Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev was a Soviet and later Russian military officer who was Minister of Defense of Russia from 22 May 1997 to 28 March 2001. He was the first and, as of 2024, the only Marshal of the Russian Federation.
Sergeyev in 1999
Sergeyev with Tajik Colonel General Sherali Khayrulloyev in Dushanbe.
Minister of Defence (Russia)
The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation is the minister responsible for the Russian Armed Forces.
Marshal of Aviation Yevgeny Shaposhnikov was the last Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union. General Colonel Konstantin Kobets supported then President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Boris Yeltsin during the August coup of 1991. From 19 August until 9 September 1991, Konstantin Kobets was Defense Minister of the RSFSR, though there was no ministry. This post was then abolished.
Image: Russian President Boris Yeltsin 1993 (42 WHPO P02262 10)
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Image: Sergei Ivanov on Victory Day Parade 9 May 2015