Kvashnin,
Anatoly
Moscow, Russia - 1946
- Born August 15, 1946 in Ufa, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 1976
- Graduated from the Kurgan Machine-building Institute in 1969, from the R.Y. Malinovsky Tank Academy in 1976 and from the USSR armed Forces General Staff Military Academy in 1989. Holds a candidate degree in sociological sciences, a doctorate in military sciences and is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Science.
- 1969
- Served in the Armed Forces from his graduation in 1969 through to 2004. Began serving in the military as deputy commander of a tank company then moved on to hold various command and staff positions. Commanded a tank regiment, tank division and a tank army. Served in the Turkestan Military District, the Central Troops Group and in the Central Asian, Belorussian and North Caucasus Military Districts.
- 1992–1994: Deputy Head, First Deputy Head of the Russian General Staff Chief Operations Directorate.
- 1995–1997:Commander of the North Caucasus Military District.
- 1997–2004: Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defence Minister of the Russian Federation.
- 2004–2010: Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District.
- Holds the rank of Army General and has been awarded with a title of the Hero of the Russian Federation.
- Married, two sons.
