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Yury Grekov

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Yury Grekov
Native name
Юрий Павлович Греков
Birth nameYury Pavlovich Grekov
Born(1943-09-13)13 September 1943
Kulotino, Okulovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died18 April 2024(2024-04-18) (aged 80)
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Service/branch Russian Ground Forces
Years of service1962–2000
RankColonel general
Commands heldUral Military District
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Colonel General Yury Pavlovich Grekov (Russian: Юрий Павлович Греков; 13 September 1943 – 18 April 2024) was a Russian army officer who served as the commander of the Ural Military District from 1992 to 1999.

Biography

Yury Grekov was born on 13 September 1943.[1] He joined the Soviet Army in 1962. He graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S. M. Kirov in 1966.[1]

From 1966 to 1971, he served as a platoon commander and company commander in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.[2]

Grekov graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze in 1974.[2] From 1974 to 1983, he was deputy regiment commander, chief of staff of the regiment, regiment commander, deputy division commander, and division commander in the Trans-Baikal Military District.[2]

Grekov graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR named after K. E. Voroshilov in 1985.[2]

From 1985, he was Chief of Staff and First Deputy Army Commander in the Leningrad Military District.[2]

In 1986, he was the Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the 40th Army as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan.[2][1][3], and actively participated in the combat operations for two years.[2][1][3]

In 1988, he was the commander of the 11th Guards Army in the Baltic Military District.[2] In 1989, he was the first deputy commander of the Transcaucasian Military District,[4][2] and had participated in the localization of the Armenian-Azerbaijani armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.[2]

On 7 July 1992, as the Volga-Ural Military District had been abolished,[5][6] to form the newly Ural Military District,[7] Grekov was appointed as the commander of the district on 16 July.[8][9]

In December 1999, he was replaced by Vyacheslav Tikhomirov.[1][10][2]

Since January 2000, he was in reserve and had been an advisor to the Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast.[2][11][1]

Personal life and death

Grekov lived in Yekaterinburg. He died on 18 April 2024, at the age of 80.[12][10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Персональные страницы | Уральская региональная общественная организация по развитию связей с земляками". www.urcountry.ru. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 "В возрасте 80 лет скончался экс-командующий Уральским военным округом Греков". Коммерсантъ (in русский). 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Air Force Magazine. Air Force Association. July 1993. Search this book on
  4. ↑ RFE/RL Daily Report: A Publication of the RFE/RL Research Institute. RFE/RL Research Institute. 1992. Search this book on
  5. ↑ "Об образовании Приволжского и Уральского военных округов". ips.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  6. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16.07.1992 г. № 774". Президент России (in русский). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  7. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24.03.2001 г. № 337с". Президент России (in русский). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  8. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16.07.1992 г. № 776". Президент России (in русский). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  9. ↑ Russia and Eurasia Military Review Annual. Academic International Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-87569-252-4. Search this book on
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Умер экс-командующий войсками Уральского военного округа Юрий Греков". TACC (in русский). Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  11. ↑ "Ушел из жизни бывший командующий войсками Уральского военного округа Юрий Греков". ural.business-magazine.online (in русский). Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  12. ↑ rsva-ural. "Прощай, наш боевой командир… — Российский союз ветеранов Афганистана" (in русский). Retrieved 20 April 2024.



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