Background
Yazov, Dmitri Timofeevich was born in 1923.
Yazov, Dmitri Timofeevich was born in 1923.
Graduate, M.V. Miltary Academy, 1956. Graduate, Military Academy General Staff, 1967.
Entered Soviet Army, 1941, served at front, 1941-1945, various command posts, 1945-1976. 1st deputy Commander troops Far Eastern Military District, 1976-1979. Commander Center Group Forces Czechoslovakia, 1979-1980.
Deputy to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet, since 1979. Commander troops Center Asian Military District, 1980. Member central committee, member bureau central committee Kazakh Communist Party, since 1981.
Candidate member central committee Communist Party Soviet Union, since 1981. Member Presidential Council, since 1990. Deputy minister defense Moscow, 1987.
Minister defense, since 1987.
