Pavel Grachev

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, Tula Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Died	23 September 2012 (aged 64); Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Political party	CPSU (1969–91)
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Russia
Branch/service	Russian Airborne Troops
Years of service	1965–1996
Rank	; General of the Army
Commands	Soviet Airborne Troops ; Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War; First Chechen War

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.