Konstantin Kobets

Konstantin Kobets
Константин Кобец
State Adviser of the RSFSR for Defense
In office
10 September 1991 – 25 March 1992
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byposition abolished
Minister of Defense
In office
20 August 1991 – 9 September 1991
Succeeded bytemporarily abolished
Personal details
Born
Konstantin Ivanovich Kobets

(1939-07-16)16 July 1939
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died31 December 2012(2012-12-31) (aged 73)
Moscow, Russia
CitizenshipRussian
NationalityRussian
Professionmilitary officer, politician

Konstantin Ivanovich Kobets (Russian: Константин Иванович Кобец; 16 July 1939 – 31 December 2012) was a Russian army general. In early 1991 he was serving as Deputy Chief of the Soviet General Staff for communications.[1]

  1. ^ William Eldridge Odom, 'The Collapse of the Soviet Military,' Yale University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-300-08271-1, p.340