Anatoly Ivanovich Gribkov () (March 23, 1919 – February 12, 2008) was at

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High Command during the

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era. Gribkov was born in the village of Dukhovoye (now in Liskinsky District of

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on March 23, 1919, to father Ivan Vasilyevich Gribkov and mother Serafima Kuzminichna Gribkova. He had six brothers and three sisters.

Education

When he was older, he attended the J. V. Stalin Armored Troops School, from which he graduated early, and later graduated from the Soviet General Staff Academy with an

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and a

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Historic events

General Anatoly Gribkov played minor but important roles during the events of the

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and

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. He later commanded the Leningrad Military District and, until his retirement in 1989, was the Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Treaty. Gribkov died in Moscow on February 12, 2008.

References

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