Original sentence: Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov (; November 8, 1924 – February 25, 2020) was the last Marshal of the Soviet Union to be appointed (on 28 April 1990) before the fall of the Soviet Union
Edited sentence: Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov (; November 8, 1924 – February 25, 2020) was a convicted Russian war criminal and the last Marshal of the Soviet Union to be appointed (on 28 April 1990) before the fall of the Soviet Union