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Sergey Akhromeyev
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Soviet marshal (1923–1991)
Key facts
- 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
- Branch
- Soviet Army
- Service years
- 1942–1991
- Rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983–1991)
- Conflicts
- World War II , Soviet–Afghan War
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sergey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Vindrey
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- military commander
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- political activity
- Conflict
- Soviet-Afghan War
- Military branch
- Soviet Army
- Military rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Image
- Marshal Sergey F. Akhromeyev in 1988.JPEG
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- Commons category
- Sergey Akhromeyev
- date of birth
- 1923-05-05
- date of death
- 1991-08-24
- place of burial
- Troyekurovskoye cemetery
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- name in native language
- Сергѐй Фёдорович Ахромѐев
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Far Eastern Military District
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Encyclopedic overview
Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev (Russian: Серге́й Фёдорович Ахроме́ев; May 5, 1923 – August 24, 1991) 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 attempt, Akhromeyev died by suicide after the failure of the coup.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sergey Akhromeyev” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.