| Yury Grekov | |
| Native Name: | Юрий Павлович Греков |
| Birth Date: | 13 September 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Kulotino, Okulovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Death Place: | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Birth Name: | Yury Pavlovich Grekov |
| Allegiance: | |
| Serviceyears: | 1962–2000 |
| Rank: | Colonel general |
| Commands: | Ural Military District |
| Battles: | Soviet–Afghan War Nagorno-Karabakh conflict |
Colonel General Yury Pavlovich Grekov (; 13 September 1943 – 18 April 2024) was a Russian army officer who served as the commander of the Ural Military District from 1992 to 1999.
Yury Grekov was born on 13 September 1943.[1] He joined the Soviet Army in 1962. He graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S. M. Kirov in 1966.[1]
From 1966 to 1971, he served as a platoon commander and company commander in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.[2]
Grekov graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze in 1974.[2] From 1974 to 1983 - deputy regiment commander, chief of staff of the regiment, regiment commander, deputy division commander, division commander in the Trans-Baikal Military District.[2]
Grekov graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR named after K. E. Voroshilov in 1985.[2]
From 1985, he was Chief of Staff and First Deputy Army Commander in the Leningrad Military District.[2]
In 1986, he was the Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the 40th Army as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan.[2] [1] [3] and actively participated in the combat operations for two years.[2] [1] [3]
In 1988, he was the commander of the 11th Guards Army in the Baltic Military District.[2] In 1989, he was the first deputy commander of the Transcaucasian Military District,[4] [2] and had participated in the localization of the Armenian-Azerbaijani armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.[2]
On 7 July 1992, as the Volga-Ural Military District had been abolished,[5] [6] to form the newly Ural Military District,[7] Grekov was appointed the as the commander of the district on 16 July.[8] [9]
In December 1999, he was replaced by Vyacheslav Tikhomirov.[1] [10] [2]
Since January 2000, he was in reserve, and had been an advisor to the Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast.[2] [11] [1]
Grekov lived in Yekaterinburg. He died on 18 April 2024, at the age of 80.[12] [10]