Background
MAKSIMOV, Yuriy was born on June 30, 1924 in Kryukovka, Michurinsk Region, Tambov District.
MAKSIMOV, Yuriy was born on June 30, 1924 in Kryukovka, Michurinsk Region, Tambov District.
Frunze Military Academy, Moscow.
Served in Soviet Army since 1942. Commander of a machine gun company 1943-1945; officer on General Staff in an operational area, commander of a battalion
1945-1957.
At Military Academy, of General Staff, Moscow 1965. Commander of a regiment, then chief of staff of a division, commander of a division 1957-1969; First Deputy Commander of an army unit 1969-1973.
First Deputy Commander, Turkestan Military
District and Chief of Tashkent Garrison 79. On General Staff of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Armed Forces 1976-1978.
First Deputy Commander, Turkestan Military District 1978-1979; Commander of Turkestan Military
District; Deputy to Council of Nationalities, Deputy to the Council of the Union, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet since 1979.
Commander Southern Theatre of Operations 1984-1985. Commander in Chief of Strategic Rocket Forces, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Deputy Minister of Defence since 1985.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1943; of Political Bureau of Uzbek Central Committee of Uzbek Communist Party since 1981. Of Central Committee of Uzbek Communist Party 1981. Of Central Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1981-1986, member since 1986.