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Viktor Zavarzin (born 28 November 1948) was an officer in the
Soviet Ground Forces and later the
Russian Ground Forces
The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска ВSukhoputnyye voyska V}), also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces ...
with the rank of
colonel general
Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
.
He attended the
Frunze 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 ...
in 1981 and the
General Staff Academy in 1992.
In 1994, he was chief of staff and first deputy commander of the Separate Combined-Arms Army of
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
, after Soviet units in Turkmenistan passed under joint control between Russia and Turkmenistan. The
Library of Congress Country Studies
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said that 'the Treaty on Joint Measures signed by Russia and Turkmenistan in July 1992 provided for the Russian Federation to act as guarantor of Turkmenistan's security and made former Soviet army units in the republic the basis of the
new national armed forces.'
Later he became Russia's first military representative at NATO Headquarters (from November 1997 to November 2001, according to Scott and Scott's Russian Military Directory 2002). He was there in post during the
Kosovo War
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. He may have originated the '
dash to Pristina' idea that saw Russian troops, detached from the
SFOR peacekeeping force in
Bosnia-Hercegovina
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, arrive in
Pristina
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before
KFOR KFOR may refer to:
* KFOR (AM), a radio station (1240 AM) licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
* KFOR-TV, a television station (channel 4 analog/27 digital) licensed to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
* KFOR-TV (Nebraska), a defunct ...
arrived there.
His final military appointment was First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Staff for Coordinating Military Cooperation of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
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.
On December 7, 2003, Viktor Zavarzin was elected to the State Duma of the fourth convocation of the Kamchatka constituency number 88 (Kamchatka region), the party "United Russia".
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/ref> He became Chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma from 16 January 2004.
December 2, 2007 elected to the State Duma of the fifth convocation on a federal list of candidates nominated by the All-Russian political party "United Russia
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", a member of the General Council of "United Russia". Chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
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from December 24, 2007.
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1948 births
Living people
Russian colonel generals
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Frunze Military Academy alumni
People from Sudzhansky District
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)