Pavel Grachev
Pavel Grachev | |
|---|---|
Павел Грачёв | |
 Grachev in 1994 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 18 May 1992 – 17 July 1996 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Boris Yeltsin Yegor Gaidar (acting) Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Preceded by | Boris Yeltsin (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Kolesnikov (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1948 Rvy, Soviet Airborne Troops Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Chechen War |
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev (
Life and career
In the Soviet Union
Grachev, born in 1948 in
In December 1990, he was appointed commander of the Soviet airborne troops. In August/December 1991, Grachev became the Soviet Union's First Deputy
In the Russian Federation
For a period of time, in the early-to-mid-1990s, Grachev was a close friend of the
Grachev was involved in the case of corruption in the Western Group of Forces in 1993-1994. Accusations were repeatedly made against Grachev in the Russian media in the illegal acquisition of imported Mercedes cars, which were issued with the help of the command of the
In late 1994 through 1996, Grachev played a key role in initiating and leading the
Grachev was suspected of being involved in the murder of
In December 1997, Grachev was appointed a senior military adviser to Rosvooruzhenie State Corporation, the Russian arms export monopoly. On 25 April 2007, Grachev was fired from this position.[11]
Grachev died on 23 September 2012 of acute meningoencephalitis,[12] in the Vishnevsky Military Hospital in Krasnogorsk.[13] He was 64.
Popular culture
The archival footage of Grachev saying "tank regiments are commanded by total idiots; you send in the infantry first, then the tanks" is shown on TV in the 2002 film House of Fools.
Further reading
- Ostrovsky, Alexander (2011). Глупость или измена? Расследование гибели СССР. (Stupidity or treason? Investigation of the death of the USSR) Archived 30 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine М.: Форум, Крымский мост-9Д, 2011. — 864 с. ISBN 978-5-89747-068-6.
- Ostrovsky, Alexander (2014). Расстрел «Белого дома». Чёрный октябрь 1993 (The shooting of the "White House". Black October 1993) — М.: «Книжный мир», 2014. — 640 с. ISBN 978-5-8041-0637-0
References
- ^ "Russian Crisis: The main players: General Grachev". The Independent. 4 October 1993. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Грачёв Павел Сергеевич [Grachev Pavel Sergeyevich]. www.warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ War Scare: Russia and America on the Nuclear Brink by Peter Vincent Pry.
- ^ The War in Chechnya: Implications for Military Reform and Creation of Mobile Forces Archived 12 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Сергей Ищенко (10 December 2010). "«Паше-Мерседесу» и не снилось". Свободная Пресса. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. полковник Игорь Конашенков
- ^ Botched operation. (Russian troops in Chechnya) (Editorial), The Nation, January 1995.
- ^ Why the Russian Military Failed in Chechnya Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Foreign Military Studies Office, December 1996.
- ^ Grozny rebels braced for final assault, The Independent, 13 January 1996.
- TIME, 16 January 1995.
- ^ "Генерал эпохи Ельцина. Биография Павла Грачёва :: Общество :: Top.rbc.ru". 25 September 2012."Грачёв относился к Холодову «неплохо»". 27 February 2001.
- Ekho Moskvy, 25.04.2007.
- ^ Названа причина смерти экс-министра обороны Павла Грачева (in Russian). Interfax. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Pavel Grachev, Yeltsin-Era Defense Minister, Dead At 64". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
External links
- Grachev: Here for a While, The Moscow Times, 13 July 1995.
- Pavel Grachev: Disgraced but Indispensable, The Jamestown Foundation, 3 May 1996.
- Pavel Grachev, RusNet, 03.12.2003.