Viktor Yerin: Difference between revisions

| name = Viktor Fyodorovich Yerin

| native_name = {{nobold|Виктор Фёдорович Ерин}}

| native_name_lang = ru

| office = [[Minister of Internal Affairs (Russia)|Minister of Internal Affairs]]

| term_start = 15 January 1992

| term_end = 30 June 1995

| president = [[Boris Yeltsin]]

| predecessor = [[Andrey Dunayev (politician)|Andrey Dunayev]]

| successor = [[Anatoly Kulikov]]

| birth_date = = {{Birth date and age|1944|01|17}}

| birth_place = [[Kazan]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]

| death_date = <!-- = {{Death date and age|2018|03|2019|YYYY1944|MM01|DD17}} -->

| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]

| nationality = [[Russia|Russian]]

| children = Leonid Yerin

| alma_mater = Higher School of the MVD

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'''Viktor Fyodorovich Yerin''' ({{lang-ru|Виктор Фёдорович Ерин}},; 17 January 1944, – 19 March 2018<ref>[[Kazan]]https://m.business-gazeta.ru/news/375985 В Москве скончался уроженец Казани Виктор Ерин, [[Russianвозглавлявший SFSR]]в 90-е MarchМВД 20,России] 2018{{in lang|ru}}</ref>) was a [[Russian people|Russian]] [[Politics|politician]] and [[General of the army (Russia)|General of the Army]] who served as the country's first post-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|Minister of Internal Affairs]] (1992—1995). [[Hero of the Russian Federation]] (1993).

Viktor Yerin began his career in Soviet [[Security agency|security forces]] ([[police]]). Working in [[Tatarstan]] police, he participated in investigating especially dangerous criminal bands. Since 1991 Yerin served as the first deputy minister of interior of the [[RSFSR]]. In January 1992, he became [[Russia]]'s [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|interior minister]]. In November 1992, he led an operative staff for re-establishing constitutional order in the [[East Prigorodny conflict|Ossetian-Ingush conflict]] region. From December 1994 to January 1995 he was in charge of the activities of the Russian[[Internal interiorTroops ministryof troopsRussia]] in [[Chechnya]]. On 30 June 1995, after the [[Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis|failed operation to free hostages]] taken by Chechen terrorists in [[Budyonnovsk]], Yerin had to resign (as did the then-FSB director Stepashin). On 5 July 1995, Yerin was assigned the position of deputy director of [[Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)|Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service]].

In 1993, Viktor Yerin was awarded the title [[Hero of the Russian Federation]] for his part in quelling the [[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|anti-Yeltsin rebellion]] in October 1993.<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=085366|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603235959/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=085366]</ref>|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 June He2011|title=Президент wasРоссии|date=3 previouslyJune awarded:2011|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>

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