Makhmut Gareev
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Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareyev (Russian: Махмут Ахметович Гареев, Tatar: Мәхмүт Әхмәт улы Гәрәев; 23 June 1923 – 25 December 2019) was a Russian General of the Army and an author of several books on the history of the Second World War. He served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Until his death, he was the president of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences.
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Birth name | Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareyev |
Born | (1923-06-23)23 June 1923 Chelyabinsk, RSFSR, USSR |
Died | 25 December 2019(2019-12-25) (aged 96) Moscow, Russia |
Allegiance | Soviet Union, Russia |
Service/ | Soviet Army, |
Years of service | 1941–1992 |
Rank | General of the Army |
Commands held | Chief Adviser to the President Democratic Republic of Afghanistan – Chief of the Armed Forces DRA
President of the Academy of Military Sciences |
Battles/wars | World War II Soviet–Afghan War Afghan Civil War (1989-1992) |
Awards | Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner (4 times) Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd class) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Red Star Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR (2nd and 3rd class) |
A decorated veteran of the Second World War, he had a lifelong career in the Soviet military starting from the Junior Lieutenant in the beginning of the war and reaching general rank in the 1970s.
His positions also included serving as the military adviser to the President of Egypt in the 1970s and to President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1989–1991.
Gareev served as an editor-in-chief and authored a few books himself.
In September 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping awarded Gareev the Medal of Honor for his contribution in the 1945 battle to liberate Mudanjiang in Northeast China from the Empire of Japan.[1]