General Gerasimov Biography

Biography photo Podkasta News Biography Valery Gerasimov - a Russian soldier who made a brilliant career by 67 years. He went from the commander of a tank platoon to the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. He is credited with the authorship of the so -called “Gerasimov doctrine” describing the concept of a new generation war. And he said in a recent interview that he considers the Russian general a “strong enemy”, who needs to be respected.

Valery Gerasimov. Childhood and youth Valery Gerasimov Valery Vasilievich was born in the capital of Tatarstan on September 8. His parents were simple workers, and his uncle and grandfather participated in the Great Patriotic War. The future general grew up on the memoirs of relatives about wartime, the literature of those years, in particular, the work of Konstantin Simonova, also had a great influence on the young man.

It is not surprising that, having received 8 classes of education at the school, Gerasimov went to enter the local Suvorov school. In the year, he graduated from an educational institution with honors. The young man did not stop there, and went to study at the Kazan Higher Tank Command School. He graduated from the last institution in the year with a gold medal. Subsequently, Valery advanced his qualifications twice in his career: in the year he became a graduate of the Malinovsky Military Academy of Armored Forces, and in the year - the Military Academy of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces.

Gerasimov’s classmate at the Academy of Armored Troops Viktor Murakhovsky later told reporters that during his studies, Gerasimov showed a “meticulous attitude” to military service and, in principle, any matter that was entrusted to him. He noted such character traits of the future general, such as subdivisiness and perseverance. The commander of the Victory Parade, Colonel General Valery Gerasimov at a parade dedicated to the anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The beginning of a career at the age of 22 years, a graduate of a military school went to serve in the army. His first position is the commander of a tank platoon in the Northern Group of Troops in Poland. Subsequently, the talented young man was raised several times: first he was made by the chief of the tank company, then - the chief of staff of the tank battalion. In the year he was transferred to another part of the country, to the Primorsky Territory.

There, Gerasimov served as a chief of staff - deputy commander of a tank battalion, and then took the post of battalion commander. C to gg. There, Gerasimov worked first by the chief of staff - the castle commander, and after that the commander of the GO tank regiment. In the year, he was appointed the chief of staff - the castle commander of the guards motorized rifle division. Two years later, he headed the same division.

In the year, the military leader withdrew his military unit from the Baltic states in the city of Yelnya.

There, the division was reorganized into the base of storage of weapons and equipment, and Gerasimov again went to study. In gg. The commander of the Army Valery Gerasimov. The combat experience in Chechnya Valery Gerasimov participated in the Chechen war. In February, he was sent to the North Caucasus Military District as a chief of staff-the deputy commander of the combined arms army.

Since August, military operations began in the region. There, Gerasimov carried out one of the most successful operations of Russian soldiers in the Second Chechen War - the liberation of the Argun gorge. By order of the military leader in the mountains, a layout was arranged, where the paratroopers worked out the landing in similar ones with combat conditions. After such a training, Russian troops successfully landed in the deep rear of the militants, and completed their tasks with minimal losses.

Gerasimov, in addition, lit up as a participant in the liberation of one of the largest settlements of the republic-Urus-Martan, as well as the village of Komsomolskoye. In the latter, the field commander of the militants Ruslan "Hamzat" Gelaev was hiding. In the year, Valery personally headed a special operation in the village of Galashka in Ingushetia, where the fighters of Basayev were hidden.

Vladimir Putin and Valery Gerasimov. Since March, Gerasimov went to the service in the Far Eastern District of the head of the headquarters since March, this stage in his career lasted up to a year. In the year, the military returned to the North Caucasus as the chief of staff. A year later, Gerasimov became commander of the troops of the Leningrad district, and from the GG.

However, on April 26, he went to the Central High School as commander of the troops. Journalists believe that this was the only decrease in the position for Gerasimov, but short -lived. The head of the General Staff on November 9, Vladimir Putin, signed a document on the appointment of Gerasimov by the head of the Russian General Staff, the first deputy minister of defense of the country.

A few days later, the military leader became one of the members of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Federation. In the year, after the accession of Crimea to Russia and the beginning of the conflict in the Donbass, it was included in the sanctions lists of the EU and Canada. The Ukrainian court decided in absentia to arrest Valery Vasilievich and a dozen Russian military on suspicion of unleashing the conflict on Ukrainian land.

The Ministry of Defense called such actions of Kyiv a provocation. Since the year, Gerasimov took an active part in the coordination of hostilities of the Russian army in Syria.According to military experts, this operation can be considered a major success of the Russian General Staff. The doctrine of Gerasimova, some Western experts believe that it is Valery Gerasimov who is the author of the so -called “Gerasimov doctrine”, describing the new generation war, but this is not entirely true.

In the year, under the authorship of Gerasimov, the article “The value of science in anticipation” was published with a brief content of his speech at the Academy of Military Sciences. In this work, the general described how the Russian Federation sees the West approach to waging wars in the modern world, based on the experience of the Arab Spring. However, after the accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation, Western experts considered that the military retold the Russian approach to conducting military operations.

Vladimir Putin in the foreground, Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu and the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov in the back of the left to the right during the ceremony of presenting state awards. In addition, he is the owner of a public award - the Imperial Military Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Gerasimov has repeatedly awarded representatives of foreign states. So, he was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in Belarus, the Order of the Nicaragua Army, the Azerbaijani medal “For Merit in the field of military cooperation”, the Syrian medal “Battle Commonwealth”, etc. The Russian-Belarusian exercises “West”. Personal life Family Life Valery Gerasimov is a real “military secret”.

Almost nothing is known about his loved ones, except that he is married. According to media reports, he met a young man during his studies. The couple has two children: a daughter and a son. The latter followed in the footsteps of his father, becoming a military officer. The commander of the Russian group in the zone of special operation in Ukraine Valery Gerasimov during a meeting with the commanders of the groups of a special military operation.

Valery Gerasimov: The latest news at the beginning of the year Gerasimov received a new appointment - he became the commander of the united grouping of troops in the Zone of Headquarters. In this post, he replaced Sergei Surovikin, who was made by the deputy. He told reporters that he regularly reads the works of Gerasimov and his opinion to the Ukrainian is interested in.

Also, Zaluzhny urged to respect the "strong enemy." According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, at the beginning of the summer of the year, Gerasimov was at the front point of the Office, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to commit a counterattack in the South Donetsk direction. The latter demanded that the military leader, as well as the head of MO Sergey Shoigu, meet him in Rostov-on-Don, otherwise promised to go with a march to Moscow.