Dmitry Yazov

Soviet minister of defence (1924-2020) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 95

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.

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2020Died25 February 2020Jubilee Medal "75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"AwardOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd classAward2010Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"Award2009Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classAward2004Order of HonourAward1997Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"Award1995Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"Award1985Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"AwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1981Order of LeninAward1973Honorary Certificate of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSRAwardMore about this1971Order of LeninAward1953Medal "For Battle Merit"Award1945Order of the Red StarAward1924Born8 November 1924

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Yazov in 1941

Minister of Defense Dmitry Yazov (left) during a visit to the United States in 1989

Yazov (right) and Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu in 4 February 2020

Awards

Jubilee Medal "75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"2020

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class2020

Order of Alexander Nevsky2014

Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"2010

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class2009

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"2005

Order of Honour2004

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"1997

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1995

Order of the October Revolution1991

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1985

Order of Lenin1981

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class1975

Honorary Certificate of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR1973

Order of Lenin1971

Order of the Red Banner1963

Medal "For Battle Merit"1953

Order of the Red Star1945

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"

Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"

Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Zhukov Medal

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class

About this person

Yazov was the last person to be appointed to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union on 28 April 1990 and the only Marshal born in Siberia. At the time of his death on 25 February 2020, he was the last living Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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