Valentin Sergeyevich Bobryshev was a Soviet and later Russian Army officer.
15 Facts About Valentin Bobryshev
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Valentin Bobryshev commanded the Leningrad Military District from 1997 to 2005, having reached the rank of General of the Army in 2003.
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Valentin Bobryshev was born on 5 March 1945 to a military family.
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Valentin Bobryshev graduated from the Kyiv Suvorov Military School in 1963, and joined the Soviet Army the same year.
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Valentin Bobryshev graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S M Kirov in 1966.
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In September 1969, Bobryshev was the commander of a motorized rifle company.
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In September 1985, Valentin Bobryshev was the 1st Deputy Commander of the 14th Guards Army of the Odessa Military District.
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In September 1994, Valentin Bobryshev was the commander of the Commonwealth of Independent States collective peacekeeping forces during the Tajikistani Civil War.
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In May 1995, Valentin Bobryshev was part of the CIS summit in Tajikistan amidst of the Tajik Civil War.
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On 18 December 1996, after the district commander, Colonel General Sergey Seleznyov, died in a plane crash, Valentin Bobryshev was appointed acting commander of the Leningrad Military District.
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On 5 March 2002, despite the Chechen incidents and setbacks, Valentin Bobryshev was part of formation of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division at Pskov, with Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov as part of the military reforms.
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Valentin Bobryshev was promoted to General of the Army by decree of the President of Russia on 21 February 2003.
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Valentin Bobryshev died on 30 November 2022 at the age of 77.
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Valentin Bobryshev was buried at the Nikolskoe Cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg.
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Valentin Bobryshev lived in Saint Petersburg, and had worked as deputy head of the October Railway of Russian Railways in 2009.