Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Former Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov was a Soviet and Russian military leader and business figure. He was awarded the rank of Marshal of Aviation in 1991. He was the final Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
Born: February 3, 1942, Bol'shoi Log, Russia
Died: December 8, 2020 (age 78 years), Moscow, Russia
Previous office: Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1991–1992)
Education: Gagarin Air Force Academy (1969) and Kharkiv Air Force University named after Ivan Kozhedub (1963)
Organization founded: Russian Party of Social Democracy
Descendants: Nikolay Shaposhnikov, Natalya Shaposhnikova, and Yuliya Shaposhnikova