deaths
December 20, 1984
Dmitry Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976–84) (born 1908)
Dmitry Ustinov
Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov was a Soviet politician and a Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee secretary in charge of the Soviet military–industrial complex from 1965 to 1976 and as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death in 1984.
Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)
The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union refers to the head of the Ministry of Defence who was responsible for defence of the socialist/communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1922 and the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992.
December 20
December 20 is the 354th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 11 days remain until the end of the year.