I have been in the army since I was 17, but I never learned to swear. I think that swearing is good on a collective farm when the bulls do not obey. … - Dmitry Yazov

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I have been in the army since I was 17, but I never learned to swear. I think that swearing is good on a collective farm when the bulls do not obey. But with people you can't.

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About Dmitry Yazov

Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov (Russian: Дми́трий Тимофе́евич Я́зов) (8 November 1924 – 25 February 2020) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Yazov served as Minister of Defence from 1987 until he was arrested for his part in the 1991 August Coup, four months before the fall of the Soviet Union. Yazov was the last person to be appointed to the rank of Marshal on 28 April 1990 and the only Marshal born in Siberia. His death in 2020 marks the end of the line of surviving Marshals of the Soviet Union.

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Alternative Names: Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov
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"Экс-министр обороны СССР Маршал Советского Союза Дмитрий ЯЗОВ: «Руста специально послали на Красную площадь, чтобы дискредитировать наше военное руководство. Может быть, даже по договоренности с Горбачевым»" (12 August 2008)

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