Nikolay Yegorovich Makarov
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Nikolai Yegorovich Makarov ( rus, Никола́й Его́рович Мака́ров, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj jɪˈgorəvʲɪtɕ mɐˈkarəf; born 7 October 1949) served as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia and First Deputy
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from 2007 to 2012, when he was replaced by
Valery Gerasimov Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov ( rus, Валерий Васильевич Герасимов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian army general serving as the Chief of the General Sta ...
.


Early life and education

Makarov was born on 7 October 1949 in Glebovo,
Ryazan Oblast Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities ...
. He graduated from the Higher Moscow Combined Arms Command School.


Career

Makarov assumed command over a
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(later, company and battalion) with the
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. In 1979, he earned a degree at
Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...
and reported to the then
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as deputy regiment commander, deputy division commander, motorized rifle division commander. In 1993, Makarov graduated from the General Staff Academy and was appointed as chief of staff, Russian Joint Force
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, and later was assigned to
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as the chief of staff for an independent army. In January 1998, he took up the post as ground (11th Guards Army) and coastal force commander at the
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. In September 1999, Nikolay Makarov assumed the duties as first deputy commander,
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. On 25 December 2002, General Makarov was appointed as Commander Siberian Military District, one of the largest task force location areas spanning across a total of 30% of the country's territory, 16 constituent entities of the Russian Federation populated with over 20 million people. On 8 May 2005,
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promoted Nikolay Makarov to his present rank of General of the Army. In April 2007 he was appointed as Chief of Armament for the Russian Armed Forces/Deputy Minister of Defence. In June 2008, Nikolay Makarov was delegated the powers and responsibilities of Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defence. Two months later, when the
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broke out, Makarov oversaw the deployment of Russian troops into Georgia for a five-day period after President Medvedev held a conversation with Defence Minister
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authorising the use of force. Makarov was a member of the Historical Truth Commission that existed between 2009 and 2012. On 9 November 2012, Makarov was sacked from his position of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by Russian president
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. However, he was appointed as an aide to the Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu as an Analyst under the
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on 4 March 2013 and reportedly received the
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in March 2012.


Family

He has family all around the world mostly in Canada and Russia. This includes his wife Anita Yegorovich (died in 2003) and his daughter Tatiana. He also had an adopted son named Andrei Popov who disappeared in 2004.


References


See also

* New Look military reforms {{DEFAULTSORT:Makarov, Nikolay Yegorovich 1949 births Living people Frunze Military Academy alumni Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni People from Rybnovsky District Generals of the army (Russia) Recipients of the Order of St. George Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia) Soviet Army officers Heroes of the Russian Federation Deputy Defence Ministers of Russia