Igor Yevgenyevich Puzanov (; 31 January 1947 – 22 October 2023) was a Russian military officer and politician. A member of

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, he served in the

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from 2007 to 2011.

Biography

He was born on January 31, 1947 in

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. In 1968, he graduated from the Omsk State Technical University and its military department. Was called up for military service as an officer for two years. After the expiration of the term of service in 1970, he filed a report on enrollment in the cadre of officers of the

Soviet Army The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army. After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under th ...

. Graduated from the Omsk Higher Combined Arms Command School in 1971. Graduated from the

Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (), 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 (), was a military academy of the Soviet and later the Russian Armed Forces ...

in 1976. Participated in combat operations in the

Afghan War War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: *Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC), the conquest of Afghanistan by the Macedonian Empire *Muslim conquests of Afghanistan, a series of campaigns in t ...

from 1979. In 1988 graduated from the

Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation () is the senior staff college of the Russian Armed Forces. The academy is located in Moscow, on 14 Kholzunova Lane. It was founded in 1936 as a Soviet inst ...

. Since 1991 –

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. Since 1992 – First Deputy Commander of the

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. Since 1999 – Commander of the Moscow Military District. In 1999, he became

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. On March 9, 2005, he was appointed commander of the troops of the

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. Became

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by decree of the

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on December 27, 2005. In December 2007, he was elected a deputy to the

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, which had him retired from the

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. In the State Duma he was a member of the Defense Committee and the Commission for the Review of Federal Budget Expenditures for Defense and State Security of the Russian Federation. Retired since January 26, 2012. Puzanov died in Moscow on October 22, 2023, at the age of 76.

Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" () is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree 442. Until the re-establishment of the Order of St. Andrew in 1998, it was the highest order of ...

IV degree (January 11, 2007) * Order of Military Merit *

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner () was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. It was the highest award of S ...

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the ...

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" The Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" (), also known as the Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", was a Soviet Union, Soviet Order (honour), military order awarded in three classes ...

III degree *

Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour The Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour () is an honorary award bestowed by the President of the Russian Federation to deserving citizens. It was established by Presidential Decree No.487 of 11 April 2008. The statute and regula ...

(2017)

References

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