Background
Kolchin Gennady Viktorovich was born on November 30, 1964, Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Kolchin Gennady Viktorovich was born on November 30, 1964, Voronezh, Russian Federation.
He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Voronezh State University (1991).
In 1982-1983, 1985-1989 Gennady Viktorovich served in the fire brigade of the city of Voronezh. In 1989-1995, he worked in journalism: a correspondent for the newspaper Montazhnik, a reporter, a correspondent, a responsible secretary, the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper Molodoy Kommunar, the chief editor of the newspaper Region.
In 1995-2002, an officer of the propaganda group of the State Fire Fighting Service Directorate of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate for the Voronezh Region, founder and editor-in-chief of the "ChP-newspaper" (1996).
Since 2002, the press secretary of the Voronezh Fire-Technical School of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, the chief editor of the newspaper "Voronezh firemaster".
In the mid-1990s he became interested in heraldry. President of the Voronezh Heraldic College (2002), Chairman of the Voronezh Heraldic Society (2007). Member of the Commission on Heraldry at the Voronezh Governor (since 2005).
Participated in the creation of more than 50 coats of arms, including the new coat of arms of the Voronezh region, the coats of arms of the city of Rossosh of the Voronezh region, the Voronezh State Agrarian University, and the administration of the area of fire service. Author of many publications on heraldry. Since 2008, an employee of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fire Protection of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation (Moscow).