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Pavel Grachev
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Russian general
Key facts
- President
- Boris Yeltsin
- Prime minister
- Boris Yeltsin, Yegor Gaidar (acting) , Viktor Chernomyrdin
- Preceded by
- Boris Yeltsin (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Mikhail Kolesnikov (acting)
- Born
- ( 1948-01-01 ) 1 January 1948, Rvy, Tula Oblast , RSFSR , USSR
- Died
- 23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) (aged 64), Krasnogorsk , Moscow Oblast , Russia
- Party
- CPSU (1969–91)
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union (to 1991), Russia
- Branch service
- Soviet Airborne Forces Russian Airborne Forces
- Years of service
- 1965–1996
- Rank
- General of the Army
- Commands
- Soviet Airborne Forces , Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
- Battles wars
- Soviet–Afghan War , First Chechen War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pavel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of death
- Krasnogorsk
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- Minister of Defense of Russia
- Educated at
- Kyiv Aviation University
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- Battle of Grozny
- Field of work
- military personnel
- Conflict
- First Chechen War
- Military branch
- Russian Airborne Troops
- Military rank
- General of the army
- Image
- Evstafiev-pavel-grachev-1994w.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1948-01-01
- date of death
- 2012-09-23
- Commons category
- Pavel Grachev
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- allegiance
- Russia
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Грачёв; 1 January 1948 – 23 September 2012), sometimes transliterated as Grachov or Grachyov, was a Russian Army General and the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1996; in 1988 he was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union gold star.
As Defence Minister, Grachev gained notoriety because of his military incompetence displayed during the First Chechen War and the persistent allegations of involvement in enormous corruption scandals.
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