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Also known as Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev

Soviet marshal (1923–1991)

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Active from
1981-02-11

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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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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.

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