Editing Issa Pliyev (section)

==Post-war==
After the war, Pliyev continued his career in the military, and took command of the [[Stavropol Military District]] in February 1946. In June he became commander of the [[9th Mechanized Army]], stationed in Romania with the [[Southern Group of Forces]], and he commanded [[13th Army (Soviet Union)|13th Army]] between February 1947 and 1949, in western Ukraine. Pliyev graduated from higher academic courses at the [[Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia|Military Academy of the General Staff]] in 1949, and in April took command of the [[4th Army (Soviet Union)|4th Army]] in the [[Transcaucasian Military District]]. In June 1955, he was appointed First Deputy commander of the [[North Caucasus Military District]], succeeding to command of the district in April 1958.<ref name="Warheroes">{{Ruheroes|id=343|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref>

On 27 April 1962 Pliyev was promoted to [[Army General (Soviet rank)|Army General]]. In June his troops took part in suppressing [[Novocherkassk riots]].<ref name=b46/> During the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] he was the commander of a [[Group of Soviet forces]] as part of [[Operation Anadyr]] in Cuba from July 1962 to May 1963.<ref name=r149/> After returning from Cuba, he assumed command of the North Caucasus Military District once more.<ref name="Warheroes" />

In June 1968, Pliyev became an advisor for the [[Ministry of Defense of the USSR]]'s [[Group of Inspectors General]], a position for elderly senior officers.<ref name=re144/> He lived in [[Rostov-on-Don]] and died on 6 February 1979 in Moscow. Pliyev was buried in the Walk of Fame in [[Vladikavkaz]].<ref name="Warheroes" />