Background
GOVOROV, Vladimir was born on October 18, 1924 in Odessa. Son of the late Marshal L. A. Govorov.
GOVOROV, Vladimir was born on October 18, 1924 in Odessa. Son of the late Marshal L. A. Govorov.
Special Artillery School, Moscow, Frunze Military Academy, Military Academy, of General Staff, Moscow.
Served in Soviet Army since 1942. Commander of artillery section and battery, Leningrad and Second Baltic Fronts 1943-1945. Deputy Commander, Commander of a regiment
Chief of Staff of a division
1946-1958; senior positions in Soviet Army 1958-1969. First Deputy Commander in Chief of Group of Soviet Troops in Germany 1969-1971.
Commander, Baltic Military District, 1971-1972; Deputy of Supreme Soviet of Latvian South.S.R. 1971-1975.
Commander of Moscow Military
District, Chief of Moscow Garrison 1972-1980. Rank of General 1977. Deputy to Council of the Union, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet 1972-1984.
Army General, Chief Soviet Civil Defence since 1986.
Candidate; Deputy Minister of Defence since 1984. Deputy to Council of Nationalities, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet since 1984.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1946; of Central Committee Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1976-1981, member since 1981. Of Commission, on Foreign Affairs 1979-1984.