General of the Army Vladimir Anatolyevich Boldyrev (

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: Владимир Анатольевич Болдырев; born January 5, 1949) was

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Главнокомандующие Сухопутными войсками России) is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Ground Forces. He is appointed by the Presiden ...

(2008–2010).

Biography

Boldyrev was born on 5 January 1949 in Krasnoyarsky,

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. He graduated the

Moscow Higher Military Command School The Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School ''"Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR"'' (abbreviated to MVOKU) is a higher military educational institution of the Russian Armed Forces. History The school was formed in December 15, 1917 (O.S., December ...

in 1971, and

Frunze 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 ...

in 1978. He served in various command positions in the

Belorussian Military District The Byelorussian Military District (russian: Белорусский военный округ, translit=Belorusskiy Voyenyi Okrug; alternatively Belarusian; ) was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces. Originally formed just before Wor ...

, and later served in senior staff for operations department in 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 ...

. He later served as Commander of the 36th Army in 1994, and First Deputy Commander of the

in 1998. In May 2001, he moved to position of the First Deputy Commander of the Siberian Military District, and later became commander. He transferred to the position of the Commander of the

North Caucasus Military District The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, ...

in December 2002. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Army in December 2003. In July 2004, he assumed position of the Commander of the Volga-Urals Military District, which was his third Military District commander position. He served at this position until he became Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces in August 2008. In 2010 he was discharged due to age limit.

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, February 25, 2005 Generals of the army (Russia) 1949 births Living people Frunze Military Academy alumni Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni {{commons category, Vladimir Boldyrev