Makhmut Gareev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Makhmut Gareev

Soviet general and historian

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1923

Place of Birth: Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Profession: military personnel, historian

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareyev (Russian: ?????? ????????? ?????? Tatar: ?????? ????? ??? ??????) (born June 23, 1923) is a Russian General of the Army and an author of several books on the history of WWII.
Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR.
Currently the president of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences.
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 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.