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Valery Yevnevich

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Valery Gennadyevich Yevnevich ( en ruso : Валерий Геннадьевич Евневич ; nacido el 2 de septiembre de 1951) es un coronel general retirado de las Fuerzas Terrestres rusas que se desempeñó como subcomandante en jefe de las Fuerzas Terrestres desde 2006 hasta 2009.

Biografía

Yevnevich nació el 2 de septiembre de 1951 en Batumi , RASS de Adjara . Se graduó de la escuela secundaria en Stary Krym (República de Crimea) en 1968. Perteneció a las Fuerzas Armadas desde 1968. En 1972, se graduó con honores de la Escuela Superior de Mando Aerotransportado de la Guardia de Riazán , en 1983 de la Academia Militar Frunze con honores y en 1992 de la Academia Militar del Estado Mayor .

Prestó servicio en los distritos militares del Báltico (comandó la 1.ª compañía de reconocimiento paracaidista de entrenamiento en el 226.º UPDP), Odessa , Turkestán y Moscú . Desde junio de 1983, se desempeñó como Jefe de Estado Mayor y Subcomandante del 217.º Regimiento de Paracaidistas de la Guardia de la 98.ª División Aerotransportada de la Guardia .

Desde enero de 1986, se desempeñó como Jefe de Estado Mayor y Subcomandante, y desde agosto de 1987, como Comandante del 56.º Regimiento de Asalto Aéreo de la Guardia, como parte del contingente limitado de tropas soviéticas en Afganistán . Comandó la misma brigada hasta agosto de 1990 y, tras la retirada de las tropas de Afganistán, el lugar de despliegue fue la ciudad de Ýolöten, en la RSS de Turkmenistán ( Unidad Militar 33079). Entre 1990 y 1992, estudió en la Academia Militar del Estado Mayor .

From June 1992 to 1995 he served as Commander of the Taman Division of the Moscow Military District. He commanded the Taman Division during the events of October 3–4, 1993 in Moscow. Many media outlets claim that he personally supervised the actions of tank units that conducted targeted fire on the White House building.[1][2] However, Yevnevich himself denied that the Taman Division had tanks during the shelling of the White House and recalled the difficult emotional and psychological pressure at that moment: “For me, for example, those days in Moscow are worth two and a half years of Afghanistan and what followed for my brigade after it: Central Asia, Armenia. There was enough blood there too”.[3] On 7 October 1993, Boris Yeltsin awarded him the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his participation in the storming of the White House.[2]

Since May 1995 he served as First Deputy Commander of the 14th Guards Army in Transnistria, which in June 1995 was transformed into the Operational Group of Russian Forces in the Transnistrian Region of the Republic of Moldova. He commanded this group from June 1995 to January 2002, during which time the group of Russian troops in Transnistria was reduced to 3 battalions (2 motorized rifle battalions, 1 security and supply battalion), 95% of the military equipment was destroyed or taken to the Russian Federation.

From January 2002 to 2006 he served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces for peacekeeping forces.

From September 2006 he served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces.

From July 2009 he served as Chief of the Main Directorate of Combat Training and Service of Troops of the Ministry of Defense.

From March 2011 he served as Assistant to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. On 11 June 2011 he was promoted to Colonel General rank.

From 2 December 2013, he served as Chief Military Representative of the Permanent Military Representation of Russia to NATO.[4] On 3 April 2014, he was recalled to Moscow "for consultations".[5] He did not receive a new appointment and in June 2014 he was dismissed from his post and transferred to the reserve.

Since August 2014, he has been an advisor to the general director of LUKOIL-Rezervnefteprodukt LLC. He is the chairman of the Interregional public organization of veterans of military service and combat operations "Union of Veterans of the 40th Army".

References

  1. "Евневич Валерий Геннадьевич". Герои страны. Archived from the original on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  2. 12"Евневич, Валерий. Руководитель Главного управления боевой подготовки и службы войск Минобороны РФ". Лента.Ру. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  3. Олег БЛОЦКИЙ. "ВАЛЕРИЙ ЕВНЕВИЧ: "Я НЕ РАССТРЕЛЬЩИК БЕЛОГО ДОМА"". Журнал "Самиздат". Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  4. "Бывший командующий ОГРВ Валерий Евневич назначен главным военным представителем РФ при НАТО". Archived from the original on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  5. "Россия отозвала военного представителя при НАТО". 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
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