Dmitry Yazov
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5 total works indexed
- SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing
· 2012 · cited 24,059x
- Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide
· 2010 · cited 11,317x
- FaceNet: A unified embedding for face recognition and clustering
· 2015 · cited 10,819x
- Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor
· 2019 · cited 6,488x
- 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes
· 2019 · cited 5,871x
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Key facts
- Premier
- Nikolai Ryzhkov , Valentin Pavlov
- Preceded by
- Sergei Sokolov
- Succeeded by
- Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
- Born
- Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov , ( 1924-11-08 ) 8 November 1924, Yazovo, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) (aged 95), Moscow, Russia
- Resting place
- Federal Military Memorial Cemetery , Moscow Oblast
- Party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991)
- 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 Leningrad Front Volkhov Front Siege of Leningrad Courland Pocket Cuban Missile Crisis Soviet–Afghan War Black January January Events August Coup
Article
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. Yazov was the last person to be appointed to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union on 28 April 1990 and the only Marshal born in Siberia. At the time of his death on 25 February 2020, he was the last living Marshal of the Soviet Union.
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