Yuri Dmitrievich Bukreyev (born May 19, 1941, village Vtoraya Alekseevka,

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) was Soviet and Russian military leader, colonel general (12/18/1991). He served as Head of the Main Directorate of the Ground Forces from 1998 to 2001. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star; Order of the Badge of Honor.

Biography

Bukreyev was from a peasant family. During the Second World War, fleeing the occupation, the family moved to the Voronezh region . In 1946, the family moved to Alma-Ata, where he graduated from high school. In the

Soviet Armed Forces The Soviet Armed Forces, the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and as the Red Army (, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet Union (1922–1991), and th ...

since 1960. He was called up for military service, as a private in a training tank regiment in the

Turkestan Military District The Turkestan Military District (russian: Туркестанский военный округ (ТуркВО), ''Turkestansky voyenyi okrug (TurkVO)'') was a military district of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Armed Forces, with it ...

. He graduated as an external student from the Tashkent Tank School named after Marshal of the Armored Forces P.S. Rybalko . The commander of a tank platoon and company in the Turkestan military district (the city of Termez ). He graduated from the Military Academy of Armored Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya. Malinovsky in 1973. From 1973 he served in the

Group of Soviet Forces in Germany The Western Group of Forces (WGF),. previously known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG). and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG),. were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany. The Group of Soviet Occupati ...

: deputy commander and commander of a tank regiment, chief of staff of a motor rifle division. Since 1980 - commander of the Pavlograd motor rifle division in the

Kiev Military District The Kiev Military District (; , abbreviated ) was a military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces. It was first formed in 1862, and was headquartered in Kiev (Kyiv) for most of its exist ...

(

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) - probably the 47th MRD. He graduated from the

Voroshilov General Staff Academy The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (russian: Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации) is the s ...

in Moscow in 1985 with a gold medal. Since March 1989 - Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the

. Since October 1991 - Chief of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces - First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the

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. After the disbandment of the Main Command of the Ground Forces in January 1998, he was appointed acting head of the newly formed Main Directorate of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Since May 9, 1998 - Head of the Main Directorate of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Retired 2001.

References

* Биографическая справка. // «Красная Звезда». — 18 июня 1998.
«Сила офицерского братства»/«Красная Звезда». — 28 декабря 2002.

* [http://www.megapir.info/news/790 «Служить — по чести, жить — по совести». Биографическая статья на сайте Ассоциации «Мегапир»] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bukreyev, Yuri Soviet generals 1941 births Living people