Dmitry Yazov | |
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Дмитрий Язов | |
 Yazov in 2013 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 30 May 1987 – 28 August 1991 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov |
| Preceded by | Sergei Sokolov |
| Succeeded by | Yevgeny Shaposhnikov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov 8 November 1924 Yazovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 25 February 2020 (aged 95) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Federal Military Memorial Cemetery, Moscow Oblast |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1941–1991 |
| Rank | Marshal of the Soviet Union |
| Battles/wars | World War II Cuban Missile Crisis Soviet–Afghan War Black January January Events August Coup |
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.[1] 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.