Colonel General Viktor Trofimovich Trufanov (russian: Виктор Трофимович Труфанов) was the
Head of the Coast Guard Department of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of
Russia
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(2006-2011).
Biography
He was born in December 6, 1952 in the village of Borovsky in the Borovsky District of the
Kostanay Region
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in
Kazakhstan
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.
In 1974 Trufanov graduated from
Alma-Ata Higher Command School of the KGB Border Guard. In 1984 he finished the
KGB Dzerzhinsky Higher School (now the FSB Academy).
From 1974 to 2003 he served in the KGB of and in the Russian
FSB.
In 2003 Trufanov was appointed as a deputy head of the Border Services of the Russian Federal Security Service.
Trufanov react to U.S. Warship that Conducts Joint Training With Georgia
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Viktor Trufanov is married with one daughter.
Awards
His state awards:
* Order "For Military Merit."
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* Golden Knight of Honour in "Public Recognition" (2004)
* Medal of Honor
and series of departmental awards and commemorative.
Footnotes
1952 births
People of the Federal Security Service
Living people
Soviet border guards
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