Sergey Akhromeyev

Sergey Akhromeyev
Akhromeyev c. 1980s
Born	(1923-05-05)May 5, 1923 Vindrey village, Torbeyevsky District, Mordovia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	August 24, 1991(1991-08-24) (aged 68) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Suicide by hanging (official) Murder (theorized)
Buried	Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Soviet Army
Years of service	1942–1991
Rank	Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983–1991)
Commands	Rifle Platoon 197th Army Reserve Regiment Motorized Battalion 14th Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade Tank Battalion Eastern Front 14th Separate Tank Regiment 14th Heavy Tank-Self-Propelled Regiment Tank Regiments Far Eastern Military District 36th Tank Division Tank Training Division 7th Tank Army Soviet General Staff
Battles / wars	World War II Soviet–Afghan War
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev (Russian: Серге́й Фёдорович Ахроме́ев; May 5, 1923 – August 24, 1991^[1]) was a Soviet military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union (1982) and Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983).

When he was the first deputy chief of staff of the Soviet Army, he formulated a military plan to invade Afghanistan. He later served as Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1984 to 1988 and as chief military adviser to General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. A member of the State Committee on the State of Emergency during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, Akhromeyev died by suicide after the failure of the coup.