He rose through the ranks and posts over the following years, and after studies at the Military Command Academy of Air Defence, had staff and command positions across the Soviet Union, in the Odessa, Leningrad, Transcaucasian and North Caucasus Military Districts, as well as abroad in Leipzig as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.

He had a career in local politics, sitting as a deputy in the Samara Provincial Duma [ru] as a representative of United Russia.

Yuryev was born on 28 March 1951 in the city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, then part of the Russian SFSR, in the Soviet Union.

[3] In 1992 Yuryev enrolled in the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, specialising in the study of command and staff-level operational and strategic issues.

[2][3] During his time in command the 5th Army's area of responsibility included twenty-two subjects of the Russian Federation: five republics, four autonomous okrugs, and thirteen oblasts.

[1][2] Following his retirement, Yuryev was hired in June 2006 by the automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ to be its Deputy General Director for Social and Economic Development and Cooperation with Government Agencies.

[1] Yuryev embarked on a career in local politics, winning a seat in the Samara Provincial Duma's [ru] IV convocation on 11 March 2007, as a representative of United Russia.

"[4] He registered as an independent candidate in that year's mayoral elections for the city of Tolyatti, winning 3.96 percent of the vote.

[1] His funeral and burial took place on 27 April at the Church of Saint George the Victorious in the village of Khryashchevka [ru].