“In general, of course, as a military leader, he made a very significant contribution to the strengthening of our armed forces. In addition to World War II, he was able to participate in the Caribbean crisis. It was at that level when he himself went through the entire stage. Subsequently, he, gradually moving up the steps as a military leader, comprehensively treated our armed forces, ”Knutov said.
He noted that Yazov, as a military leader, "came from the very bottom to the very top."
“Before the Minister of Defense, I mean. Such a passage in our army rarely happens with military leaders, and it is worth a lot. Because the person doesn’t know how he knows how the company commander, regiment commander will act, and he tried it himself, he was in this school, he already perceives everything differently, ”concluded Knutov.
Yazov died on Tuesday, February 25, at the age of 95.