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]

Viktor Petrovich Dubynin
Born(1943-02-01)1 February 1943
Martyush, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died22 November 1992(1992-11-22) (aged 49)
Moscow, Russia
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Years of service1961–1992
RankArmy General (Russia)
Commands held40th Army,
Northern Group of Forces,
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Battles/warsWar in Afghanistan
AwardsHero 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.

References

Military offices
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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