Sergei Sokolov (marshal)
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Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov was a Soviet military commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, and served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 22 December 1984 until 29 May 1987.
Sokolov in 1984
Sergei Sokolov in 2008.
Mathias Rust
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Mathias Rust is a German aviator. In 1987, as a teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, without authorization. According to Russian claims, he was tracked several times by So
Sergei Sokolov (marshal)
…appointed Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union in 1984 and held this post until 1987, when he was dismissed by Mikhail Gorbachev as a result of the Mathias Rust affair. He was also a candidate (non-voting) member of the Politburo from 1985 to 1987. From June 1987 to July 1989, he was a member of the Group of…
Rust in 2012
D-ECJB at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin (2010).