Background
Ivan Aleksandrovich Buvaltsev was born in 1958 in Smolyaninovo village, Primorsky Territory, Russian Federation.
Ivan Aleksandrovich Buvaltsev was born in 1958 in Smolyaninovo village, Primorsky Territory, Russian Federation.
He graduated from the Blagoveschensk Higher Tank Command School, Malinovsky Military Academy of Armored Corps and the Armed Forces General Staff Military Academy of the Russian Federation.
His military career began from being a commander of a tank platoon in the Far Eastern Military District. Then he served in Kiev and Moscow military districts and in the Western group of troops. Since 2008 he has been the First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training and the Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On January 13, 2010 appointed Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Leningrad Military District.