Background
Sergiy Kirichenko was born on February 25, 1952 in Novoselivka, a small village in the Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine to a working-class family.
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In 1973 Sergiy Kirichenko graduated from Kharkiv Armour Command school. In 1983 he graduated from command faculty of Marshal of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Malinovskiy’s Armour Force Academy. In 2000 Sergiy Kirichenko graduated from the faculty of preparation of the operational-strategic level officers’ of the National Academy of Defence of Ukraine with golden medal.
Career
Sergiy Kirichenko started his military career in Kiev Military District as commander of armour platoon. During 1975–1992, he occupied positions of armour company commander, chief of staff of armour battalion, chief of staff of armour regiment, commander of armour regiment and deputy division commander. In 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, he joined the newly established Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Until 2002, he served as commander of 128th mechanized division, chief of staff of the Army Corps and commander of the 13th Army Corps.
He was promoted to position of the Chief of the General Staff – the first Deputy of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in January 2003 and remained in that position until July 2004. On June 6, 2005 by Decree # 961/2005 of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, he was assigned to be the Chief of the General Staff – Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Lieutenant,: 1973 Colonel, 128th Mechanized Division: Major General,: August 23, 1995 Lieutenant General, 13th Army Corps: 2002 Colonel General, General Staff: January 2005 General of Army of Ukraine, General Staff: August 21, 2007.
Achievements
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Sergiy Kirichenko earned the following decorations and awards: 10 Years Military Service 15 Years Military Service 20 Years Military Service Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Third Class – August 21, 2006 Foreign perfect service ІІІ-rd grade 10 years of Ukrainian Armed Forces Decoration of the Minister of Defense “Veteran of military service”.
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Ukraine Soviet Union