Background
GRACHEV, General Pavel was born on January 1, 1948 in Rvy, Tula Oblast, USSR.
GRACHEV, General Pavel was born on January 1, 1948 in Rvy, Tula Oblast, USSR.
Ryazan Air Landing Force University, 1969. Frunze Military Academy, 1981. Academy of the General Staff, 1990.
Deputy commander, Air Landing Forces of the USSR, 1990-1991, commander, since 1991. First deputy minister of defence, minister of defence, 1992. Commander, regiment of landing forces in Afghanistan, 1982-1983.
Commander, division of landing forces, 1985-1988.
