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Revision as of 23:42, 9 December 2024

General of the Army Mikhail Petrovich Kolesnikov (Russian: Михаил Петрович Колесников; 30 June 1939 – 26 March 2007) was a Russian Ground Forces officer and a member of Boris Yeltsin's administration that briefly served as acting Minister of Defense after Pavel Grachev was fired by Yeltsin.[1]

Kolesnikov also served as Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1996.

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Military offices
Preceded by
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Chief of the Main Staff and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces
1990–1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
1992–1996
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Defence Minister of the Russian Federation (acting)
1995
Succeeded by