Valery Baranov (soldier)

Valery Petrovich Baranov (Russian: Валерий Петрович Баранов; born 16 November 1948) is a retired colonel general of the Internal Troops of Russia.

Not to be confused with Valery Baranov (politician).
Valery Baranov
Native name
Валерий Петрович Баранов
Born (1948-11-16) 16 November 1948
Tashla, Tashlinsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union
Russia
Service/branchSoviet Army
Russian Internal Troops
Years of service1966–2008
RankColonel general
Commands held2nd Guards Tank Division

55th Army Corps

Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus
Battles/warsSecond Chechen War
AwardsOrder of Courage

Order of Military Merit

Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class

Biography

Baranov was born on 16 November 1948 in Orenburg Oblast. He graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School (1970), the Military Armored Forces Academy (1978), the Academy of the General Staff (1988), and the Russian Academy of Civil Service (1998).[1]

Baranov served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the forces of the Moscow Military District for combat training and as the deputy commander-in-chief of forces of the North Caucasus Military District from July 2000 to October 2001. He commanded the united group of the troops in the North-Caucasian region since August 2002.[2]

He held the post of the deputy commander-in-chief of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia since September 2003 until May 2004.

On 9 May 2004 he lost a leg during the assassination of Akhmad Kadyrov in Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russian Federation.

Baranov retired in 2008. He participated in the writing of the 12-volume Great Patriotic War history Великая Отечественная война 1941—1945 годов (English: History of the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945). Baranov helped write the book История внутренних войск (English: History of the Internal Troops).[3]

He is married and has two children and one granddaughter.[4]

  1. Alexandrov, Igor (28 July 2005). "Валерий Баранов снова в форме" [Valery Baranov again in the form]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. "Reshuffle of Military Top Brass in Chechnya". Gazeta.ru. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. Yeliseyeva, Marina (15 November 2013). "Рубежи генерала Баранова" [Lines of General Baranov]. Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian). Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  4. Scott and Scott, Russian Military Directory 2004, pp.162, 239
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