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Viktor Dubynin

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Viktor Petrovich Dubynin
Born(1943-02-01)1 February 1943
Martyush, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died22 November 1992(1992-11-22) (aged 49)
Moscow, Russia
Allegiance Soviet Union (to 1991)
 Russia
Service / branch Soviet Army
 Russian Ground Forces
Years of service1961–1992
RankGeneral of the army
Commands40th Army
Northern Group of Forces
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Battles / warsSoviet–Afghan War
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Order of the Red Banner
Order for Service to the Homeland, 2nd Class

General of the Army Viktor Petrovich Dubynin (Russian: Виктор Петрович Дубынин; 1 February 1943 – 22 November 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian military officer and a recipient of the title Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).[1]

Biography

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Born in 1943, Viktor Dubynin had been in service with the Soviet Army since 1961. In 1964 he graduated from the Far Eastern Tank Academy, then from the Rodion Malinovsky Armored Forces Academy in 1978, and finally from the General Staff Academy in 1984.

From 1986 to 1987 he served as commander of the Soviet 40th Army in Afghanistan.[2]

From 1989 to 1992 he was the (penultimate) commander of the Soviet Northern Group of Forces in Poland.

On 10 June 1992, Dubynin was appointed by President Boris Yeltsin as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On the 5 October, he became Russia's first general of the army since the Collapse of the Soviet Union. At that moment Dubynin was already suffering from terminal cancer, so the then-Minister of Defense Pavel Grachev had to visit him at his hospital ward in order to hand Dubynin's shoulder boards over to him.

Dubynin died on 22 November 1992 after his long struggle with cancer.[3] His grave is at Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Региональный Общественный Фонд им. Героя России генерала армии Виктора Петровича Дубынина
  2. ^ Виктор Петрович Дубынин на сайте Минобороны России
  3. ^ "Gen. Viktor Dubynin; Russian General, 49". The New York Times. 24 November 1992.
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Military offices
Preceded by Deputy Commander of the 40th Army
1984–1986
Succeeded by
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Preceded by Commander of the 40th Army
1986–1987
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the 7th Tank Army
1987–1988
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of Staff of the Kiev Military District
1988–1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Northern Group of Forces
1989–1992
Succeeded by
Position created
Viktor Samsonov as Chief of the Soviet General Staff
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
1992
Succeeded by