Viktor Nazarenko ( uk, Віктор Олександрович Назаренко, be, Віктар Назаранка; born 5 March 1956, in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

) is a Ukrainian military leader, Soviet veteran of the Afghan war (1979–89) and doctor of military sciences. From October 2014 until July 2017 Nazarenko was the head of the

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine , Dorozhno-patrulnaya sluzhba, abbr. ДПС, DPS), Russian Traffic Patrol Service The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS; uk, Державна Прикордонна Служба України, ''Derzhavna Prykordonna Sluzhba Ukrayin ...

Biography

Born in Minsk, in 1977 Nazarenko graduated from the Higher Military-Political College in

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

(today Sahaidachny Academy of Ground Forces) and then served in the Lviv Border Guard detachment of the Western Border Guard District. Beyween 1983 and 1986, he studied at the

M. V. Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...

(today Combined Arms Academy), after graduation from which he served in the Middle-Asian

Border Guard A border guard of a country is a national security agency that performs border security. Some of the national border guard agencies also perform coast guard (as in Federal Police (Germany), Germany, Guardia di Finanza, Italy or State Border Gua ...

District that at time was involved in the

Soviet–Afghan War The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union and the Afghan mujahideen (alongside smaller groups of anti-Soviet ...

. After the war and the

fall of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, he returned to his native Lviv Border Guard detachment where in 1992–94 he served functions as a chief of staff. In 1994 to 1995, he was a chief of the separate

border checkpoint A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders ofte ...

"Prykarpattia". From 1995, Nazarenko was a staff officer for the Northwestern and then Southern regional administrations of the Border Guard Troops. In 2000–2004 Nazarenko was a chief of the Azov-Black Sea Regional Administration (initially Crimean) of the

and headed the operation to prevent the Russian intrusion to the

Tuzla island Tuzla Island (, , crh, Тузла; from Turkish language, Turkish "tuzla" – salty, saline, literally: ''saltpan'') is a sandy islet in the form of a Spit (landform), spit located in the middle of the Strait of Kerch between the Kerch Peninsu ...

in 2003. On 23 October 2014, President

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...

appointed Nazarenko head of the

."President appoints Nazarenko as new border chief"

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, 23 October 2014 Nazarenko resigned from this position on 25 July 2017 because of health issues. Four days earlier Nazarenko fainted during a press conference of President Poroshenko and

Belarusian President Belarusian statehood can be traced to the medieval Principality of Polotsk. From the 13th century, the lands of modern-day Belarus became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania which later evolved into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the 19t ...

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука� ...

. The State Border Service stated at the time that his health condition was satisfactory.Nazarenko resigns as head of State Border Service

, 25 July 2017 On 25 July 2017 President Poroshenko conferred Nazarenko the rank of General of the army (the highest military rank).President dismissed Nazarenko and made him an army general
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'', 25 July 2017

Awards and decorations

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 2nd Class of Ukraine

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky ( uk, Орден Богдана Хмельницького, Orden Bohdana Khmelʹnytsʹkoho) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was establi ...

Defender of the Motherland Medal ribbon bar (2015)

Defender of the Motherland Medal The "Defender of the Motherland" Medal ( uk, Медаль «Захиснику Вітчизни») is a commemorative medal awarded by Ukraine. It was established on 8 October 1999 by presidential decree № 1299. Criteria An award of the Pres ...

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...

Medal for Battle Merit A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" The Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" (russian: Медаль «За отличие в охране государственной границы СССР») was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established t ...

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" The Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (russian: Юбилейная медаль «60 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР») was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established and bestowed to m ...

Medal "For Impeccable Service" The Medal "For Impeccable Service" (russian: Медаль «За безупречную службу») was a Soviet military award for long service awarded to deserving members of the military personnel of the armed forces of the USSR, of the Int ...

Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" The Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (russian: Юбилейная медаль «70 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР») was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on January 28, 198 ...

Grateful People of Afghanistan Medal * International soldier rib

Order of Friendship (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan)

References

External links

Profile
at the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazarenko, Viktor 1956 births Living people Military personnel from Minsk Soviet military personnel of the Soviet–Afghan War 2003 Tuzla Island conflict Lieutenant generals of Ukraine Frunze Military Academy alumni Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class