Education
Mil. Academy, of Armoured Car Forces. Mil. Academy, of GHQ.
Mil. Academy, of Armoured Car Forces. Mil. Academy, of GHQ.
Served in Soviet Army since 1942. Served in a series of responsible posts in tank divs. since 1945. Deputy commdr. of tank division 1956-1968.
Various posts of command since 1968. Commander of N. Caucasian Forces since 1976, of Cis-Carpathian Mil. Districts since 1979.
Commander in Chief Soviet Forces in Germany since 1979. Candidate; Deputy to USSR Supreme Soviet.
CPSU since 1949; of CPSU Central Committee 1986.