Pavel Grachev

Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Грачё́в)(1 January 1948– 23 September 2012), sometimes transliterated as Grachov, was a Russian Army General and the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1996; in 1988 he was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union gold star.

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"We shall respond to every Chechen shot with thousands of our own."

- Pavel Grachev

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"These 18-year-old youths Russian conscripts in Grozny] died for Russia, and they died with a smile."

- Pavel Grachev

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"Everybody keeps saying - reform, reform. The T-72 has proved itself wonderfully in Chechnya. So we will be making reform on the basis of T-72."

- Pavel Grachev

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