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Dmitry Yazov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 2020)

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Dmitry Yazov

Soviet minister of defence

Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov 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. Yazov was the last person…
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Marshal of the Soviet Union

Highest Soviet military rank

Marshal of the Soviet Union was the second-highest military rank of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin wore the uniform and insignia of Marshal after World War II.
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