serviceyears commands native_name_lang death_date death_place birth_place allegiance image_size native_name birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
1938-1994 soviet general staff rus 23 january 1994 moscow , russia molokovo , near tver , russia soviet union soviet union 200 Николай Васильевич Огарков 30 october 1917 `` formidable soldier '' `` грозный солдат '' marshal of the soviet union ogarkov-kal007 . gif nikolai ogarkov
 nikolai vasilyevich ogarkov
nikolai ogarkov

nikolai vasilyevich ogarkov -lrb- ; october 30 , 1917 in the village of molokovo , tver governorate -- january 23 , 1994 -rrb- 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 fired by general secretary konstantin chernenko in 1984 for his association with grigory romanov -lrb- see below -rrb- .
