Fyodor Reut Explained

Fyodor Mikhailovich Reut
Native Name:	Фёдор Михайлович Реут
Native Name Lang:	ru
Birth Date:	9 December 1946
Birth Place:	Nikolskoye, Zvenigorod okrug, Moscow Oblast, USSR^[1]
Death Place:	Moscow, Russia
Branch:	Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces
Serviceyears:	1968–1999
Rank:	Colonel general
Commands:	13th Guards Army Corps 7th Guards Army Group of Russian Forces in the Transcaucasus
Awards:	Order "For Personal Courage" Order of Military Merit

Fyodor Mikhailovich Reut (9 December 1946 – 25 October 2011) was a Soviet and later Russian military officer. Reut reached the rank of Colonel general and commanded the Group of Russian Forces in the Transcaucasus.^[1]

In 1968 he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Tank College, then in 1978 from the Malinovsky Armoured Forces Academy, and in 1990 the General Staff Academy of the Soviet Armed Forces.^[1]

• 1968-1978 - The commander of a tank platoon in the Leningrad Military District, a tank company and a tank battalion in the Transbaikal Military District.^[1]
• 1978-1990 - The commander of a Guards Tank Regiment in the Southern Group of Forces, deputy commander of the Infantry Division, deputy commander and commander of the Guards Tank Division in the Kiev Military District.^[1]
• 1990 - Commander of the 13th Guards Army Corps (Moscow Military District).^[1]
• 1990-1992 - First Deputy Commander of the 22nd Army.^[1]
• 1992 - Commander of the 7th Guards Army in the Armenian SSR.^[2] On Monday, June 1, 1992, ITAR-TASS reported that Reut said that some units of the 7th Guards Army would begin leaving Armenia in 10–15 days.^[3]
• August 1992-1999 - Commander of the Group of Russian Forces in the Transcaucasus.^[1]

In 1998 it was reported that he was under investigation for corruption.^[4]

He retired in 1999, and died on 25 October 2011 in Moscow.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ф.М. Реут . 27 October 2011 . Redstar . ru.
2. Moscow ITAR-TASS in English 1528 GMT 11 September 1992, via Joint Publications Research Service, Military Affairs: Directory of Military Organizations and Personnel, November 1992, p.146.)
3. News: Associated Press . Troops in Republics won't be withdrawn . Boca Raton News . June 2, 1992.
4. Russia's Military: Corruption in the Higher Ranks, with Appendix listing 52 corrupt flag officers . Richard F. . Staar . Richard Felix Staar . November-December 1998 . Perspective . IX . 2 . 2013-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728084801/http://www.bu.edu/iscip/vol9/Staar.html . 2012-07-28 . dead.