General of Army of Ukraine Serhiy Kyrychenko (born 4 May 1952) was the 9th

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and Commander-in-Chief of the

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Early career

Serhiy Kyrychenko was born in 1952 in Novoselivka, a small village in the

Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhan ...

, Ukraine to a working-class family.

Education

In 1973 Serhiy Kyrychenko graduated from Kharkiv Armour Command school. In 1983 he graduated from command faculty of

Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy The Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy (Военная академия бронетанковых войск имени Маршала Советского Союза Р. Я. Малиновского) was one of the Soviet military academi ...

. In 2000 Serhiy Kyrychenko graduated from the faculty of preparation of the operational-strategic level officers’ of the National Academy of Defence of Ukraine with golden medal.

Assignments

Serhiy Kyrychenko started his military career in

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as commander of armour platoon. During 1975–1992, he occupied positions of armour company commander, chief of staff of armour battalion, chief of staff of armour regiment, commander of armour regiment and deputy division commander. In 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, he joined the newly established

. Until 2002, he served as commander of 128th mechanized division, chief of staff of the Army Corps and commander of the 13th Army Corps. April 2002 Serhiy Kyrychenko was assigned on position of Deputy of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was promoted to position of the

– the first Deputy of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in January 2003 and remained in that position until July 2004. On June 6, 2005, by Decree # 961/2005 of the President of Ukraine

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, he was assigned to be the

– Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Dates of rank

*Lieutenant, : 1973 *

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, 128th Mechanized Division: *

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, 13th Army Corps: 200210 years of National Defence Academy
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, General Staff: January 2005 * General of Army of Ukraine, General Staff: August 21, 2007

Awards and decorations

Serhiy Kyrychenko earned the following decorations and awards: * 10YearsServiceRibbon

10 Years Military Service * 15YearsServiceRibbon

15 Years Military Service * 20YearsServiceRibbon

20 Years Military Service * Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Third Class – August 21, 2006Ukrainian presidential order № 708/2006
*For perfect service ІІІ-rd grade *10 years of Ukrainian Armed Forces *Decoration of the Minister of Defense “Veteran of military service”

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyrychenko, Serhiy 1952 births Living people People from Kharkiv Oblast Generals of the Army (Ukraine) Chiefs of the General Staff (Ukraine) Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class