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'''Viktor Fyodorovich Yerin''' ({{lang-ru|Виктор Фёдорович Ерин}}, born 17 january 1944 in Kazan) is a Russian military person, [[army general]] (1993). During the Soviet times he served in Soviet [[security service|security forces]] ([[police]]). 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 Ossetian-Ingush conflict region. From December 1994 to January 1995 he was in charge of the activities of the Russian interior ministry troops in [[Chechnya]]. On 30 June 1995, after the failed operation to free hostages taken by Chechen terrorists in Budyonnovsk, Yerin had to resign (as did the then-FSB director Stepashin). In 1993, Viktor Yerin was awarded the title [[Hero of the Russian Federation]] for his part in quelling the anti-Yeltsin rebellion in October 1993 [http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=085366].