyn Morozov (22 December 1991-18 May 1992) PavelGrachev (18 May 1992-17 June 1996) Igor Rodionov (17 July 1996-23 May 1997)...
dropped the Tsar Bomba Yuri Gagarin – first human to fly in space. PavelGrachev – division commander in Afghanistan. Ivan Kharchenko – neutralized more...
On 11 December 1994, five days after Dudayev and Minister of Defense PavelGrachev of Russia had agreed to avoid the further use of force, Russian troops...
flew to Crimea for a meeting with Gorbachev. Yazov ordered General PavelGrachev, commander of the Soviet Airborne Forces, to begin coordinating with...
paradigmatic example of this was General PavelGrachev, who had demonstrated his loyalty during this crisis. Grachev became a key political figure, despite...
assumed the duties of the Supreme Commander. In May 1992, General Colonel PavelGrachev became the Minister of Defence, and was made Russia's first Army General...
It was also during that time that Lebed became a rival of General PavelGrachev, Airborne Troops commander and future Russian Minister of Defense, due...
within the military about what reforms should be implemented. General PavelGrachev, the first Russian Minister of Defence (1992–96), broadly advertised...
Federation Boris Yeltsin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin Alexander Lebed PavelGrachev Gennady Troshev Chechnya † Akhmad Kadyrov Alu Alkhanov Ramzan Kadyrov...
Federation Boris Yeltsin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin Alexander Lebed PavelGrachev Gennady Troshev Chechnya † Akhmad Kadyrov Alu Alkhanov Ramzan Kadyrov...
multi-million dollar businesses in Moscow through a proxy provided by businessman Pavel Krotov. Kadyrov has been personally implicated in several instances of torture...
images of carnage also caused new calls for Russia's defence minister PavelGrachev to resign, while Russia suspended its limited troop withdrawal. Измайлов...
connections" with the Russian military elite, especially Defense Minister PavelGrachev. According to the Jamestown Foundation, he pursued a military diplomacy...
in the Caucasus republics in the last years of the Soviet Union, and PavelGrachev who went on to become the first Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation...
assumed the duties of the Supreme Commander. In May 1992, General Colonel PavelGrachev became the Russian Minister of Defence, and was made Russia's first...
minister of defence, refused to meet with Russian defence minister PavelGrachev, saying that the latter would be unwelcome in Germany. In contrast to...
for the main commanders of the invasion of Chechnya, Defense Minister PavelGrachev and federal Interior Minister Viktor Yerin, as they travelled to the...
Grozny. The meeting didn't happen, as Dudayev left to meet with general PavelGrachev. The parliamentarians tried to persuade the captured officers to go...
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