Education
Graduate, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Armed Forces General Staff Academy.
Graduate, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Armed Forces General Staff Academy.
Officer, then Commander Ryazan Paratroop Academy, since 1965. 1st deputy Commander Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Airborne Force. 1st deputy supreme Commander Commonwealth of Independent States Joint Armed Forces, since 1991.
Now defense minister Russian Federation Defense.
Married; 2 children.