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.
Yury Grekov | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Юрий Павлович Греков |
| Birth name | Yury Pavlovich Grekov |
| Born | 13 September 1943 Kulotino, Okulovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 18 April 2024 (aged 80) Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Service |  Russian Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1962–2000 |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Commands | Ural Military District |
| Battles / wars | Soviet–Afghan War Nagorno-Karabakh conflict |
Biography
editYury 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 - deputy regiment commander, chief of staff of the regiment, regiment commander, deputy division commander, 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 the 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
editGrekov lived in Yekaterinburg. He died on 18 April 2024, at the age of 80.[12][10]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "В возрасте 80 лет скончался экс-командующий Уральским военным округом Греков". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ a b Air Force Magazine. Air Force Association. July 1993.
- ^ RFE/RL Daily Report: A Publication of the RFE/RL Research Institute. RFE/RL Research Institute. 1992.
- ^ "Об образовании Приволжского и Уральского военных округов". ips.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16.07.1992 г. № 774". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24.03.2001 г. № 337с". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16.07.1992 г. № 776". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ Russia and Eurasia Military Review Annual. Academic International Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-87569-252-4.
- ^ a b "Умер экс-командующий войсками Уральского военного округа Юрий Греков". TACC (in Russian). Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Ушел из жизни бывший командующий войсками Уральского военного округа Юрий Греков". ural.business-magazine.online (in Russian). Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ rsva-ural. "Прощай, наш боевой командир... — Российский союз ветеранов Афганистана" (in Russian). Retrieved 20 April 2024.