Colonel General Albert Mikhailovich Makashov (Альберт Михайлович Макашов) (born 12 June 1938 in Levaya Rossosh, Voronezh Oblast) is a Russian officer and a nationalist-communist politician.Albert Makashov was born in Voronezh Oblast. He graduated from the Tashkent military school, finished the Frunze Military Academy (with the gold medal), and the General Staff Academy (with the gold medal) during the 1960s. He became major general of the Red Army in 1979, serving in the Caucasus region.