Background
Zinevich was born on 20 November 1932 in Proskurov (now Khmelnytskyi), Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Anatol Zinevich
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After he graduated, Zinevich attended and graduated from the Frunze Military Academy and the highest academical courses for the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics leadership.
Career
He entered the Proskurovsky Tank School on 14 August 1950. He was a military advisor in the Ethio-Somali War. In 1988, he was appointed Chief of Staff Operations Division of the 7th Army in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. After a second heart attack and coronary bypass in 1989, he was discharged from the armed forces, but stayed in Armenia.
At the request of the first Defence Minister of Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan, Zinevich arrived in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in June 1992 and participated in the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Zinevich was appointed Chief of Staff of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army in 1994, and from May 1997 to August 2000 he served as Deputy Defense Minister. He was personally involved in combat operations and is the creator of operational systems of protection and management of the NKR Defense Army.
He died on 1 August 2000 in Yerevan. He was buried at the Holy Trinity Church Street Nicholas Cemetery in the city Carpet of the Vladimir region.
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Nationality
Ukraine
Awards
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Order of the Red Banner; Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class Order of the Red Banner; Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR; Chief of Staff Order of the Red Banner Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSROrder of the Red Banner; Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class Order of the Red Banner; Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR; Chief of Staff Order of the Red Banner Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR