Dmitry Yazov
Former Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
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... Wikipedia
Born: November 8, 1924, Yazovo, Russia
Died: February 25, 2020 (age 95 years), Moscow, Russia
Previous office: Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1987–1991)
Buried: February 27, 2020, Federal Military Memorial Cemetery, Russia