
SITE MAP	Unclassifed	23 September 2002
FBIS/Central Eurasia Program Directory of RF Defense Related Agencies and Personnel
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	Chief --- SIDORENKO, Anatoliy, Lt-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda 21 Sep 00).
	Armed Forces Combined-Arms Academy Military University of the Ministry of Defense	Novosibirsk Military Institute Tula Artillery Engineering Institute

Deputy Chief --- Akbarov, Kamil, Colonel (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 22 Jun 01).

Armed Forces Combined-Arms Academy

Chief --- POPOV, Vladimir, Lt-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 17 Sep 02).

[POPOV, Vladimir I., Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 9 Nov 01) was Deputy CINC, Ground Troops. "Popov was born in the town of Troitsk, Chelyabinsk region, 24 December 1949. He graduated from the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command College (1971). Served as platoon and company commander and chief of staff of a separate battalion in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Armored Troops Military Academy (1978). Dispatched to the Far Eastern Military District where he held the posts of battalion commander, chief of staff - deputy regiment commander, regiment commander, chief of staff - deputy division commander and division commander. General Staff Academy (1991). Appointed first deputy army commander in the Volga Military District. After that he commanded an army and was first deputy commander of the troops of the district. Promoted from the post of the deputy commander of the Volga military district" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 9 Nov 01). Appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Land Force by a presidential decree of November 6, 2001. (Voyeninform Military News Agency, 1 Jan 02).]
[Previous Chief was ZOLOTOV, Leonid Sergeyevich, Colonel-General (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye 11 May 01 P 1; Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 30 Jan 02). "Zolotov was born on November 1, 1941 in Zhitomir in Ukraine. He graduated from Kiev Tank-Technical School (1963), the Military Academy of the Armored Troops (1974), and the Military Academy of the General Staff (1987) with gold medals. He commanded a platoon, a company, a battalion, a division, and a tank army. From May 1990 through November 1996 - he was chief of staff of Moscow Military District. In December 1996, he was assigned chief of the Main Operational Directorate-First Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff. Since August 1997, he has headed the Military Academy imeni M.V. Frunze which, after the merger with the military academy of the armored troops and the "Vystrel" courses in 1998, received the name the Armed Forces Combined Arms Academy. He has been decorated with four orders and medals. His military rank is - colonel-general" (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye 11 May 01 P 1). "...Zolotov retired for reaching the age limit." (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, 20 Sep 02).]

Military University of the Ministry of Defense

Chief --- MARCHENKOV, Valeriy, Lt-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 9 Nov 01).

Novosibirsk Military Institute

The institute specialises in training motorised rifle platoon commanders, as well as agents of military and special intelligence (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 23 Apr 01 ).

Tula Artillery Engineering Institute

Chief --- VOLKOV, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 10 Aug 02).

EDUCATIONAL WORK, MAIN DIRECTORATE FOR

Chief --- AZAROV, Vitaliy, Col-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 9 Aug 00; 20 Oct 00).
Deputy Chief --- KOZHEMYAKIN, Vladimir, Lt-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Oct 00).

Military-Sociological Research and Information, Directorate for