Former Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, General of the Army Anatoly Kvashnin, died in Moscow. According to TASS, this was stated by Nikolai Deryabin, the head of the staff of the Club of military leaders of the Russian Federation.
“General of the Army Kvashnin died today of covid,” he said.
General Kvashnin served as Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces from 1997 to 2004.
Anatoly Kvashnin was born on August 15, 1946 in Ufa into a military family. Graduated from the Automotive and Tractor Faculty and the Military Department of the Kurgan Machine-Building Institute, the Military Academy of Armored Forces named after V.I. R. Ya. Malinovsky, Military Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces.
By a closed decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin of October 27, 1999, Anatoly Kvashnin was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (“for the successful completion of tasks to destroy illegal armed formations in the North Caucasus region and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time”) with the presentation of the Gold Star medal “. He was awarded the Orders of Merit for the Fatherland II (2010), III (2004) and IV (2001) degrees, the Order of Alexander Nevsky (2016), the Order of Courage (1996), the Order of Honor (2006), For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces USSR “III degree (1989). He had foreign orders and medals, including the Order of the Legion of Honor (France, 2004) and the Order of the Yugoslav Star, 1st degree (1999).
Source: Rosbalt
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