Igor Dmitrievich Sergeev is a man who lived a beautiful, vibrant life, devoting it to serving the Fatherland and its traditions. As the first Marshal of the Russian Federation in history, he did a lot to strengthen the country's security and defense. About how he lived and achieved such a high rank, read the article.
Marshal of the Russian Federation in childhood
Igor Dmitrievich was born in a simple family of a miner in the Voroshilovgrad region on April 20 in 1938. With a newborn son, parents move to Makeevka (now Donetsk region, Ukraine).
In 1941, the Germans came. Three-year-old Igor Dmitrievich already felt how terrible the word "war" is.
In 1955, the future Marshal of the Russian Federation graduated from high school with a gold medal and entered the Moscow State University. But since childhood, he dreamed of becoming a sailor. Having collected the documents, he moved to Leningrad to enter the naval school. When Igor Dmitrievich was in his second year, the profile of his faculty was changed to engineering and transferred to Sevastopol. In 1960, he received a diploma (specialty "Missile Equipment Control Systems") and continued military service in the missile forces.
Military career Sergeev I.D.
All the ranks in the Soviet army that existed at that time were assigned to Sergeyev while he was serving. And after he graduated from the Academy of the General Staff, he was appointed to the post of chief of the headquarters association of the Vinnitsa region. Then there were the posts of the chief of the operational management of the general staff of the missile forces, the first deputy. Chief of General Staff, Deputy. Commander-in-Chief of the Missile Forces (combat training).
In 1992, Sergeyev became the head of the Strategic Missile Forces. This was a very difficult period in his life, since, despite the fact that the USSR no longer existed, the missile forces in all the republics of the former great power demanded control. Their reorganization (the movement of rocketry, nuclear ammunition, fuel) took a lot of time and effort of all officers, but nevertheless they retained combat effectiveness and became the basis for the modern Russian Army. The great merit of this is Sergey Dmitrievich Sergeyev himself.
Sergeev I.D. - Marshal of the Russian Federation
In May 1997, B.N. Yeltsin at the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it was decided to appoint Sergeyev acting Minister of Defense. This was unexpected news for him, but he promised to do everything in his power to ensure that the Russian armed forces provide reliable defense of the country. A month later, the prefix “acting” was removed and for 4 years Sergeyev successfully completed his work.
In 1997, on November 21, Igor Dmitrievich was awarded the highest rank of “Marshal of the Russian Federation”. He was the first and so far the only person awarded such an honor. In subsequent years, he was an assistant to the president of the Russian Federation (since 2001), since 2005 he is president of the Club of Military Leaders of the Russian Federation.
Last days
Igor Dmitrievich liked to speak to the honors pupils of the Nakhimov and Suvorov schools, which were collected for the award of scholarships. In August 2006, he addressed them for the last time. Then he was already very sick, moved with difficulty and spoke only in a whisper. Young fighters were warned that the only Russian marshal in Russia came to meet them. And how he went to them - without a stick, with a smile on his face. He said a few words so that everyone thought he was just a little hoarse.
The same year, November 10, Sergeyev Igor Dmitrievich was gone. In memory of him, the school where he studied was named after him, a museum and a plaque were opened, and in 2008 a monument was erected to this great man.