Mikhail Moiseyev
Moiseyev in 2014
Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union (acting)
In office
22 August 1991 – 23 August 1991
PresidentMikhail Gorbachev
Prime MinisterVitaly Doguzhiyev (acting)
Preceded byDmitry Yazov
Succeeded byYevgeny Shaposhnikov
Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces
In office
4 December 1988 – 23 August 1991
Preceded bySergey Akhromeyev
Succeeded byVladimir Lobov
Personal details
Born
Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev

(1939-01-22)22 January 1939
Maly Iver, Svobodnensky District, Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died18 December 2022(2022-12-18) (aged 83)
Political partyCPSU
EducationMilitary Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Blagoveshchensk Higher Tank Command School
OccupationMilitary officer

Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Моисеев; 22 January 1939 – 18 December 2022) was a Soviet-Russian military officer and politician. A member of the Communist Party, he served as commander of the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division from 5 April 1978–21 June 1980, and Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1988 to 1991.[1]

Moiseyev died on 18 December 2022, at the age of 83.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Reznik, B. (24 August 1991). "Михаил Моисеев поддерживал ГКЧП. А ныне — во главе Министерства обороны?". Debri-DV (in Russian). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Памяти генерала армии Моисеева Михаила Алексеевича". kvrk.milportal.ru (in Russian). 18 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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