General of the Army Mikhail Petrovich Kolesnikov (russian: Михаил Петрович Колесников; 30 June 1939 – 26 March 2007) was a member of

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

's administration and briefly served as acting

Defence Minister of the Russian Federation The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министр обороны Российской Федерации) is the minister responsible for the Russian Armed Forces. Marshal of Aviation Yevgeny Shaposhnikov was the last ...

after

Pavel Grachev Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev (russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Грачё́в; 1 January 1948 – 23 September 2012), sometimes transliterated as Grachov or Grachyov, was a Russian Army General and the Defence Minister of the Russian Fed ...

was fired by Yeltsin.Михаил Колесников на сайте Министерства обороны Российской Федерации
/ref> Kolesnikov also served as Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1995.

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NUPI entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolesnikov, Mikhail 1939 births 2007 deaths People from Yeysk Generals of the army (Russia) Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Deaths from cerebrovascular disease Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 2nd class Deputy Defence Ministers of Russia