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Nikolai Ogarkov

Native name: Никола̀й Васѝльевич Ога̀рков

Also known as: Nikolay Vasilyevich Ogarkov, Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov

Place of birth:

Molokovo Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1917-10-30 • Birth Sign: Scorpio

Citizenship:

Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union, Russia

Death date:

1994-01-23 (76 years old)

Short Bio:

Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (; 30 October 1917 – 23 January 1994) was a prominent Soviet military personality. He was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1984, he was Chief of the General Staff of the USSR. He became widely known in the West when he became the Soviet military's spokesman following the shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near Moneron Island in September 1983. He was dismissed as Chief of the General Staff on 6 September 1984.

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Politics and public service military personnel politician military commander Molokovo Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Soviet Union Russia