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Stanislav Postnikov
Stanislav Postnikov was a Soviet military commander who reached the rank of Army General. He joined the Soviet Ground Forces in 1948. From August 1979 he was Commander of the North Caucasus Military District. From August 1980 - Commander of the Baltic Military District. From January 1984 - Commander of the Trans-Baikal Military District. Since December, 1986 - First Deputy Commander of the Soviet Ground Forces. From June 1988 he was the Commander of the Western Direction. The Western Direction was disestablished in mid 1992, seemingly after being moved to Smolensk.Michael HolmHigh Command of the Western Direction/ref> After six months Postnikov was released from military service. Reports appear to indicate he died in 2012. Buried 11 May 2012 at Troyekurovskoye Cemetery The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладби� ...
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Army General (Soviet Union)
Army general (russian: генерал армии, general armii) was a rank of the Soviet Union which was first established in June 1940 as a high rank for Red Army generals, inferior only to the marshal of the Soviet Union. In the following 51 years the Soviet Union created 133 generals of the army, 32 of whom were later promoted to the rank of ''marshal of the Soviet Union''. It is a direct counterpart of the Russian Federation's "Army general" rank. Promotion The rank was usually given to senior officers of the Ministry of Defence and General Staff, and also to meritorious military district commanders. From the 1970s, it was also frequently given to the heads of the KGB and the Ministry of the Interior. Soviet ''army generals'' include Ivan Chernyakhovsky (the youngest Soviet World War II front commander, killed in East Prussia), Aleksei Antonov (head of the General Staff in the closing stages of World War II, awarded the Order of Victory), Issa Pliyev (an Ossetian-born W ...
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Soviet Ground Forces
uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date = 25 February 1946 , country = (1946–1991)' (1991–1992) , branch = , type = Army , role = Land warfare , size = 3,668,075 active (1991) 4,129,506 reserve (1991) , command_structure = , garrison = , garrison_label = , nickname = "Red Army" , patron = , motto = ''За нашу Советскую Родину!(Za nashu Sovetskuyu Rodinu!)''"For our Soviet Motherland!" , colors = Red and yellow , colors_label = , march ...
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North Caucasus Military District
The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Ingushetia, the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, the Republic of Kalmykia, the Republic of North Osetia-Alaniya, the Chechnya">Chechen Republic, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and Astrakhan Oblast, Astrakhan, Volgograd Oblast, Volgograd, and Rostov oblasts. It has the same borders as the Southern Federal District. Its last commander was Lieutenant General Alexander Galkin, appointed from January 2010. History The District was originally established on 4 May 1918, and reorganized as a field formation during the Russian Civil War. The First Cavalry Army was formed in the District in November 1919. The District was reformed in the early 1920s with its headquarters at Rostov. Kliment Voroshilov was ma ...
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Smolensk
Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. Population: The city has been destroyed several times throughout its long history because it was on the invasion routes of various empires. Smolensk is known for its electronics, textiles, food processing, and diamond faceting industries. Etymology The name of the city is derived from the name of the Smolnya River. Smolnya river flows through Karelian and Murmansk areas of north-western Russia. The origin of the river's name is less clear. One possibility is the old Slavic word () for black soil, which might have colored the waters of the Smolnya. An alternative origin could be the Russian word (), which means resin, tar, or pitch. Pine trees grow in the area, and the city was once a center of resin processing ...
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Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishche), is a cemetery in Moscow, Russia. The cemetery is located in the former village of Troyekurovo on the western edge of Moscow, which derives its name from the Troyekurov princely family, a branch of the Rurikid House of Yaroslavl, that owned the village in the 17th century. Troyekurovo Cemetery includes the Church of Saint Nicholas, built by Prince Troyekurov in 1699-1704, which was closed during the Soviet era but reopened in 1991. Troyekurovo Cemetery is administered as a branch of the Novodevichy Cemetery and is the resting place of numerous notable Russian and Soviet figures. Notable people buried at the Troyekurovo Cemetery Notable graves *Nina Alisova, Russian actress * Gennady Bachinsky, Russian radio talk show host and pr ...
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Army Generals (Soviet Union)
Army general is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System.  In countries that adopt the general officer four rank system, it is rank of general commanding an army in the field, but in countries that adopt the general officer three rank system, the rank of the army corps general is not used and it becomes the rank immediately above the divisional general. Becauses a rank to command the corps and its senior units. Army general is normally the highest rank used in peacetime. The equivalent position in the Commonwealth, U.S., and several other countries is simply termed general, four-star rank, or informally "full general". The title "army general" should not be confused with the rank " general of the army", which is more senior, and corresponds to other countries' marshal or field marshal. Country specific Army general ranks by country *Army general (France) *Army general (East Germany) *Army general (Russia) ** Army ge ...
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2012 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ...
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Burials In Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. A funeral is a ceremony that accompanies the final disposition. Humans have been burying their dead since shortly after the origin of the species. Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead. It has been used to prevent the odor of decay, to give family members closure and prevent them from witnessing the decomposition of their loved ones, and in many cultures it has been seen as a necessary step for the deceased to enter the afterlife or to give back to the cycle of life. Methods of burial may be heavily ritualized and can include natural burial (sometimes called "green burial"); embalming or mummification; and the use of containers for the dead, such as shrouds, coffins, grave liners, ...
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Frunze Military Academy Alumni
Frunze may refer to: Places *Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan; Frunze was the city's official name from 1926 to 1991 * Frunze, Osh, a village in Nookat District, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan * Frunze, Chuy, a village in Sokuluk District, Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan * Frunze, Russia, several rural localities in Russia * Frunze, Tajikistan, a town in Sughd Province, Tajikistan *Frunze, former name of Hacırüstəmli, a village in Imishli District, Azerbaijan *Frunze, former name of Tuganbay, a village in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan *Frunze, former name of Kadamjay, a town in Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan *Frunze, former name of Sabriston, a town in Sughd Region, Tajikistan People *Frunze Dovlatyan (1927–1997), Armenian film director and actor *Mikhail Frunze (1885–1925), Russian Bolshevik leader Other *Frunze Airport, former name of the Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan *M.V. Frunze Naval School, former name of the St. Petersburg Naval Institute, Saint Petersburg * Soviet ship ''Frun ...
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