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(06/30/1924, Kryukovka village, Michurinsky district, Tambov region - 11/17/2002, Moscow; buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery), General of the Army (1982), Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces (1985-1992), Hero Soviet Union(1982). On the military service from August 1942. Graduated from the First Moscow Machine Gun School (1943); Military Academy. M.V. Frunze (1950), Military Academy of the General Staff (1965).

During the Great Patriotic War after graduating from college in April 1943 in the army: commander of a machine-gun platoon and company on the South-Western, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ukrainian fronts. Participated in the liberation of Western Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Austria. After the war until 1947 he commanded a company. After graduating from the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze served as an officer-operator of the western direction, an operator of the Directorate of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. In June - September 1953 commander of a rifle battalion, from September 1953 chief of staff of the regiment, from June 1957 deputy chief of staff of a motorized rifle division, from December 1957 commander of a motorized rifle regiment. In September 1961 - August 1963 chief of staff, from 1965 commander of a motorized rifle division. From March 1968 to May 1969 the chief military adviser in the armed forces of the Yemeni Arab Republic. In May-November 1969 at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. From November 1969 - 1st Deputy Army Commander, from May 1973 1st Deputy Commander of the Turkestan Military District. In 1976-1978 he was a senior group of Soviet military specialists in the Algerian People's Democratic Republic. Since December 1978, he was the 1st deputy commander, and since January 1979, the commander of the troops of the Turkestan military district. For the successful fulfillment of government assignments for the leadership of Soviet troops in Afghanistan and the courage and heroism shown in this, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In September 1984 - July 1985 Commander-in-Chief of the troops of the southern direction. From July 1985 Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces - Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, Chairman of the Military Council of the Strategic Missile Forces (07/10/1985 - 08/26/1992). Since November 1991 Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Deterrence Forces, since March 1992 Commander of the Strategic Forces of the CIS, since October at the disposal of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, since March 1993 - retired.

He made a great contribution to the development of a group of mobile missile systems, the development of principles for their combat use, as well as the successful implementation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range Missiles (RSM), as well as maintaining the combat readiness of the Strategic Missile Forces. He organized the commissioning of the Strategic Missile Forces and the development of the IV generation RS-20V, RS-22 Topol missile systems. He paid much attention to improving the principles of combat use and combat duty of mobile railway and unpaved combat systems. He supervised the adoption of an automated system for the combat control of troops and weapons as part of the IV generation complexes. He paid much attention to maintaining the irreducible combat readiness of the troops and the deployment of officer cadres of divisions being re-equipped with new complexes, as well as divisions to be reformed.

Awarded: Orders of Lenin (1980, 1982), Order of the October Revolution (1988), Order of the Red Banner (1945, 1956, 1968), Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class. (1944, 1985), Red Star (1943), "For service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3 tbsp. (1975) and many medals.

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(30.06.1924-17.11.2002)

Chairman of the Military Council of the Strategic Missile Forces from 07/10/1985 to 08/26/1992

Born in the village of Kryukovka, Michurinsky District, Tambov Region. General of the Army (1982). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 10th, 11th convocations, of the Turkmen SSR - of the 10th convocation. People's Deputy of the USSR. Hero of the Soviet Union (1982).

He graduated from the First Moscow Machine Gun School (1943) of the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze (1950), Military Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces (1965).
In military service since August 1942. During the Great Patriotic War after graduating from college in April 1943 in the army: commander of a machine-gun platoon and company on the Southwestern, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ukrainian fronts. Participated in the liberation of Western Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Austria. After the war until 1947 he commanded a company. After graduating from the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze served as an officer-operator of the western direction, operator of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. In June-September 1953 commander of a rifle battalion, from September 1953 chief of staff of the regiment, from June 1957 deputy chief of staff of a motorized rifle division, from December 1957 commander of a motorized rifle regiment. In September 1961 - August 1963 chief of staff, from 1965 commander of a motorized rifle division. From March 1968 to May 1969 the chief military adviser in the armed forces of the Yemeni Arab Republic. In May-November 1969 at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. Since November 1969, 1st Deputy Army Commander, since May 1973, 1st Deputy Commander of the Turkestan Military District. In 1976-1978 he was a senior group of Soviet military specialists in the Algerian People's Democratic Republic. Since December 1978, he was the 1st deputy commander, and since January 1979, the commander of the troops of the Turkestan military district. For the successful fulfillment of government assignments for the leadership of Soviet troops in Afghanistan and the courage and heroism shown in this, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In September 1984 - July 1985 Commander-in-Chief of the troops of the southern direction.

Since July 1985 Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces - Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR. Since November 1991 Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Deterrence Forces, since March 1992 Commander of the Strategic Forces of the CIS, since October at the disposal of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, since March 1993 retired.

He made a great contribution to the development of a group of mobile missile systems, the development of the principles of their combat use, and the maintenance of the combat readiness of the Strategic Missile Forces. He contributed to the successful implementation in the Strategic Missile Forces of the most complex measures related to the implementation of the Soviet-American INF Treaty.

He organized the commissioning of the Strategic Missile Forces and the development of fourth-generation missile systems RS-20V, RS-22, RS-12M Topol. He paid much attention to improving the principles of combat use and combat duty of mobile railway and ground combat missile systems. He organized the adoption of an automated system for combat control of troops and weapons as part of the new DBK. He paid much attention to maintaining the irreducible combat readiness of the troops and the deployment of officer cadres in divisions being re-equipped with new missile systems, as well as divisions to be reformed. Awarded two Orders of Lenin (1980, 1982), Order October revolution(1988), three Orders of the Red Banner (1945, 1956, 1968), two Orders of the Patriotic War, I degree (1944, 1985), Orders of the Red Star (1943), "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree (1975), many medals. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Cit.: Notes of the former Commander-in-Chief of Strategic. - M., 1995.

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Commander and Warrior...

The Great Patriotic War ended for him in the Austrian Alps. He just turned 20 years old, he is the commander of a machine-gun company, and the first gray hair has already covered his young head. Maximov is overwhelmed with a feeling of immense happiness. Ahead - a peaceful life ... Then he did not know that he would cross the borders of other states more than once. And it will not be a tourist trip.

The past twentieth century is remembered as one of the most cruel and bloody in the history of mankind. After the end of World War II, the "hot" wars were replaced by the "cold" war. She, despite the directly opposite name, also forced to take up arms. The Cold War spawned dozens of local wars and armed conflicts. Our soldiers took part in more than 30 of them on the territory of 17 countries on four continents. Among them is the future Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov.

On February 18, 1948, an agreement on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance was concluded between the USSR and Hungary. The restoration and development of the national economy of Hungary took place with great economic, scientific and technical assistance from the USSR. However, significant economic successes could not save Hungarian society from serious internal problems, which led in October 1956 to a political crisis in the country. The thousands-strong demonstration that began on October 3 in Budapest turned into an anti-government rebellion. The highest political leadership of the Warsaw Pact countries decided to provide Hungary with armed assistance in restoring order in the country with the participation of Soviet troops. To solve these problems, formations of the reinforced Special Corps, the 8th mechanized and the 38th combined arms armies were involved.

70th rifle division, which was part of the 38th Army, was put on full alert and carried out the nomination from the point of permanent deployment in Transcarpathia. Yu.P. Maksimov recalled: “At that time, I was acting head of the division’s operational department, which was responsible for planning and organizing the march to the border and the entry of division units into Hungary ... On November 4, at 6.00, the practical implementation of Operation Whirlwind began. Our soldiers acted boldly and decisively, while showing genuine humanism in relation to the population, the desire to save them from unnecessary victims, although in some cases they themselves suffered losses. During the 19 days of the conflict, more than 700 of our soldiers and officers were killed. Major Maksimov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and was soon appointed commander of the 315th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment. “In recent years, both in Hungary and in our country, different assessments of the Hungarian events have been given. It’s hard to imagine if it wouldn’t have outgrown then.” cold war"into a" hot massacre "and this would not lead to even greater losses and victims than those that we have now," wrote Yu.P. Maximov in his memoirs. In another "alien" civil war he will participate in the Middle East.

On September 26, 1962, an anti-monarchist revolution took place in northern Yemen. The Yemeni Arab Republic was proclaimed. Two years later, the Soviet-Yemeni Treaty of Friendship was signed. An important component of this agreement was cooperation in the military field, in particular, the dispatch of military advisers and specialists to the YAR.

In 1967, the commander of the Moscow-Chernigov Red Banner Order of Lenin and Suvorov divisions, General Maksimov, was called from Arkhangelsk to Moscow. He was to urgently fly to Yemen as the chief military adviser. Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union A.A. Grechko set two tasks for Maksimov's group: the first is to assist the Yemeni leadership in resolving issues of protecting and preserving the republic, and the second is to help create the Armed Forces of the YAR during the hostilities. The trip turned out to be long. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with eleven African states. Yu.P. Maksimov again goes on a special mission. This time, from 1976 to 1978, he was to witness the civil war in Algeria.

Returning to his homeland, he arrives in Tashkent and is appointed commander of the troops of the Turkestan military district. The situation in this region was not easy at that time. The development of events in neighboring Afghanistan was especially alarming. The ruling People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was to a greater extent absorbed in the sharp intra-party struggle. The Afghan government repeatedly appealed to the Soviet leadership with an urgent request to bring in a limited number of Soviet troops. In accordance with the Treaty of Friendship, it was decided to bring a limited contingent of Soviet troops into the territory of Afghanistan. The crossing of the state border is scheduled for 15.00 December 25, 1979. With the introduction of the 40th Army into Afghanistan, it still remained in the combat composition of the TurkVO, while maintaining its subordination to the district command and responsibility for all aspects of life and combat activities of the troops. This fell on the shoulders of the district as a heavy burden for many years to come. Let us turn to the lines from the book by Yu. P. Maksimov “Notes of the former Strategic Commander-in-Chief”: “Unfortunately, everything was not limited to this, and gradually the Soviet side allowed itself to be drawn into participation in the civil war in Afghanistan. I had to pay for this later within 9 for long years our soldier."

Oksana KRAVTSOVA.

Retired

Yuri Pavlovich Maximov(June 30 - November 17) - Soviet military leader, army general. The hero of the USSR ().

Biography

Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov was born into a peasant family in the village of Kryukovka, Tambov province (now part of the Michurinsky district of the Tambov region). Russian. Since 1933, the family lived in the village of Barybino near Moscow. He graduated from a seven-year school in Barybino in 1939, a secondary school in Domodedovo in 1942.

The Great Patriotic War

For two years at the front, he was wounded three times and awarded three military orders.

post-war period

After the war, he continued to command a machine-gun company in the Carpathian military district until 1947, when he was sent to study at the academy. In 1950 he graduated from the M. V. Frunze Military Academy. He served as an officer-operator of the western direction, a control operator in the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. From June 1953 he was again in the army: commander of a rifle battalion, from September 1953 - chief of staff of the 205th Guards Rifle Regiment, from June 1957 - deputy commander of a motorized rifle division, from December 1957 - commander of a motorized rifle regiment in the Southern Group of Forces on the territory of Hungary . Since September 1961 - Chief of Staff of the 128th Guards Motor Rifle Division in the Carpathian Military District. In 1965 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff with a gold medal.

Afghan war

Last years of service

From September 1984 he was Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Strategic Direction. Since July 10, 1985 - Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces - Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR. One of the few senior military leaders who remained in his position after the August 1991 events. From November 12, 1991 - Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Deterrence Forces of the USSR, and from March 20 to October 9, 1992 - Commander of the Strategic Forces of the Joint Armed Forces of the CIS. Since October 1992 - at the disposal of the Minister of Defense Russian Federation. Since March 1993 - retired.

Awards

* Medal "Gold Star" (No. 11478) of the Hero of the Soviet Union (5.07.1982).

Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov. - M .: Military Publishing, 1988. - T. 2 / Lyubov - Yashchuk /. - 863 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2.- S. 21.
Military encyclopedia in 8 volumes. - M.: Publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 1994-2004. - T. 5.
Sukhnev G. A., Masliy S. B. Military Council of the Strategic Missile Forces. - Moscow, 2007.
Military Encyclopedic Dictionary of Strategic Missile Forces / Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation .; Ch. editors: I. D. Sergeev, V. N. Yakovlev, N. E. Solovtsov. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 1999. - 632 p. - 8500 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-315-X..[[Category: Buried at Troyekurovsky

An excerpt characterizing Maksimov, Yuri Pavlovich

- Ah, ah, ah! .. - The Frenchman laughed merrily, sanguinely, patting Pierre on the shoulder. - Ah! elle est forte celle la,” he said. – Paris? Mais Paris Paris… [Ha, ha, ha!.. But he said a thing. Paris?.. But Paris… Paris…]
- Paris la capitale du monde ... [Paris is the capital of the world ...] - said Pierre, finishing his speech.
The captain looked at Pierre. He had a habit of stopping in the middle of a conversation and looking with intently laughing, affectionate eyes.
- Eh bien, si vous ne m "aviez pas dit que vous etes Russe, j" aurai parie que vous etes Parisien. Vous avez ce je ne sais, quoi, ce… [Well, if you hadn't told me that you are Russian, I would bet that you are a Parisian. There is something in you, this…] – and, having said this compliment, he again silently looked.
- J "ai ete a Paris, j" y ai passe des annees, [I was in Paris, I spent whole years there] - said Pierre.
Oh ca se voit bien. Paris!.. Un homme qui ne connait pas Paris, est un sauvage. Un Parisien, ca se sent a deux lieux. Paris, s "est Talma, la Duschenois, Potier, la Sorbonne, les boulevards, - and noticing that the conclusion is weaker than the previous one, he hastily added: - Il n "ya qu" un Paris au monde. Vous avez ete a Paris et vous etes reste Busse. Eh bien, je ne vous en estime pas moins. [Oh, you can see it. Paris!.. A man who does not know Paris is a savage. You can recognize a Parisian two miles away. Paris is Talma, Duchenois, Pottier, The Sorbonne, the boulevards... There is only Paris in the whole world. You were in Paris and remained Russian. Well, I respect you no less for that.]
Under the influence of drunk wine and after days spent in solitude with his gloomy thoughts, Pierre felt an involuntary pleasure in talking with this cheerful and good-natured man.
- Pour en revenir a vos dames, on les dit bien belles. Quelle fichue idee d "aller s" enterrer dans les steppes, quand l "armee francaise est a Moscou. Quelle chance elles ont manque celles la. Vos moujiks c" est autre chose, mais voua autres gens civilises vous devriez nous connaitre mieux que ca . Nous avons pris Vienne, Berlin, Madrid, Naples, Rome, Varsovie, toutes les capitales du monde… On nous craint, mais on nous aime. Nous sommes bons a connaitre. Et puis l "Empereur! [But back to your ladies: they say they are very beautiful. What a stupid idea to go dig into the steppes when the French army is in Moscow! They missed a wonderful opportunity. Your men, I understand, but you are people educated - should have known us better than this. We took Vienna, Berlin, Madrid, Naples, Rome, Warsaw, all the capitals of the world. They fear us, but they love us. It is not harmful to know us better. And then the emperor ...] - he began, but Pierre interrupted him.
- L "Empereur," Pierre repeated, and his face suddenly took on a sad and embarrassed expression. - Est ce que l "Empereur? .. [Emperor ... What is the emperor? ..]
- L "Empereur? C" est la generosite, la clemence, la justice, l "ordre, le genie, voila l" Empereur! C "est moi, Ram ball, qui vous le dit. Tel que vous me voyez, j" etais son ennemi il y a encore huit ans. Mon pere a ete comte emigre ... Mais il m "a vaincu, cet homme. Il m" a empoigne. Je n "ai pas pu resister au spectacle de grandeur et de gloire dont il couvrait la France. Quand j" ai compris ce qu "il voulait, quand j" ai vu qu "il nous faisait une litiere de lauriers, voyez vous, je me suis dit: voila un souverain, et je me suis donne a lui. Eh voila! Oh, oui, mon cher, c "est le plus grand homme des siecles passes et a venir. [Emperor? This generosity, mercy, justice, order, genius - that's what an emperor is! It is I, Rambal, who speaks to you. As you see me, I was his enemy eight years ago. My father was a count and an emigrant. But he defeated me, this man. He took possession of me. I could not resist the spectacle of majesty and glory with which he covered France. When I understood what he wanted, when I saw that he was preparing a bed of laurels for us, I said to myself: here is the sovereign, and I gave myself to him. And so! Oh yes, my dear, this is the most great person past and future centuries.]
– Est il a Moscou? [What, is he in Moscow?] - Pierre said, hesitating and with a criminal face.
The Frenchman looked at Pierre's criminal face and grinned.
- Non, il fera son entree demain, [No, he will make his entry tomorrow,] - he said and continued his stories.
Their conversation was interrupted by the cry of several voices at the gate and the arrival of Morel, who came to announce to the captain that the Wirttemberg hussars had arrived and wanted to put their horses in the same yard where the captain's horses stood. The difficulty was mainly due to the fact that the hussars did not understand what they were told.
The captain ordered the senior non-commissioned officer to be called to him in a stern voice asked him which regiment he belonged to, who their boss was and on what basis he allowed himself to occupy an apartment that was already occupied. To the first two questions, the German, who did not understand French well, named his regiment and his commander; but to the last question, he, not understanding it, inserting broken French words into German speech, answered that he was the quartermaster of the regiment and that he was instructed by the chief to occupy all the houses in a row, Pierre, who knew German, translated to the captain what the German had said, and transmitted the captain's answer in German to the Wirtemberg hussar. Understanding what he was told, the German surrendered and took his people away. The captain went out onto the porch, giving some orders in a loud voice.
When he returned back to the room, Pierre was sitting in the same place where he had sat before, his hands on his head. His face showed pain. He really suffered at that moment. When the captain left and Pierre was left alone, he suddenly came to his senses and realized the position in which he was. Not that Moscow was taken, and not that these happy winners were hosts in it and patronized him - no matter how hard Pierre felt this, it was not this that tormented him at the present moment. He was tormented by the consciousness of his weakness. A few glasses of drunk wine, a conversation with this good-natured man destroyed the concentrated gloomy mood in which Pierre lived. last days and which was necessary for the fulfillment of his intention. The pistol, and the dagger, and the coat were ready, Napoleon was moving in tomorrow. Pierre in the same way considered it useful and worthy to kill the villain; but he felt that now he would not do it. Why? He did not know, but he seemed to have a presentiment that he would not fulfill his intention. He fought against the consciousness of his weakness, but vaguely felt that he could not overcome it, that the former gloomy structure of thoughts about revenge, murder and self-sacrifice scattered like dust at the touch of the first person.
The captain, limping slightly and whistling something, entered the room.
The Frenchman's chatter, which had previously amused Pierre, now seemed disgusting to him. And the whistled song, and the gait, and the gesture of twisting the mustache - everything now seemed insulting to Pierre.
“I’ll leave now, I won’t say a word to him anymore,” thought Pierre. He thought this, and meanwhile he was sitting in the same place. Some strange feeling of weakness chained him to his place: he wanted to and could not get up and leave.
The captain, on the other hand, seemed very cheerful. He walked twice across the room. His eyes shone, and his mustache twitched slightly, as if he were smiling to himself at some amusing invention.
“Charmant,” he said suddenly, “le colonel de ces Wurtembourgeois!” C "est un Allemand; mais brave garcon, s" il en fut. Mais Allemand. [Lovely, colonel of these Württembergers! He is German; but a nice fellow, despite this. But German.]
He sat down opposite Pierre.
- A propos, vous savez donc l "allemand, vous? [By the way, do you know German, then?]
Pierre looked at him silently.
– Comment dites vous asile en allemand? [How do you say shelter in German?]
- Asile? Pierre repeated. – Asile en allemand – Unterkunft. [Hideout? Shelter - in German - Unterkunft.]
– Comment dites vous? [How do you say?] – the captain asked incredulously and quickly.
“Unterkunft,” Pierre repeated.
“Onterkoff,” said the captain, and looked at Pierre with laughing eyes for a few seconds. – Les Allemands sont de fieres betes. N "est ce pas, monsieur Pierre? [What fools these Germans are. Isn't it, Monsieur Pierre?] - he concluded.
- Eh bien, encore une bouteille de ce Bordeau Moscovite, n "est ce pas? Morel, va nous chauffer encore une pelilo bouteille. Morel! [Well, another bottle of this Moscow Bordeaux, isn't it? Morel will warm us another bottle. Morel !] the captain shouted cheerfully.
Morel brought candles and a bottle of wine. The captain looked at Pierre in the light, and he was apparently struck by the upset face of his interlocutor. Ramball, with sincere grief and participation in his face, went up to Pierre and bent over him.
- Eh bien, nous sommes tristes, [What is it, are we sad?] - he said, touching Pierre's hand. – Vous aurai je fait de la peine? Non, vrai, avez vous quelque chose contre moi, he repeated. – Peut etre rapport a la situation? [Maybe I upset you? No, really, don't you have anything against me? Maybe about position?]
Pierre did not answer, but looked affectionately into the eyes of the Frenchman. This expression of participation pleased him.
- Parole d "honneur, sans parler de ce que je vous dois, j" ai de l "amitie pour vous. Puis je faire quelque chose pour vous? Disposez de moi. C" est a la vie et a la mort. C "est la main sur le c?ur que je vous le dis, [Honestly, not to mention what I owe you, I feel friendship for you. Is there anything I can do for you? Have me. It's for life and death, I tell you this with my hand over my heart,] he said, hitting his chest.
“Merci,” said Pierre. The captain looked intently at Pierre, just as he looked when he learned how the shelter was called in German, and his face suddenly lit up.
- Ah! dans ce cas je bois a notre amitie! [Ah, in that case, I drink to your friendship!] – he shouted cheerfully, pouring two glasses of wine. Pierre took the poured glass and drank it. Rambal drank his, shook hands with Pierre again, and leaned his elbows on the table in a thoughtfully melancholic pose.
“Oui, mon cher ami, voila les caprices de la fortune,” he began. - Qui m "aurait dit que je serai soldat et capitaine de dragons au service de Bonaparte, comme nous l" appellions jadis. Et cependant me voila a Moscou avec lui. Il faut vous dire, mon cher, - he continued in the sad measured voice of a man who is going to tell a long story, - que notre nom est l "un des plus anciens de la France. [Yes, my friend, here is the wheel of fortune. Who said I wish I would be a soldier and captain of dragoons in the service of Bonaparte, as we used to call him. However, here I am in Moscow with him. I must tell you, my dear ... that our name is one of the most ancient in France.]
And with the easy and naive frankness of a Frenchman, the captain told Pierre the story of his ancestors, his childhood, adolescence and manhood, all his related property, family relationships. “Ma pauvre mere [“My poor mother.”] played, of course, an important role in this story.
- Mais tout ca ce n "est que la mise en scene de la vie, le fond c" est l "amour? L" amour! N "est ce pas, monsieur; Pierre?" he said, brightening up. "Encore un verre. [But all this is only an introduction to life, its essence is love. Love! Isn't that right, Monsieur Pierre? Another glass. ]
Pierre drank again and poured himself a third.
- Oh! Les femmes, les femmes! [ABOUT! women, women!] - and the captain, looking at Pierre with greasy eyes, began to talk about love and his love affairs. There were a lot of them, which was easy to believe, looking at the self-satisfied, beautiful face of the officer and at the enthusiastic animation with which he spoke about women. Despite the fact that everything love stories Rambal had that character of dirty tricks in which the French see the exceptional charm and poetry of love, the captain told his stories with such sincere conviction that he alone experienced and knew all the delights of love, and so temptingly described women that Pierre listened to him with curiosity.
It was obvious that l "amour, which the Frenchman loved so much, was neither the lower and simple kind of love that Pierre once felt for his wife, nor the romantic love he himself inflated that he felt for Natasha (both kinds of this love Rambal equally despised - one was l "amour des charretiers, the other l" amour des nigauds) [the love of cabbies, the other is the love of fools.]; l "amour, which the French worshiped, consisted mainly in the unnaturalness of relations with a woman and in a combination of ugliness that gave the main charm to the feeling.

Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov was born into a peasant family in the village of Kryukovka, Tambov province, now part of the Michurinsky district of the Tambov region. Russian. Graduated from high school.

The Great Patriotic War

In the first months of the Great Patriotic War, he was mobilized to build fortifications on the outskirts of Moscow. In August 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army. He graduated from the First Moscow Machine Gun School in 1943, immediately after graduation he was sent to the army. He fought on the Southwestern Front as a commander of a machine-gun platoon. In his first battle on the Seversky Donets River, he was seriously wounded, lost consciousness, and a death notice was sent to his family. After recovery, he graduated from front-line advanced training courses for officers. Since 1944, he commanded a machine-gun company on the 4th Ukrainian Front, liberated Transcarpathian Ukraine, Hungary, and Austria. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1943.

For two years at the front, he was wounded three times and awarded three military orders.

post-war period

After the war he continued to command a company. In 1950 he graduated from the MV Frunze Military Academy. He served in the Operations Directorate of the General Staff. Since 1951, again in the army, he commanded a battalion, was the chief of staff of the Guards Rifle Regiment, since 1957 he commanded a regiment in the Southern Group of Forces on the territory of Hungary. Since 1961 - Chief of Staff of the Guards Motorized Rifle Division in the Carpathian Military District. In 1965 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff with a gold medal.

Since 1965, he commanded the guards motorized rifle division of the Leningrad Military District in Arkhangelsk. Since 1967 - military adviser in the Yemeni Arab Republic. Since 1969 - First Deputy Commander of the 28th Combined Arms Army of the Belarusian Military District. From June 1973 - First Deputy Commander of the Turkestan Military District. Since 1976 - the head of a group of Soviet military specialists in Algeria. At the end of 1978, at the end of the business trip, he again returned to his previous position, and in January 1979 he was appointed commander of the Turkestan military district.

Afghan war

In December 1979, Soviet troops entered Afghanistan and the Afghan war began. The 40th combined-arms army, which was part of the Turkestan military district, conducted direct combat operations. The district headquarters was responsible for the complete supply of army troops, replenishment of personnel and weapons, training of troops for combat operations, together with the army command and the operational leadership group of the USSR Ministry of Defense planned large combat operations. For a long time he was in Afghanistan. Maksimov's work in this post was assessed as successful. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated July 5, 1982, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the wording "for the successful fulfillment of government tasks and the courage and heroism shown at the same time." In addition, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 16, 1982, General Maksimov was also awarded the military rank of General of the Army.

Last years of service

Since 1984 he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Strategic Direction. Since July 10, 1985 - Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces - Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR. One of the few senior military leaders who remained in his position after the August events of 1991. Since November 12, 1991 - Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Deterrence Forces of the USSR, and since March 27, 1992 - Commander of the Strategic Nuclear Forces of the Joint Armed Forces of the CIS. On August 26, 1992, he was dismissed from his post, and in November of the same year he was dismissed.

Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 10th and 11th convocations (1979-1989). People's Deputy of the USSR in 1989-1991. Candidate member of the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1981-1986. Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1986-1991.

Awards

Hero of the Soviet Union (5.07.1982)

Orders of the USSR

Two orders of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Three Orders of the Red Banner
Two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Red Star
Order "For Service to the Motherland in Armed Forces ah USSR "3 degrees

USSR medals

For military merit
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin
for the defense of Moscow
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Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov - a famous Soviet military leader, Hero of the Soviet Union, retired to the reserve with the rank of army general. In the 1980s he commanded in the Southern Strategic Direction, and later served as Deputy Minister of Defense.

Biography of an officer

Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov was born in 1924. He was born in the small village of Kryukovka on the territory of the Tambov province, now this settlement is part of the Michurinsky district of the Tambov region.

Russian by nationality, serious changes took place in the family and biography of Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov - together with his parents he moved to the village of Barybino, which is located in the Moscow region. By 1939, he graduated from the seven-year school in Barybino, and already during the Great Patriotic War he graduated from the school in Domodedovo in 1942.

Participation in the war

In the very first months after the attack of the Nazi invaders on the Soviet Union, Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov was sent to build fortifications on the outskirts of the capital.

He was drafted into the Red Army at the end of the summer of 1942. Maksimov was assigned to a machine gun school, which he graduated from in 1943, and then received a referral to the active army. He fought on the Southwestern Front, commanded a machine-gun platoon in the Third Guards Army. During the battle on the Northern Donets River, he was seriously wounded. For a long time he remained unconscious. This happened in July 1943, in the part of Maksimov they considered him dead, they even sent a funeral to his relatives.

But in reality, the hero of our article escaped, and when he was discharged from the hospital, he went to front-line courses to improve the skills of officers. He returned to the front line in 1944, commanded a machine-gun company on the Second Ukrainian Front. After the Germans were driven out of the territory of the USSR, he liberated Austria and Hungary. In 1943, he joined the party, which helped with his promotion through career ladder

As a result, during the war, Yuri Pavlovich Maximov was wounded three times and received three military orders.

Career after the war

When the war was over, Maximov decided to stay in the army. In the Carpathian military district until 1947, he commanded a machine gun company, and then went to study at the academy. He needed to get an education in order to count on the highest positions in the command of the Soviet army.

In 1950, Maksimov received a diploma from the Frunze Military Academy. He served as an operator of the western direction, and then in the operational department of the General Staff. In 1953, the hero of our article commanded a rifle battalion, then was chief of staff in the 205th rifle regiment, deputy commander of a motorized rifle division, and held senior positions in the Southern Group of Forces, which was based in Hungary. In 1961 he was appointed to the initial headquarters of a motorized rifle division in the Carpathian region.

Moving up the officer career ladder, he did not forget about education. In 1965 he graduated with a gold medal.

Commanding staff

By the 60s, military leader Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov firmly took his place in the command staff Soviet army. The year 1965 became a landmark in his biography, when he was sent to Arkhangelsk to command a motorized rifle division, which was assigned to the Leningrad Military District. From the spring of 1968, he was on a business trip abroad for a year. He was sent to the Republic of Yemen as a military adviser. There he fulfilled his international duty, as the official channels of Soviet propaganda later said.

Returning to the Soviet Union, he was appointed First Deputy Commander of the 28th Army, which was part of the Belarusian Military District. And in 1973 he was transferred to Central Asia. Here he began to lead the Turkestan military district.

In 1976, Maksimov was sent on another business trip abroad. This time to lead a group of Soviet military specialists on the territory of Algeria. He returned to his previous position at the very end of 1978, and at the beginning of the next year he was appointed commander of the Turkestan military district. By that time, Yuri Pavlovich Maximov was already in the post of army general. Wikipedia tells about this fact, a detailed description of the biography and fate of the officer is also in this article.

In 1979, another promotion - Maximov becomes a colonel general.

When Soviet troops entered Afghanistan in 1979, a protracted and bloody conflict began that lasted for ten years. It entered Soviet historiography under the name of the Afghan war.

The main military operations on the territory of this Asian country were conducted by the 40th combined arms army, which was part of the Turkestan military district. By that time, the hero of our article was in command of him. The headquarters and command of this Red Banner District resolved a range of issues related to the replenishment of personnel, the supply of troops, the timely supply of weapons, direct preparation for hostilities.

Together with the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union, the commander of the troops, Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov, and his assistants developed the preparation and conduct of major military operations. As an experienced participant in foreign military missions, Maksimov was sent directly to Afghanistan, where he stayed for quite a long time.

well deserved award

The authorities highly appreciated his work in this post, considering it successful. As a result, in 1982, the Supreme Council issued a decree conferring the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov.

The order specifically noted that such a high rank was awarded to him for the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to his army, as well as for the heroism and courage shown in this. Then the hero of our article received another rank, becoming an army general.

Last years in military service

In 1984, Maksimov was appointed commander-in-chief of a group of troops located in the southern strategic direction. In the summer of 1985, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, by which time he had already returned from a foreign military trip to Afghanistan. Lived in Moscow.

At the post, Maksimov was responsible for the strategic missile forces, in fact, he was the commander-in-chief of these troops.

After the August coup, which took place in 1991, he remained one of the few military leaders in the whole country who retained his post and privileged position. The country's leadership highly appreciated his experience and professionalism, and therefore did not dismiss him, among many other military leaders.

Dismissal from military service

Until October 1992, Maksimov first held the important post of commander-in-chief of the strategic deterrence forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and then commanded the strategic forces of the combined armed forces of the Union of Independent States. Then for several months he was at the disposal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in March 1993 he resigned at the respectable age of 69 years.

After that he lived in Moscow. He was a member of various veteran organizations. In November 2002, Yuri Maksimov died after a long illness. It happened on November 17th. The Soviet officer, Hero of the Soviet Union was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow, he was 78 years old.

(06/30/1924, Kryukovka village, Michurinsky district, Tambov region - 11/17/2002, Moscow; buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery), General of the Army (1982), Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces (1985-1992), Hero of the Soviet Union (1982) . In military service since August 1942. He graduated from the First Moscow Machine Gun School (1943); Military Academy. M.V. Frunze (1950), Military Academy of the General Staff (1965).

During the Great Patriotic War, after graduating from college in April 1943 in the army: commander of a machine-gun platoon and company on the Southwestern, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ukrainian fronts. Participated in the liberation of Western Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Austria. After the war until 1947 he commanded a company. After graduating from the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze served as an officer-operator of the western direction, an operator of the Directorate of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. In June - September 1953 commander of a rifle battalion, from September 1953 chief of staff of the regiment, from June 1957 deputy chief of staff of a motorized rifle division, from December 1957 commander of a motorized rifle regiment. In September 1961 - August 1963 chief of staff, from 1965 commander of a motorized rifle division. From March 1968 to May 1969 the chief military adviser in the armed forces of the Yemeni Arab Republic. In May - November 1969 at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. From November 1969 - 1st Deputy Army Commander, from May 1973 1st Deputy Commander of the Turkestan Military District. In 1976-1978 he was a senior group of Soviet military specialists in the Algerian People's Democratic Republic. Since December 1978, he was the 1st deputy commander, and since January 1979, the commander of the troops of the Turkestan military district. For the successful fulfillment of government assignments for the leadership of Soviet troops in Afghanistan and the courage and heroism shown in this, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In September 1984 - July 1985 Commander-in-Chief of the troops of the southern direction. From July 1985 Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces - Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, Chairman of the Military Council of the Strategic Missile Forces (07/10/1985 - 08/26/1992). Since November 1991 Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Deterrence Forces, since March 1992 Commander of the Strategic Forces of the CIS, since October at the disposal of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, since March 1993 - retired.

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