Anatoly Ipatovich Sergeyev (Russian: Анатолий Ипатович Сергеев; born 6 November 1940), is a Russian military leader who was commander of the Volga–Ural and the

Volga Military District The Volga Military District (PriVO) was a military district of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that existed from 1918 to 1989 and 1992 to 2001. The district headquarters was located at Kazan, Saratov and Kuibyshev (Samara) at differen ...

s from 1991 to 2001. He reached the rank of

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in 1991.

Biography

Anatoly Sergeyev was born in the village of Ipatovka,

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on 6 November 1940. Sergeyev attended the Far Eastern Tank School in 1960 and graduated with honors in 1963. In 1970, he enrolled in the Military Academy of the Armored Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya. Malinovsky, and graduated in 1973. In 1980, Sergeyev entered the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces named after K. E. Voroshilov, and graduated in 1982. From February 1986 to June 1987 Sergeyev was commander of the

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in the

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. From June 1987 to August 1991, he was the Chief of Staff of the Odessa Military District. From 1 September 1991, he was the Commander of the Volga-Ural Military District. On 7 July 1992, Sergeyev became the commander of the newly-formed

until 24 March 2001 when it was abolished. Sergeyev retired from the army in 2002 and has since been the chairman of the Samara Regional Public Organization of the Committee of Veterans of War and Military Service.

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