Background
VARENNIKOV, Valentin was born in 1923 in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
VARENNIKOV, Valentin was born in 1923 in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Frunze Military Academy.
Joined army 1941; active service 1941-1945. Commander of a corps 1967-1969, of a unit 1969-1971. First Deputy Supreme Commander Soviet Forces in Germany 1971-1973.
Commander Carpathian Military
District 1973-1982; First Deputy Chief of General Staff. First Deputy Head of Headquarters of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Armed Forces since 1984.
Elected to Congress of People"s Deputies of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1989. General 1978.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1944.