1923165438+1October 8th, Dmitry Timofeevich yazov was born in Okoneshnikov district, Omsk region, and was a poor peasant. 194 1 joined the army, fought bravely and was injured many times. After the war, he studied in Russian Soviet federalism, Moscow Infantry School and Military Academy of the General Staff. 196 1- 1974. He has served as a team leader, division commander and commander.

From 1974, he served as the director-general of cadre training of the Soviet Ministry of National Defense, from 1976 as the first deputy commander of the Far East Military Region, from 1979 as the commander of the Central Army Group, from 1980 as the commander of the Central Asian Military Region, and from 1984 as the commander of the Far East Military Region. 1987 65438+ 10. In October, Yazov served as the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union and concurrently served as the Director-General of Cadre Training. In May of the same year, he was promoted to Minister of National Defense until the "August19/Kloc-0" incident ended. 198 1 year, Yazov became an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, and 1987 was elected as the Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union.

1991August 18, Yazov and others announced the formation of a national emergency committee, put Soviet President Gorbachev under house arrest and took over the state power, and ordered the army to move into Moscow. The next day, Yeltsin and his supporters took to the streets and the famous "819 incident" broke out. Afterwards, Yazov and others were arrested. 1994, the Russian state Duma passed an Amnesty decision and Yazov was released from prison.

On June 7, 2004/KOOC-0/65438+/KOOC-0/KOOC-0, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Marshal Dmitry Yazov, a major participant in the "8/KOOC-0/9" incident, a member of the National Emergency Committee and former Soviet Defense Minister, a medal as his birthday present.