Vladimir Zarudnitsky | |
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Native name | Владимир Борисович Зарудницкий |
Born | Abinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union | 6 February 1958
Allegiance | Soviet Union Russian Federation |
Service/ | Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces |
Years of service | 1975–present |
Rank | Colonel general |
Commands | 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division 36th Army |
Battles/wars | Second Chechen War |
Awards | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class Order of Military Merit |
Vladimir Borisovich Zarudnitsky (Russian: Владимир Борисович Зарудницкий; born 6 February 1958) is a Russian Ground Forces colonel general and the chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. He was heavily involved in the Second Chechen War, eventually becoming in September 2007 the commander of the army there.