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Dmitry Yazov

1924 - 2020

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dmitry Yazov is the 348th most popular military personnel (down from 306th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Russia (down from 248th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Dmitry Yazov is most famous for his role in the 1991 coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Dmitry Yazov ranks 348 out of 2,058. Before him are François Joseph Lefebvre, Kim Philby, Meng Tian, Nikolai Vatutin, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, and Jozef Gabčík. After him are John J. Pershing, Italo Balbo, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Wang Jian, Georg von Frundsberg, and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Dmitry Yazov ranks 44. Before him are Amílcar Cabral, Lee Marvin, Willard Boyle, Antony Hewish, Luigi Nono, and Henry Mancini. After him are Jin Yong, Francisco Macías Nguema, Robert Solow, Carroll O'Connor, Christopher Tolkien, and Kim Song-ae. Among people deceased in 2020, Dmitry Yazov ranks 41. Before him are Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Arthur Ashkin, Lee Teng-hui, Little Richard, Juliette Gréco, and Kenny Rogers. After him are Michael Lonsdale, Luis Sepúlveda, Jiří Menzel, Bill Gates Sr., Qasem Soleimani, and Jack Steinberger.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Dmitry Yazov ranks 278 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Valery Gerasimov (1955), Iziaslav I of Kiev (1024), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), and Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1757). After him are Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847), Ivan II of Moscow (1326), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Pitirim Sorokin (1889), Vasily Vereshchagin (1842), and Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Dmitry Yazov ranks 24. Before him are Vasily Stalin (1921), Vasily Blyukher (1889), Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Valery Gerasimov (1955), and Nikolai Vatutin (1901). After him are Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), Andrei Grechko (1903), Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Kirill Meretskov (1897), and Leonid Govorov (1897).

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