Vladimir Chirkin
Commander-in-Chief of the Land Force, Colonel-General, colonel-generalBiography
Vladimir Chirkin was born on 12 October 1955 in the city of Khasavyurt, the Daghestan ASSR (now — the Republic of Daghestan). He graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher Combined-Arms Command School (1978), the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze (1988) and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces (2000).
He served in the Group of Soviet Troops in Germany, Transbaikalian, Moscow, Transcaucasian, Far Eastern, North Caucasian and Siberian Military Districts in various command posts: the commander of reconnaissance platoon of tank regiment, reconnaissance company, battalion. He served as the chief of headquarters / deputy commander of motorised rifle regiment, the commander of motorised rifle regiment, the chief of headquarters / deputy commander of motorised rifle division, the commander of division, the Chief of Staff of Army / Deputy Commander of Army, the Commander of Army.
From 2007 — the Deputy Commander of the Moscow Military District.
From December 2008 — the Chief of Staff — First Deputy Commander of the Volga-Urals Military District.
From January 2010 — the Commander of the Siberian Military District.
From July 2010 — the Acting Commander of the Central Military District.
From December 2010 — the Commander of the Central Military District.
He has been appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Land Force by the Presidential Decree of 26 April 2012.
Personal decorations: the Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th grade, the Order of Courage, the Order of Military Merit, the Order of Service to the Homeland in the USSR’s Armed Forces 3rd grade, and many Medals.