Viktor Dubynin
Viktor Petrovich Dubynin (Russian: Виктор Петрович Дубынин) was a prominent Soviet and Russian military figure, an Army General, and a Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).[1]
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| Born | 1 February 1943 Martyush, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 22 November 1992 (aged 49) Moscow, Russia |
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| Years of service | 1961–1992 |
| Rank | Army General (Russia) |
| Commands held | 40th Army, Northern Group of Forces, General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation, Order of the Red Banner, Order for Service to the Homeland, 2d class |
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 the 10th of 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 5th of 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.
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| Preceded by Vladimir Lobov |
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 10 June – 22 November 1992 |
Succeeded by Mikhail Kolesnikov |
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