In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Fyodorovich and the family name is Akhromeyev.
Sergey Akhromeyev
Akhromeyev c. 1980s
Born
(1923-05-05)May 5, 1923 Vindrey village, Torbeyevsky District, Mordovia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
August 24, 1991(1991-08-24) (aged 68) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Soviet Army
Years of service
1942–1991
Rank
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983–1991)
Commands held
Rifle Platoon
197th Army Reserve Regiment
Motorized Battalion
14th Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade
Tank Battalion
Eastern Front
14th Separate Tank Regiment
14th Heavy Tank-Self-Propelled Regiment
Tank Regiments
Far Eastern Military District
36th Tank Division
Tank Training Division
7th Tank Army Soviet General Staff
Battles/wars
World War II Soviet–Afghan War
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev (Russian: Серге́й Фёдорович Ахроме́ев; May 5, 1923 – August 24, 1991[1]) was a Soviet military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union (1982) and Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983).
When he was the first deputy chief of staff of the Soviet Army, he formulated a military plan to invade Afghanistan. He later served as Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1984 to 1988 and as chief military adviser to General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. A member of the State Committee on the State of Emergency during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, Akhromeyev died by suicide after the failure of the coup.
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Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983–1991)