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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by vintermann on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @04:27AM (#32659739)
No, none of the oligarchs were generals. They were usually entrepreneurs (Russia always had them, openly under Perestroika) who were well connected with one or more of

* The state apparatus

* The gray/black economy (or the criminal underworld)

* Foreign interests

The Soviet military was tightly politically controlled, they were well aware of the dangers of popular generals.

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