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General of the Army BOLDYREV, Vladimir(Photo: Vechernyy Novosibirsk, 18 Oct 02) |
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Commander, North Caucasus Military District |
Boldyrev was born on 5 January 1949, in the village of Krasnoyarskiy, which
is in the Uryupinskiy
District of Volgograd Oblsat. He is married and has one son.
Education:
Career
Boldyrev occupied various posts in the Armed Forces, including platoon
commander, company commander, battalion commander, senior officer of an army's
operations department, regiment commander, division chief-of-staff, division
commander, army commander, chief-of-staff and first deputy commander of a
district. He got early promotion to the ranks of senior lieutenant, lieutenant
and colonel. Boldyrev has been awarded the order For Military Merits and
various medals
Boldyrev is bearer of the Order for Military Services
and of thirteen medals.
(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 17 Apr 01; ITAR-TASS, 31 May 01; RIA-Novosti
19 Dec 02; ITAR-TASS,18 Dec 02).
"Vladimir Boldyrev is the placeman of General Nikolay Kormiltsev, the current commander in chief of the Ground Forces and deputy defense minister. Between 1996 and 2001 they served in Chita -- Gen. Kormiltsev was commander of the Transbaykal and united Siberian Districts, while Boldyrev was his first deputy. When Gen. Kormiltsev became commander in chief of the Ground Forces in the spring of last year, his successor in the post of commander was Gen. Boldyrev. In turn, the commander in chief is close to Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov -- Nikolay Kormiltsev is the only one of all of the commanders in chief of Armed Forces branches of service to enjoy the status of deputy minister and is effectively subordinate not to Chief of the General Staff Anatoliy Kvashnin, but to the minister direct" (ITAR-TASS,18 Dec 02).