Kostyantyn Petrovych Morozov (born 3 June 1944) is a Soviet-Ukrainian former military officer who served as the first Minister of Defence of Ukraine following its 1991

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. Morozov also briefly served as Ukraine's ambassador to Iran in 2005 and as ambassador to

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from 2005 to 2007. In his latter office, Morozov was a key figure in establishing Ukraine's policy of seeking to join NATO.

Biography

Kostyantyn Morozov was born in a village of Lozova Pavlivka (today part of

Brianka Brianka (, ) is a city in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. It is located in the Donbas region, between the cities of Kadiivka and Alchevsk. Brianka is incorporated as a city of oblast signifi ...

, in

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) on 3 June 1944. His father, Petro Stepanovych Morozov, was an ethnically-

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mine electrician, and his mother was an ethnically- Ukrainian school teacher. Petro Stepanovych died on the job when Kostyantyn was around 10 years old. Morozov graduated from the Hrytsevych Higher Military Aviation College for the Air Force pilots in

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in 1967, after which he served in the

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' Northern Group. In 1975, Morozov graduated the Gagarin Military-Air Academy. Afterwards, Morozov held a number of commanding position across the Soviet Union. From 1984 to 1986, he studied at and graduated from the Voroshilov Military Academy of General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces. During that period, Morozov also served as a chief of staff of an air army in

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and, in 1988, was transferred to the same position of a different air army stationed in

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. In 1990, Morozov was appointed the commander of that army. Soon after the

1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt The 1991 Soviet coup attempt, also known as the August Coup, was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) to Coup d'état, forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was President ...

, Morozov was appointed by the

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as the first Minister of Defence of independent Ukraine on 3 September 1991. On 1 October 1991 he was dismissed from the commander of Kyiv Military District air army by

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and the

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. On 6 December 1991 Morozov pledged his allegiance to the people of Ukraine. Due to his personal position in regard to the

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, he voluntarily resigned from his position on 4 October 1993. After his dismissal from the ministry and the

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, Morozov participated in various public activities: a Coordination council member of the Ukrainian intelligentsia Congress, leader of electoral public organization "Democratic Association Ukraine", coordinator of democratic parties of Ukraine, a member of the Ukrainian-American consulting committee in policy development. In 1994-95 he studied English, foundations of state administration and international security policy at the

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(

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). From 2000 to 2001, Morozov was the Ambassador of Ukraine to

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. In 2003. Morozov graduated from the Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine". From 2005 to 2007 he headed the Ukraine mission to

, but resigned following a change in government policy towards Ukrainian integration into NATO.

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* Morozov, K.
Above and beyond: From Soviet general to Ukrainian state builder
Introd. by Sherman W. Garnett.

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: Harvard University Publishing, 2000. 295. XXII.

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