1. Anatoly Vasilyevich Kvashnin was a Russian general of the army who served as the Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces from 1997 to 2004, when he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin.
20 Facts About Anatoly Kvashnin
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Anatoly Kvashnin was born on August 15,1946, in Ufa, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Anatoly Kvashnin's father, Vasily Iosifovich Kvashnin, was a career military officer and was honorably discharged from military service with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1973.
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Anatoly Kvashnin began serving in the army as deputy commander of a tank company in the 201st Motor Rifle Division.
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Anatoly Kvashnin steadily rose to higher positions in Czechoslovakia, becoming regimental commander of the 360th in August 1978 and chief of staff of the 31st Tank Division of the group in February 1981.
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Anatoly Kvashnin was promoted to command the 78th Tank Division of the Central Asian Military District in July 1982, and in 1987 was sent to the Soviet General Staff Academy for advanced studies.
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Since February 1993, Anatoly Kvashnin was first deputy chief of the Main Operative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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On 19 June 1997, Anatoly Kvashnin was appointed to the position of the Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces.
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For leading the Russian operational headquarters directing operations against Chechen fighters during the 1999 Dagestan war, Anatoly Kvashnin was made a Hero of the Russian Federation.
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Anatoly Kvashnin proved to be indecisive at times, he split then merged the Volga-Urals Military District, combined the Strategic Rocket Forces with the Russian Space Forces and the Early Warning System, then restored their independence.
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On 10 June 2000, Anatoly Kvashnin became a member of the Security Council of Russia.
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On 19 July 2004, Anatoly Kvashnin was released from the post of the Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces.
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On 9 September 2004, Anatoly Kvashnin was honorably discharged from military service.
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Anatoly Kvashnin was listed in the inactive reserve until 2011 when he became a retired army general.
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On 9 September 2004, Anatoly Kvashnin was appointed to the post of the Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District thus becoming a civilian official.
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On 20 December 2004, Anatoly Kvashnin was promoted to the civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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On 20 September 2010, Anatoly Kvashnin ceased to be a member of the Security Council of Russia.
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Anatoly Kvashnin held a candidate of sciences degree in sociological sciences, a doctor of sciences degree in military sciences and was a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences.
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Anatoly Kvashnin died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 75, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.
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Anatoly Kvashnin was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 10 January 2022.