Nikolai Ogarkov
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Died when: 76 years 85 days (914 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ???????; 30 October 1917 – 23 January 1994) was a prominent Soviet military personality.He was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977.
Between 1977 and 1984, he was Chief of the General Staff of the USSR.He became widely known in the West when he became the Soviet military's spokesman following the shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near Moneron Island in September 1983.
He was dismissed as Chief of the General Staff on 6 September 1984.
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