Anatoly Kvashnin
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| Native name | Анатолий Васильевич Квашнин | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1946 Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Bashkortostan, Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 2022 (aged 75) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance | Soviet Union (to 1991) Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch | Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1969–2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | General of the army | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Commands | General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other work | Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District (with the civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Anatoly Vasilyevich Kvashnin (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Квашнин; 15 August 1946 – 7 January 2022) was a Russian general of the army who served as the Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces from 1997 to 2004, when he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin. In the period from 2004 to 2010, he was the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of Russia to the Siberian Federal District.