Nikolai Ogarkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolai Ogarkov

Marshal of the Soviet Union

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1917

Place of Birth: Molokovo, Russia

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1994

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ???????; 30 October 1917 in the village of Molokovo, Tver Governorate – 23 January 1994, Moscow) 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.