Fyodor Mikhailovich Reut (9 December 1946 – 25 October 2011) was a Soviet and later Russian military officer. Reut reached the rank of

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and commanded the Group of Russian Forces in the Transcaucasus. In 1968 he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Tank College, then in 1978 from the Malinovsky Armoured Forces Academy, and in 1990 the General Staff Academy of the

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. *1968-1978 - The commander of a tank platoon in the

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, a tank company and a tank battalion in the

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. *1978-1990 - The commander of a Guards Tank Regiment in the Southern Group of Forces, deputy commander of the Infantry Division, deputy commander and commander of the Guards Tank Division in the

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. *1990 - Commander of the 13th Guards Army Corps (

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). *1990-1992 - First Deputy Commander of the 22nd Army. *1992 - Commander of the

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in the

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

. On Monday, June 1, 1992,

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reported that Reut said that some units of the 7th Guards Army would begin leaving Armenia in 10–15 days. *August 1992-1999 - Commander of the Group of Russian Forces in the Transcaucasus. In 1998 it was reported that he was under investigation for corruption. He retired in 1999, and died on 25 October 2011 in Moscow.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reut, Fyodor Russian colonel generals Soviet major generals Recipients of the Order "For Personal Courage" Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia) 1946 births 2011 deaths