Makhmut Gareev

Makhmut Gareev
Born (1923-06-23) June 23, 1923
Cheliabinsk USSR
Allegiance  Soviet Union,  Russia
Service/branch 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 war in Afghanistan
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)

Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareyev (Russian: Махмут Ахметович Гареев Tatar: Мәхмүт Әхмәт улы Гәрәев) (b. June 23, 1923) is a Russian General of the Army, a historian, and a military scientist. Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Currently the president of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences. He holds the Doctor of Science degree in History and Military Science.

A decorated veteran of the Second World War, he had a lifelong career in the Soviet military starting from the Third Lieutenant in the beginning of the war (having graduated from TVOKU in Tashkent in 1941) and reaching a rank of the General in the 1970s.

His positions also included serving as the military adviser to the President of Egypt in the 1970s and to President Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1989-1991.

Gareev has been involved in work on military history since the 1950s. He authored many books including by himself or as an editor-in-chief of the collective works. Some of his books and articles have been translated and published into English.

His religion is Sunni Islam.

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