Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Моисеев; 22 January 1939 – 18 December 2022) was a Soviet-Russian military officer and politician. A member of the Communist Party, he served as commander of the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division from 5 April 1978–21 June 1980, and Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1988 to 1991.^[1]

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Mikhail Moiseyev
Moiseyev in 2014
Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union (acting)
In office 22 August 1991 – 23 August 1991
President	Mikhail Gorbachev
Prime Minister	Vitaly Doguzhiyev (acting)
Preceded by	Dmitry Yazov
Succeeded by	Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces
In office 4 December 1988 – 23 August 1991
Preceded by	Sergey Akhromeyev
Succeeded by	Vladimir Lobov
Personal details
Born	Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev (1939-01-22)22 January 1939 Maly Iver [ru], Svobodnensky District, Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	18 December 2022(2022-12-18) (aged 83)
Political party	CPSU
Education	Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Blagoveshchensk Higher Tank Command School [ru]
Occupation	Military officer

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Moiseyev died on 18 December 2022, at the age of 83.^[2]