After the collapse of the Soviet Union in many former republics of the USSR, organizations were formed that were of a nationalist nature. Among them was the association "National Congress of the Chechen People", which was formed on the territory of Chechnya. The purpose of the organization was to secede from the USSR and Russia. The leader of the movement was Dzhokhar Dudayev, who, under the Union, held the rank of General of the Soviet Air Force. But the militants were opposed by a powerful army led by Russian generals. In the Chechen war, their fates were intertwined, but for the most part they turned out to be tragic..
Anatoly Romanov
The first to be awarded the title of Hero of Russia for participating in the first Chechen war was Colonel General Anatoly Romanov. He served as the commander of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and led the federal troops in Chechnya during the war. Tounfortunately, the service did not last long, less than 3 months - from July to October 1995.
In October of this year, a convoy was blown up by a radio-controlled landmine. The general survived, but his injuries were so severe that he still cannot be rehabilitated. To this day, he is surrounded not only by medical personnel, but also by close friends and relatives. His wife Larisa has been caring for her hero husband for decades.
The main merit of Anatoly Romanov is his diplomatic gift, thanks to which he conducted negotiations superbly. Romanov tried to resolve the conflict in the North Caucasus by peaceful means. Anatoly Alexandrovich received the hero's title for his service in this region a month after he was seriously wounded.
In addition, in 1994 he received the Order of Military Merit. He has many awards, including the Maroon Beret, the Order of the Red Star, received before participating in the Chechen conflict, the Order for Personal Courage, and the Medal for Impeccable Service. Romanov has many commemorative medals.
Nikolai Skrypnik
Anatoly Romanov was replaced by Major General Skrypnik. He was also awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. He headed the so-called tactical grouping of internal troops of the Russian Federation in Chechnya. But Nikolai Skrypnik did not survive this war: in 1996, in one of the villages, he carried out a purge of militants from a fairly large gang led by Doku Makhaev.
The armored personnel carrier on which Skrypnik was riding was also blown up onradio-controlled mine. After receiving injuries, the general lived for only an hour. He was awarded the title of Hero of Russia posthumously after the end of the First Chechen campaign in November 1996.
Lev Rokhlin
Another general who went through almost the entire military campaign in Chechnya, participated in the battles in Afghanistan and Karabakh. Lev Rokhlin refused the title of Hero of Russia for participation in the Chechen war. But he can be included in the list of generals-heroes of the Chechen war. The media say that his refusal is due to the fact that he considered the Chechen campaign not a glorious, but a mournful period in the life of his country.
Gennady Troshev
The famous trench general who went through the entire Chechen war. This is Gennady Troshev. His life was tragically cut short in 2008. But he died not in hostilities, but as a result of a plane crash. Gennady Troshev was a hereditary military man. The future general of the Chechen war Troshev was born in 1947 in Berlin. He spent his childhood in the Caucasus, in the city of Grozny. His father died early and Gennady and his two sisters raised their mother.
Gennady Troshev received his education at the Kazan Higher Tank Command School and the Military Academy of the General Staff. Graduated from the Military Academy of Armored Forces. The general's career was going well. By the beginning of the First Chechen campaign, he was the commander of the 58th army, and then the commander-in-chief of the united group of troops. Soon he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.
During the Second Chechen campaign, Troshev served as commander of the Feder altroops who fought the militants in Dagestan. He headed the Vostok group, in 2000 he earned the rank of colonel general. At the same time, he headed the United Federal Forces in Chechnya and Dagestan, and until the end of 2002 commanded the troops of the North Caucasus Military District. Troshev was a legendary general, he did not hide behind the backs of soldiers, he was respected for this. He fully shared all the hardships of those who were subordinate to him, personally participated in the hostilities, controlled them.
He was a wise man who tried to resolve issues without bloodshed, to take settlements in the North Caucasus without a fight. Unfortunately, this was not always possible. The legendary general of the Chechen war Troshev deserved the award of the Hero of Russia, which was presented to him by Boris Yeltsin himself. In addition, he never hid from the media, actively contacted them.
During the Chechen campaign, his writing talent was discovered. One of the most popular books by Gennady Troshev “My war. Chechen diary of a trench general” was published in 2001. After the end of hostilities in Chechnya, they wanted to transfer him to the Siberian Military District. But since he gave his whole life to the North Caucasus, he did not transfer from these places, which became his family, he resigned.
Later he de alt with issues of the Cossacks, worked in the North Caucasus until 2008. He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, but literally 2.5 months after the award, he died as a result of the crash of a Boeing 737. There are rumors that Troshev's death wasnot just a fatal accident, but a planned operation, but this version has not yet been confirmed.
Human loss
Losses of human lives both among the military and civilians during both Chechen wars number in the hundreds of thousands. There are 14 generals who died in the Chechen war. And these are those who fought on the Russian side. But Chechens fought on the side of the militants, who had previously served their country - the USSR.
During the First Chechen campaign, 2 generals were killed. During the Second - 10, and in the interval between them - 2 generals. They served in different departments: the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, military justice and in the main special construction.
Dead Russian generals in the Chechen war
Major General Viktor Vorobyov, who died on January 7, 1995, was in the ranks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. His death was due to the explosion of a mortar mine.
Another Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gennady Shpigun, was abducted in March 1999 in the city of Grozny. His body was found in March 2000 near the village of Duba-Yurt.
In the winter of 2002, a MI-8 helicopter was shot down. It killed the generals of the Chechen war:
- Lieutenant General Mikhail Rudenko;
- Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Nikolaev Goridov.
The first served as Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and was the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The second was the deputy commander-in-chief of internal affairs of the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and commanded a groupinternal troops in Chechnya.
In November 2001, Gaidar Gadzhiev, a major general and military commander of the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya, was mortally wounded. He did not die immediately - he died in the hospital a few days later.
September 17, 2001, two high-ranking military men were killed at once:
- Major General Anatoly Pozdnyakov;
- Major General Pavel Varfolomeev.
Both of them served in the General Staff. Pozdnyakov was the head of the second department. Varfolomeev was the deputy head of the personnel department.
Mikhail Malofeev - deputy commander of the "North" grouping. He died from a bullet wound in battle on January 18, 2000 in one of the districts of Grozny.
Finishing the list of generals of the Chechen war who died as a result of hostilities is Major General Viktor Prokopenko, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff. In April 1998, he was killed as a result of shelling of a convoy.
Generals whose heart could not stand it
Several more generals of the Chechen war died from the fact that their he alth was undermined as a result of this bloody war. Major General Stanislav Korovinsky's heart could not stand it. He passed away on December 29, 1999. In March 2000, Major General Alexander Otrakovsky, commander of the Marine Corps, died of heart problems.
Vice Admiral German Ugryumov died in May 2001 from acute heart failure. He served as head of the Regional Headquarters forcounter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.
