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Russian Ground Forces general In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitrievich and the family name is Bukreyev.
Colonel General
Yuri Bukreyev
Native nameЮрий Дмитриевич Букреев
Born (1941-05-19) May 19, 1941 (age 83)
Vtoraya Alekseyevka, Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Service / branch Soviet Army
 Russian Ground Forces
Years of service1960–2001
RankColonel general
CommandsHead of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ground Forces

Yuri Dmitrievich Bukreyev (Russian: Юрий Дмитриевич Букреев; born 19 May 1941) is a retired Soviet and Russian colonel general who served as the Head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ground Forces from 1998 to 2001.

Early life

Bukreyev was born in the village of Vtoraya Alekseyevka in Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR. The German invasion of the Soviet Union began shortly after that and his family fled the occupation by moving to the Voronezh Oblast. In 1946, the family moved to Alma-Ata, where he graduated from high school.

Military career

Bukreyev entered the Soviet Army in 1960 and began serving as a private in a training tank regiment of the Turkestan Military District. He graduated from the Tashkent Tank Institute and from the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy.

From 1973 he served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany: deputy commander and commander of a tank regiment, chief of staff of a motor rifle division.

Since 1980 - commander of the Pavlograd motor rifle division in the Kiev Military District (Konotop) - probably the 47th MRD.

He graduated from the Voroshilov General Staff Academy in Moscow in 1985 with a gold medal.

Since March 1989 - Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Turkestan Military District. Since October 1991 - Chief of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces - First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces.

After the disbandment of the Main Command of the Ground Forces in January 1998, he was appointed acting head of the newly formed Main Directorate of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 9 May 1998 he was appointed the Head of the Main Directorate of the Ground Forces and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces for the Ground Forces.

Bukreyev retired from military service in 2001.

Civilian career

Since leaving the military he has been involved in several organizations that assist veterans and served as an advisor to the Russian government on veterans' affairs. He is the chairman of the National Association of Reserve Officers of the Armed Forces ("Megapir").

References

  1. ^ "Служить – по чести, жить – по совести" [Serve with honor, live with conscience]. National Association of Reserve Officers of the Armed Forces (in Russian).
  2. "Тот самый генерал Букреев" [That same general Bukreyev]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 20 May 2011.

See also

Military offices
Preceded byVladimir Semyonov Chief of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ground Forces
1998–2001 		Succeeded byNikolai Kormiltsev
Preceded byBoris Gromov Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces
1992–1994 		Succeeded byEduard Vorobyov
Preceded byEduard Vorobyov First Deputy Commander of the Turkestan Military District
1989–1991 		Succeeded byPosition abolished
Preceded byViktor Novozhilov Commander of the 51st Army
1987–1989 		Succeeded byYevgeny Vysotsky
Leadership of the Russian Ground Forces
Commanders-in-Chief
Chief of the Main Directorate (1998–2001)
Chiefs of the Main Staff and
First Deputy Commanders-in-Chief
Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate (1998–2001)
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