Yevgeny Leonidovich Yuryev (Russian: Евгений Леонидович Юрьев; 28 March 1951– 25 April 2020) was a Russian officer in the Soviet and Russian Air Defence Forces. Over his military career Yuryev served in various positions, commanding brigades, divisions, corps, and finally the 5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, before retiring in 2006 with the rank of lieutenant general.
In retirement Yuryev worked for the automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ, and was also president of the "M. T. Kalashnikov Military-Sport Union". He had a career in local politics, sitting as a deputy in the Samara Provincial Duma[ru] as a representative of United Russia. Over his career Yuryev had received several government awards, and those of the Russian Orthodox Church.
He studied at the Engels Anti-Aircraft Missile School as a cadet from 1968, graduating in 1972.[1][3] He was then appointed head of intelligence of an anti-aircraft missile division in the Siberian Military District, serving as such until 1974. He was then appointed senior engineer of a mobile radar complex in the Siberian Military District, holding the position until 1977, when he became head of a regimental command post and deputy chief of staff, still within the Siberian Military District.[3] In 1979 he enrolled in the Military Command Academy of Air Defence, graduating in 1982.[1]
After completing his studies at the Academy, Yuryev was appointed the commander of an anti-aircraft missile division in the Odessa Military District, before, in 1984, becoming chief of staff and deputy commander of an anti-aircraft missile brigade stationed in Leipzig, as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.[3] This posting lasted until 1985, when he became commander of the brigade, before returning to the Soviet Union in 1988 to take up the post of chief of staff and deputy commander of an air defence division in Leningrad Military District. From 1989 to 1991 Yuryev was chief of staff and deputy commander of the air defence division in the Transcaucasian Military District, and then from 1991 to 1992 he was deputy commander of the air defence corps in the North Caucasus Military District.[3] In 1992 Yuryev enrolled in the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, specialising in the study of command and staff-level operational and strategic issues. He graduated in 1994 and became a division commander in the Far Eastern Military District.[1][2][3] From 1997 until 2001 he served as commander of the Separate Air Defence Corps, part of the Air Defence Forces, based in Yekaterinburg.[3]
In 2001 he became commander of the 5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.[2][3] During his time in command the 5th Army's area of responsibility included twenty-two subjects of the Russian Federation: five republics, four autonomous okrugs, and thirteen oblasts.[2] During time in command the Kant air base in Kyrgyzstan was established as an overseas base of the 5th Army, as part of the aviation component of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.[2] The 5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army also had responsibility for the launch and recovery of manned and unmanned space objects, with Yuryev and his personnel achieving good results in this work. Between 2003 and 2005 the 5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army was recognized as the best in Russia's Air Forces for combat readiness, combat training, the state of military discipline and the rule of law.[2] For this the Army and its personnel received the thanks of the President of Russia.[2] Yuryev served as the Army's commander until retiring in April 2006 with the rank of lieutenant general.[1][2]
Retirement and political career
Following his retirement, Yuryev was hired in June 2006 by the automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ to be its Deputy General Director for Social and Economic Development and Cooperation with Government Agencies.[1] From 2007 he was employed as AvtoVAZ's executive director for interaction with government bodies.[1][2] In retirement he was also president of the "M. T. Kalashnikov Military-Sport Union".[1]
The Samara Provincial Duma[ru]. Yuryev was a deputy, and deputy chairman in the duma's IV convocation.
Yuryev embarked on a career in local politics, winning a seat in the Samara Provincial Duma's[ru] IV convocation on 11 March 2007, as a representative of United Russia.[2] He sat as Deputy Chairman of the Samara Provincial Duma.[1] On 30 January 2012 Yuryev announced that he was leaving United Russia to "get out of the backstage struggle."[4] He registered as an independent candidate in that year's mayoral elections for the city of Tolyatti, winning 3.96 percent of the vote.[5]
Yuryev died on 25 April 2020 at the age of 69.[1] His funeral and burial took place on 27 April at the Church of Saint George the Victorious in the village of Khryashchevka[ru].[1][6] He was married, with a daughter and a granddaughter.[2]
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