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Valery Gerasimov
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Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Valery Gerasimov is the top military officer in Russia, responsible for overseeing the country's armed forces as Chief of the General Staff. He matters because he plays a central role in planning and directing Russia's military operations and strategy, making him one of the most influential figures in Russian defense and foreign policy.
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Key facts
- Native name
- Валерий Герасимов
- Born
- ( 1955-09-08 ) 8 September 1955 (age 70) , Kazan , Tatar ASSR , Soviet Union
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union (to 1991) Russia
- Branch
- Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces
- Service years
- 1977–present
- Rank
- General of the Army
- Commands
- Chief of the General Staff , Joint Group of Forces in the Special Military Operation Central Military District Moscow Military District Leningrad Military District 58th Army 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division
- Conflicts
- Second Chechen War Battle of Galashki Syrian civil war Russian military intervention in Syria Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Battle of Ilovaisk 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Izium 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive Kursk campaign
- Awards
- Hero of the Russian Federation Order of Honour Order of St. George Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
- Alma mater
- Kazan Higher Tank Command School , Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy , Russian General Staff Academy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Valery
- Family name
- Gerasimov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Kazan
- Occupation
- military officer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Order of Courage
- Participant in
- Russian annexation of Crimea
- Conflict
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Military branch
- Russian Ground Forces
- Military rank
- army general
- Image
- НГШ ВС РФ В.В. Герасимов.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Significant event
- Wagner Group–Russian Ministry of Defence conflict
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- allegiance
- Russia
- date of birth
- 1955-09-08
- Commons category
- Valery Gerasimov
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- name in native language
- Вале́рий Васи́льевич Гера́симов
- P10632
- Valery Gerasimov
- lifestyle
- militarism
- student
- Valerii Zaluzhnyi
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
General of the Army Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov (born 8 September 1955) is a Russian military officer who has been the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of Defense since 2012. His previous commands included three military districts and a combined arms army.
Gerasimov was born in Kazan and was commissioned in the Soviet Army after graduating from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School in 1977. He later also attended the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy and the Russian General Staff Academy. Gerasimov is a combat veteran of the Second Chechen War, during which he was chief of staff and then commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army. He later commanded the Leningrad, Moscow, and Central Military Districts.
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