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Petr Chaus
Pyotr Ryhoravič Chavusrussian: Пётр Григорьевич Чаус, translit=Pyotr Grigoryevich Chaus (born 7 January 1939) is a Soviet Union, Soviet-Belarusian retired lieutenant general and politician the first Defence Minister of Belarus, serving from December 1991 to April 1992. He was succeeded by Pavel Pavlovich Kozlovsky. He graduated from Minsk Suvorov Military School and later Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School, Tashkent Higher Military Command School. He began his service as commander of a tank platoon in the North Caucasus Military District. He then served as the deputy commander of a tank battalion in the Belorussian Military District. In 1968, he participated in Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. He graduated from the Military Political Academy named after Lenin. In 1978, he attended the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. He served in the Central Asian Military District in 1980. In 1987, he became an adviser to the Chief of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Belarus)
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus (russian: Министерство обороны Республики Беларусь; be, Мiнiстэрства абароны Рэспублікі Беларусь) is the government organisation that is charged with the duties of raising and maintaining the Armed Forces of Belarus. The formation of the ministry began in March 1992, after the events of 1991 in which the Soviet Union had effectively dissolved. The ministry was formed on the basis of the former Headquarters of the Soviet Army's Belorussian Military District. Seven officers have served as Minister of Defence of Belarus: Petr Chaus, Pavel Kozlovskii, Anatoly Kostenko, Leonid Maltsev (1995–96), Colonel General Alexander Chumakov, a Russian officer, (1996–2001), Yuriy Zhadobin (2009–2014), Andrei Ravkov (2014–2020), and Viktor Khrenin (2020–present). The ministry is part of the Security Council of Belarus, interdepartmental meeting with a mandate to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |