Born in the Kirov region in 1946.
Education:
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1967, Ulyanovsk Guard Tank School
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1976 Military Academy of Armoured Troops
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1988 General Staff Academy
Career:
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Served in the Southern Troop Group as chief-of-staff, deputy regiment commander,
regiment commander and deputy division commander.
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1982 to 1986 Division commander in the Carpathian MD.
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1988 sent to the Trans-Baikal military district as first deputy commander
of a combined-arms army. Subsequently promoted to chief of staff
- first deputy army commander, and later became army commander, in the
Moscow Military District.
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November 1996 Moscow MD Chief-of-Staff
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6 August 1999 head of the Defence Ministry University.
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April-June 2001 Chief of the Defence Ministry Main Cadres Directorate.
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12 July 2001 Commander, Moscow MD
(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 13 July 2001; Voyeninform Military News Agency
1 Jul 01). |