Dmitry Yazov

Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Yazov
Дмитрий Язов
Yazov in 2013
Minister of Defence
In office 30 May 1987 – 28 August 1991
Premier	Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov
Preceded by	Sergei Sokolov
Succeeded by	Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Personal details
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
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991)
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Military service
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 Soviet–Afghan War

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.^[1] Yazov was the last person to be appointed to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union on 28 April 1990, the only Marshal born in Siberia, and at the time of his death on 25 February 2020, he was the last living Marshal of the Soviet Union.