the commander of the 2nd AC (Luhansk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces in 2015

Position and place of service before he was seconded to participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine: chief of the organization and mobilization directorate of the Western Military District (St.Petersburg) of the Russian Armed Forces (since April 2012).

Year and place of birth: 1959, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Education:

Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School – in 1984;

Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – in 1993;

Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – in 2004.

Military service at the commanding positions:

2004 – 2006 – commander of the 201^st military base of the Russian Armed Forces in Tajikistan;

2006 – 2008 – chief of staff – first deputy commander of the 2^nd Army of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2008 – 2009 – commander of the 22^nd Army of Moscow Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2009 – 2012 – commander of the 20^th Army of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2012 – 2015 – chief of the organization and mobilization directorate of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

in 2015 – commander of the 2^nd AC (Luhansk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces (Novocherkask, Russia) of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

since 2016– chief of the organization and mobilization directorate of the Western Military District (St.Petersburg) of the Russian Armed Forces.

Combat experience: participant of the Chechen campaigns of 1995 and 2000.