The new commander of the airborne forces. The commander of the airborne forces was in a car accident. Hero of the Reunification of Crimea

The commander of the Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, who was returning from a military exercise, had an accident in the Murmansk region. The car with the general collided with a passenger car, the driver of which, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, lost control and drove into the oncoming lane. The life of the general, who received injuries to his head and spine, is not in danger. The driver of the car died.

An incident involving a car in which Colonel General Serdyukov, his deputy Major General Vladimir Kochetkov, assistant Colonel Oleg Smykovsky and adjutant sergeant major Andrei Batarev were traveling occurred on September 15 in the Murmansk region. On that day, a Volkswagen Caravelle service minibus assigned to the Northern Fleet was in an escorted motorcade heading to the airport along the P-21 Kola highway: the day before, some airborne units began performing exercise tasks, which General Serdyukov personally supervised. At the 1420th km of the road, the car with the commander (he was the third in the motorcade) fell behind a little and tried to catch up with the car driving in front in the oncoming lane. However, a few seconds later, the Volkswagen collided tangentially with a Chevrolet Lanos at full speed, which was thrown onto another car moving in the same direction. From the impact, the car with General Serdyukov turned over several times and fell into a ditch.

With severe injuries, the commander was taken to the neurosurgical department of the 1469th Naval Clinical Hospital: there he was diagnosed with combined and bruised injuries to the head and spine (closed fracture of some vertebrae).

As Kommersant was assured by the Ministry of Defense, his condition is now assessed as satisfactory, his health is not in danger.

The servicemen who were with Andrei Serdyukov also had injuries recorded - for example, General Kochetkov had a closed fracture of the first metacarpal bone, numerous bruises (to the head, chest and limbs), and Sergeant Major Batarev had a bruise to the cervical spine. The driver of the Chevrolet Lanos, Oleg Karmazin, who was traveling with his family, died in the ambulance (it was he who bore the brunt of the collision). His wife Natalya received a closed craniocerebral injury, and the children born in 2000 and 2001 who were in the cabin were not harmed: they were examined on an outpatient basis at local medical institutions.

The Ministry of Defense believes that it is the deceased who is to blame for the tragedy: the department’s message states that the driver of a private car “lost control and, having driven into the oncoming lane, caused a collision with a minibus moving as part of a military convoy.”

Let us note that Andrei Serdyukov’s predecessor, Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov (now a State Duma deputy), also got into a serious accident. In 2010, a MAZ truck carrying two citizens of Tajikistan rammed the general’s official BMW on the 1st km of the Moscow highway at the entrance to Tula. The general's driver died on the spot, and he himself required surgery. The then Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov said that “Shamanov is a strong man”: “He will recover and will continue to command the Airborne Forces.” According to a Kommersant source in the current leadership of the Ministry of Defense, there is no doubt that General Serdyukov will continue to command the Airborne Forces: “As soon as he gets better, he will immediately begin service.”

On September 30, the media reported about the upcoming appointment. The main candidate for this high position is Lieutenant General Andrei Serdyukov. The current commander, Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov, will head the defense committee in the new State Duma.

At the end of 2012, information was already published about a possible change in the leadership of the Airborne Forces. With mention of the candidacy of General Andrei Serdyukov (then commander of the 5th Army of the Eastern Military District). And many more are haunted by the surname, but there is no family connection with Anatoly Serdyukov, who previously served as Minister of Defense. And yet: what kind of person is Lieutenant General Andrei Serdyukov?

If you collect all the available information, Andrei Serdyukov is a man of an analytical mind, tested and tempered by three decades of officer service in difficult times for the country. Supporter of a professional army and consistent reform of the armed forces. His command experience was reflected in decisions and actions in the Crimean direction in the spring of 2014.

In 2009 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. This is the highest level of military education in our country. Commanded the 5th Combined Arms Army in the Far East. In October 2013, he was appointed chief of staff of the Southern Military District; six months remained before the return of Crimea to the Russian Federation.

Please note that both the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and the Chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff Sergei Makarov held the responsible position of Chief of Staff of the Southern Military District (formerly the North Caucasus).

Return of Crimea

According to information leaked to the media, Lieutenant General Andrei Serdyukov led a special operation in Crimea in the spring of 2014, that is, he ensured the peaceful return of Crimea to Russia.

Perhaps that is why the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Alexander Turchynov, noted with fear in his article on the departmental website: “During the summer of 2015, dramatic changes took place in the nature of Russian participation in military operations in eastern Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are now opposed by ... structured military units of the regular army of the Russian Federation... The staff strength of the two corps is up to 35 thousand people... The command of the entire group of occupying Russian troops is exercised by Colonel General Andrei Nikolaevich Serdyukov."

It is clear that the National Security and Defense Council and the leadership of Ukraine need to somehow explain to their fellow citizens and American sponsors the military failures in the Donbass. And yet, Andrei Serdyukov is still a lieutenant general, and no one has been able to prove “Russian aggression”.

Meanwhile, on September 16, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed the National Security and Defense Council in the bill on the state budget for 2017, providing for 5% of GDP for the security and defense sector and 1.1 billion hryvnia (about $42.4 million) to repay defense loans.

Five percent of GDP is 2.5 more than what NATO countries spend on defense. The vector of effort is obvious. And perhaps Lieutenant General Andrei Serdyukov will still arrive in Ukraine on a peacekeeping mission. In the meantime, the paratroopers are regularly engaged in combat training at home, near Ryazan.

There's a lot of work ahead

The airborne troops include four divisions, five brigades and other formations. The number of airborne forces after the reorganization will reach 60 thousand military personnel. More than 52% of the personnel serve under contract, that is, professionally.

The Airborne Forces were perhaps the first in the armed forces to master the components of a unified control system at the tactical level (ESU TZ), the Andromeda-D complex specially designed for paratroopers.

Airborne units are armed with modern tanks, airborne combat vehicles (BMD-2 and BMD-4), armored personnel carriers (BTR-MDM "Rakushka"), the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, self-propelled guns (120-mm 2S9 "Nona- S" and 125-mm 2S25 "Sprut-SD"), unmanned aerial vehicles. Ahead lies further rearmament and technical re-equipment, increasing the mobility of troops.

The Airborne Forces are a mobile branch of troops designed to perform combat missions behind enemy lines, as well as to act as a reserve for the Supreme High Command. Airborne forces can be used to capture administrative and political centers, industrial facilities, areas where enemy aviation and naval forces are based, to capture and hold crossings on water barriers, mountain passes, transport hubs and communications, to destroy nuclear attack weapons, power plants and other important objects.

Andrey Serdyukov was born on March 4, 1962 in the village of Uglegorsky, Rostov region. Long before graduating from high school, he firmly decided to take the path of defender of his homeland. Get a military profession and join the army, and not just anyone, but certainly a paratrooper. It was with the airborne troops that the teenager associated a real male profession.

Therefore, immediately after graduation, without hesitation, he submitted documents to the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School, which he successfully graduated in 1983. On the shoulders of the former college cadet, brand new officer's shoulder straps shone in gold. Upon arrival at his duty station in the Pskov region, he took command of the reconnaissance platoon of the 76th Airborne Division. The efforts of the young officer and his ability to find an approach to the personnel allowed him to soon become a company commander.

Serdyukov’s ambitious plans extended to further command positions, but his military career included receiving additional education, and therefore the young man entered the Mikhail Frunze Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Armed Forces, graduating in 1993.

In 2009, an entry appeared in his personal file about graduating from the General Staff Academy, where he was a senior officer. The officers are well aware that such duties could only be performed by a person with an impeccable military reputation, and, moreover, with experience in combat operations. After this, Serdyukov served as deputy army commander in the Far Eastern Military District.

Since January 2011, Andrey Serdyukov was appointed commander of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District. In February 2013, he was reassigned as deputy commander of the Southern Military District. And on October 4, 2013, Andrei Nikolaevich took the chair of chief of staff - first deputy commander of the Southern Military District.

On October 6, 2016, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov was appointed commander of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation.

On April 12, 2019, the Commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel General Andrei Nikolaevich led the Russian group of troops in Syria. In this post, he replaced the Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, General Sergei Surovikin, who led the actions of the Russian military in the republic for the last few months. Serdyukov’s main task will be to organize joint patrols of the Russian military police and Turkish military personnel in the Idlib de-escalation zone, where over thirty-five thousand militants are concentrated and more than thirty facilities with chemical substances are located.

He is a participant in the First and Second Chechen Wars, the forced march of the combined airborne battalion to Pristina. Has more than 200 parachute jumps. Honored Military Specialist of the Russian Federation.

On September 30, the media reported about the upcoming appointment. The main candidate for this high position is Lieutenant General Andrei Serdyukov. The current commander, Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov, will head the defense committee in the new State Duma.

At the end of 2012, information was already published about a possible change in the leadership of the Airborne Forces. With mention of the candidacy of General Andrei Serdyukov (then commander of the 5th Army of the Eastern Military District). And many more are haunted by the surname, but there is no family connection with Anatoly Serdyukov, who previously served as Minister of Defense. And yet: what kind of person is Lieutenant General Andrei Serdyukov?

If you collect all the available information, Andrei Serdyukov is a man of an analytical mind, tested and tempered by three decades of officer service in difficult times for the country. Supporter of a professional army and consistent reform of the armed forces. His command experience was reflected in decisions and actions in the Crimean direction in the spring of 2014.

In 2009 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. This is the highest level of military education in our country. Commanded the 5th Combined Arms Army in the Far East. In October 2013, he was appointed chief of staff of the Southern Military District; six months remained before the return of Crimea to the Russian Federation.

Please note that both the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and the Chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff Sergei Makarov held the responsible position of Chief of Staff of the Southern Military District (formerly the North Caucasus).

Return of Crimea

According to information leaked to the media, Lieutenant General Andrei Serdyukov led a special operation in Crimea in the spring of 2014, that is, he ensured the peaceful return of Crimea to Russia.

Perhaps that is why the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Alexander Turchynov, noted with fear in his article on the departmental website: “During the summer of 2015, dramatic changes took place in the nature of Russian participation in military operations in eastern Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are now opposed by ... structured military units of the regular army of the Russian Federation... The staff strength of the two corps is up to 35 thousand people... The command of the entire group of occupying Russian troops is exercised by Colonel General Andrei Nikolaevich Serdyukov."

It is clear that the National Security and Defense Council and the leadership of Ukraine need to somehow explain to their fellow citizens and American sponsors the military failures in the Donbass. And yet, Andrei Serdyukov is still a lieutenant general, and no one has been able to prove “Russian aggression”.

Meanwhile, on September 16, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed the National Security and Defense Council in the bill on the state budget for 2017, providing for 5% of GDP for the security and defense sector and 1.1 billion hryvnia (about $42.4 million) to repay defense loans.

Five percent of GDP is 2.5 more than what NATO countries spend on defense. The vector of effort is obvious. And perhaps Lieutenant General Andrei Serdyukov will still arrive in Ukraine on a peacekeeping mission. In the meantime, the paratroopers are regularly engaged in combat training at home, near Ryazan.

There's a lot of work ahead

The airborne troops include four divisions, five brigades and other formations. The number of airborne forces after the reorganization will reach 60 thousand military personnel. More than 52% of the personnel serve under contract, that is, professionally.

The Airborne Forces were perhaps the first in the armed forces to master the components of a unified control system at the tactical level (ESU TZ), the Andromeda-D complex specially designed for paratroopers.

Airborne units are armed with modern tanks, airborne combat vehicles (BMD-2 and BMD-4), armored personnel carriers (BTR-MDM "Rakushka"), the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, self-propelled guns (120-mm 2S9 "Nona- S" and 125-mm 2S25 "Sprut-SD"), unmanned aerial vehicles. Ahead lies further rearmament and technical re-equipment, increasing the mobility of troops.

The Airborne Forces are a mobile branch of troops designed to perform combat missions behind enemy lines, as well as to act as a reserve for the Supreme High Command. Airborne forces can be used to capture administrative and political centers, industrial facilities, areas where enemy aviation and naval forces are based, to capture and hold crossings on water barriers, mountain passes, transport hubs and communications, to destroy nuclear attack weapons, power plants and other important objects.

Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov(born March 4, 1962, Uglegorsky village, Tatsinsky district, Rostov region, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian military leader, commander of the Airborne Forces since October 4, 2016, Colonel General (2015).

Serdyukov Andrey Nikolaevich(03/04/1962 Uglegorsky, Tatsinsky district, Rostovobl) RVVDKU named after. Lenkom (1979-1983), VA named after. Frunze (1990-1993), VAGS gold. (2007-2009). Captain of reconnaissance platoon (1983-1985), deputy. k-ra, k-r company (1985-1986), NSh, k-r bat (1986-1990), deputy. k-ra (1993-1995), k-r (1995-06.1997) 237th Guards. Torun PDP, 104th Guards. dshp (1997-1999), deputy. 76th Guards Corps. Chernigov Airborne Division (1999-2002), 138th Division. Guards Krasnoselskaya MSBR LVO (03.2002-06.2004), 106th Guards. Airborne Division (06.2004-08.2007), deputy. com. 5th A Far Eastern Military District (07.2009-01.2011), com. 5th A VVO (01.2011-02.2013), deputy. com. (02.-10.2013), NSh (10.2013-12.2015) Southern Military District, com. 12 teams. reserve (12.2015-10.2016) Southern Military District, com. Airborne Forces (since 10.2016). Regiment General (2015). Ord. “For service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces” III Art., “For Honor. before the Fatherland." III Art., IV Art., A. Nevsky, Male., Honor., “For the Military. honored." Zaslvoenspec.

Biography

In 1983 he graduated from the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School named after the Lenin Komsomol (7th company). After graduating from college, he was appointed platoon commander of a regimental reconnaissance company of the 104th Guards Airborne Division (Kirovabad, AzSSR) from 1983 to 1985. He successively held the positions of deputy commander and company commander (1985-1986), chief of staff and battalion commander (1986-1990).

In 1993 he graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze.

After graduating from the academy, he was appointed deputy commander of the 237th Guards Parachute Regiment Torun, in 1995-1997 - regiment commander, in 1997-1999 - commander of the 104th Guards Parachute Regiment, in 1999-2002 - deputy commander 76th Guards Airborne Chernigov Division (Pskov). Subsequently he held positions: commander of the 138th separate guards motorized rifle Krasnoselsk brigade in the Leningrad military district (Kamenka) from March 2002 to June 2004, commander of the 106th guards airborne division (Tula) from 2004 to 2007.

In 2009 he graduated with a gold medal from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Forces of the Russian Federation. Appointed deputy commander of the 5th Red Banner Army of the Far Eastern Military District (since 2010 - Eastern Military District). From February to October 2013 - Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District, from October 2013 to December 2015 - Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District, from December 2015 to October 2016 - Commander of the 12th Reserve Command of the Southern military district.

By decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 4, 2016, he was appointed commander of the Airborne Forces. On October 10, 2016, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, presented Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov with the standard of the commander of the Airborne Forces and presented him to the command of the Airborne Forces.

Participant of the First and Second Chechen Wars, the forced march of the combined airborne battalion to Pristina. Has more than 200 parachute jumps. Honored Military Specialist of the Russian Federation.

Awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree,
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV class,
• Order of Alexander Nevsky,
• Order of Courage,
• Order of Honor,
• Order of Military Merit,
• Order For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd degree.
• Medals