Mikhail Kolesnikov

Former Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation (1939-2007) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 67

General of the Army Mikhail Petrovich Kolesnikov was a Russian military officer and a member of President Boris Yeltsin's administration. He briefly served as acting Minister of Defense in 1996 after Pavel Grachev was fired by Yeltsin.

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Kolesnikov as a colonel general

Awards

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

Order of the Red Star

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 2nd class

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

Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

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

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

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

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Impeccable Service"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

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Russia

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