What is Igor Rodionov?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = IN Rodionov 03.jpg | caption = Rodinov at a Pentagon briefing while serving as Russian Minister of Defence | office = [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Minister of Defence]] | primeminister = [[Viktor Chernomyrdin]] | president = [[Boris Yeltsin]] | term_start = 17 July 1996 | term_end = 22 May 1997 | predecessor = [[Mikhail Kolesnikov (politician)|Mikhail Kolesnikov]] (acting) | successor = [[Igor Sergeyev]] | birth_name = Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov <br>{{small|Игорь Николаевич Родионов}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|12|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Kurakino Village, [[Penza Oblast]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|12|19|1936|12|1}} | death_place = [[Moscow]], Russia | party = | spouse = | alma_mater = | signature = | allegiance = {{USSR}}<br/>{{RUS}} | serviceyears = 1954–1997 | rank = [[Army General (Russia)|General of the Army]] | branch = [[Russian Ground Forces]] | commands = [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation]]<br> [[Transcaucasian Military District]] | unit = [[40th Army (Soviet Union)]] | battles = [[Soviet War in Afghanistan]] | awards = [[Order of the Red Banner]]<br>[[Order of the Red Star]] (2)<br>[[Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR]], 2nd class and 3rd class | relations = }} '''Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov''' ({{lang-ru|Игорь Николаевич Родионов}}; 1 December 1936 – 19 December 2014<ref>{{cite news|url=http://echo.msk.ru/news/1459132-echo.html|title=Скончался бывший министр обороны России Игорь Родионов|date=20 December 2014|publisher=[[Echo of Moscow]]|language=Russian|accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref>) was a [[Russia]]n general and [[Duma]] deputy. He was best known for his service heading the [[Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * U.S. Army [[Foreign Military Studies