Nikolai Viktorovich Kormiltsev (; born 14 March 1946) was Commander-in-Chief of the

Russian Ground Forces The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска �ВSukhoputnyye voyska V}), also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces ...

from 2001 to 2004, before being replaced by

Alexey Maslov Alexey Fyodorovich Maslov (russian: Алексей Фёдорович Маслов; 23 September 1953 – 25 December 2022) was a Russian General of the Army who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He was a graduate of ...

Biography

Kormiltsev was born on 14 March 1946 in Omsk, joining the

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in 1965 and graduating from the Omsk Higher Combined Arms Command School four years later. In 1978, he graduated from the

Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...

and became a deputy division commander. Kormiltsev later became the division commander, leading it during the

Soviet–Afghan War The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union and the Afghan mujahideen (alongside smaller groups of anti-Sovie ...

. After returning from Afghanistan, he took command of a district training center in Omsk, part of the Siberian Military District. In 1990, Kormiltsev graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff, and became commander of the 36th Army Corps of the

Turkestan Military District The Turkestan Military District (russian: Туркестанский военный округ (ТуркВО), ''Turkestansky voyenyi okrug (TurkVO)'') was a military district of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Armed Forces, with it ...

, which became the shortlived 52nd Army between July 1992 and May 1993. He was appointed to command the 5th Army in 1993. In November 1994, Kormiltsev became First Deputy Commander of the

Transbaikal Military District The Transbaikal Military District (russian: Забайкальский военный округ) was a military district of first the Soviet Armed Forces and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the ...

, taking command of the district in September 1996. When in December 1998, by unifying the Siberian Military District and the Trans-Baikal Military District, a unified Siberian Military District was established with headquarters in Chita, Kormiltsev was appointed commander of the troops of this district. After the Main Command of the Ground Forces was abolished in 1997, he criticized the move and supported the recreation of the Main Command. In April 2001, the Main Command was reformed, and then-Colonel General Kormiltsev became Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He simultaneously became a deputy Minister of Defense. On 11 June 2003, he was promoted to Army General.Profile via FBIS
Kormiltsev Biography
accessed September 2007 In October 2004, Kormiltsev resigned from his position as a result of a disagreement with Minister of Defense

Sergei Ivanov Sergei Borisovich Ivanov ( rus, Сергей Борисович Иванов, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and politician who has served as the Special Representative of ...

and

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Yuri Baluyevsky over the next military reform.

References

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