In the article we will talk about General Surovikin. Although not everyone knows this person, he is worthy of our attention, and from the article you will find out the reason. Read on to find out how an ordinary person became a general.
First meeting
The future Colonel General Surovikin was born in the fall of 1966 in the city of Novosibirsk. After he became a Russian military leader who commanded the troops of the Eastern District. In 2013, he became colonel general. At the moment, Surovikin is 51 years old, and he continues his career. The service began in 1983.
Biography
General 1987 Surovikin graduated from the Omsk Higher Command School named after M.V. Frunze. At the end of the educational institution, he received a gold medal for excellent success. In the summer of 1991, he was already a captain. At that time, Surovikin was acting in the motorized rifle battalion of the Taman Division and was its commander. By order of the State Committee on Emergency, the battalion was sent to the Garden Ring, where he was to form commandant posts. During the conflict known to all Russians in the tunnel on the Garden Ring, three people died. These were the military, who were part of the battalion: D. Komar, I. Krichevsky and V. Usov. Dmitry Komar was crushed during the BMP maneuver, Vladimir Usov and Ilya Krichevsky were shot.
Arrest
After the State Committee for Emergency Situations realized his defeat, Surovikin was arrested. For about 7 months he was under investigation, but after that the charges were dropped from him, since it was proved that he was strictly following the orders of his leadership. After his release, the man was even promoted by personal order of Boris Yeltsin, the then president of Russia.
Scandalous affair
The future Colonel General Surovikin in the fall of 1995, just during his training at the Frunze Military Academy, was involved in a scandal. The Moscow military court found him guilty of complicity in the acquisition and sale of firearms and ammunition. He was also charged with carrying weapons without permission. The military received a suspended sentence of one year. However, after some time, the court figured out that the young officer was framed. As a result, the charges were dropped from him and the criminal record was closed. Despite this, General Surovikin nevertheless suffered hints from his foes that there was a deal with the sale of weapons.
Rehabilitation
For a long time this could not continue. General Surovikin Sergey Vladimirovich understood that he just couldn’t get rid of this situation. However, he firmly decided to wash himself off this stain. He goes to court and succeeds in reversing the decision. Thus, the man managed to completely rehabilitate himself even in the eyes of his enemies. And he himself more than once claimed in an interview that he had closed this topic for himself in 1995. Then the investigation officially apologized to him. The officers also took a maximum of measures so that this dark spot would no longer emerge in the biography of General Surovikin.
Personal opinion
In his interviews, General Sergei Surovikin has repeatedly said that many returned to the topic with a scandal about the sale of weapons, especially after he received the post of senior commander in the creation of the military police. Then, some people began to speculate with the old incident and tried in every possible way to denigrate the dignity of the officer. Naturally, for Surovikin this was unacceptable. This also influenced the decision of the man to go to court. After the official apologies were made, speculation practically ceased, since there was no longer their subject matter.
Upon graduation
As we already know, Colonel General Sergey Surovikin graduated in 1995. After that, he served as commander of a motorized rifle battalion in Tajikistan. After that, he was the chief of staff of the motorized rifle regiment of the Gatchina division. In 2002, the guy graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, with honors.
Adulthood
Colonel General Surovikin, whose biography we are considering, from autumn 2008 to winter 2010 worked as head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Air Force. In 2010, he became the head of the Volga-Ural Military District in Yekaterinburg. At the same time, in the spring of 2012, he held the position of head of the Central Military District in the same city. Since 2012, he commanded an operation to create a military police. He had great prospects for getting the post of head of the Main Directorate of the Military Police. In the period 2012-2013 he was the first deputy commander of the Eastern Military District. In the fall of 2013 he was appointed commander of the Eastern Military District.
Present
Since the spring of 2017, he has been holding the post of commander of a group of forces of the Armed Forces of Russia in Syria. In the fall of 2017, he created a group for the release of a military police platoon, which consisted of 28 military personnel from Russia. During the operation, they were surrounded by superior enemy forces and terrorists. As a result of Surovikin’s actions, the Russian military ended the operation without losses, and the terrorists suffered significant losses.
Awards
General Surovikin, whose biography we reviewed, has many awards. Basically, these are medals for courage and valor during military service.
The officer was awarded the Order of the Red Star. Also has three orders of Courage. As for the medals, he has medals "For Courage", "For Military Merit." Also awarded with medals from the Russian Federation and the USSR. He has two orders "For Merit to the Fatherland" I and II degrees. All these awards are well deserved, since Surovikin honorably performed military service, which he continues to do so far. He was always courageous and ready to take any risk in order to help his colleagues.
What is the operation that he carried out in Syria in 2017 when he helped all the military to finish the operation without loss! We can say that he saved the lives of 28 people. Our hero received awards throughout his life, and no one will be surprised if he continues to receive them further. He is a true defender of his homeland, who knows what real honor and duty is.
A family
It is known that General Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin has a wife. The couple had two girls, the upbringing of which the man carefully and carefully engaged. There were no family scandals. In many interviews, the military says that the family means a lot to him. He got this idea of values in his own family. Sincerely involved in the lives of daughters and wishes them a good future. However, at the same time, the man is quite secretive in terms of his personal life, but this is understandable. He is not a public person, therefore he is not obliged to open the veil over his secrets of private life. However, when the conversation is about the family, he always speaks about her very affectionately and gently.
Scandals
It is undeniable that General Surovikin showed a very worthy position in Syria. He defended his people and thereby repaid his debt to the Motherland. However, his name is still mentioned in some scandals. Now let's talk about this in more detail. So, in the spring of 2004, Lt. Col. Tsibizov accused the military man of beating a man for political reasons. After that, the Headquarters of the Volga-Urals Military District refuted this fact. Journalists said that there was no fight or beating, that is, a pure provocation. After some proceedings, which took place not on a legal, but on a personal level, Lt. Col. Tsibizov decided to take his statement from the prosecutor's office. He also apologized to Surovikin and even publicly admitted his wrong. In principle, the incident was settled on this, however, Surovikin’s enemies and ill-wishers believe that there is no smoke without fire, and some kind of conflict did occur.
In addition, those who personally know Tsibizov claim that he could not just take the statement from the prosecutor’s office. After all, they know him as a very principled person who eagerly goes to his goal, especially if he is confident in his innocence. No one really knows the true state of affairs, but one can assume. However, we will not do this, because our business is to provide facts.
The second scandal happened in April of that year. It was a very high-profile incident, which was spread by journalists almost throughout the country. In the military’s office, in the presence of his deputy, the deputy commander of the armament division personally shot himself. It was Colonel Andrei Shtakal. Little is known about this incident, and no one wants to give any information publicly, but it is perfectly clear that such situations do not occur out of the blue.
Wife
Sergey Surovikin’s wife is also a public person who often speaks with interviews. In one of them, a woman shared her opinion. She was asked an open and frank question about whether her husband has an influence on politics. To this, the woman replied that the military has a principle - not to interfere in political affairs. She emphasized that her husband adheres to the same position, so talking about any political influence is simply incorrect. At the same time, the woman claims that her husband went through a busy school of life, which taught him to maneuver in different situations. It should also be noted that he can solve really complex serious problems, which many simply cannot handle. Anna Surovikina herself believes that perhaps this is what they consider to be the influence.
The woman says that she really fell in love with Yekaterinburg. In this city, her husband worked for a rather long time. She says that even a poor climate cannot spoil a beautiful view of the city. She was also sorry to leave Yekaterinburg due to the fact that many family friends remained here.
Summing up the article, I want to say that Colonel General Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin is an interesting diverse person who has seen a lot of things on her way. This man went through serious life tests and learned many lessons from them. The Surovikins family is an example of a close-knit family that together achieves certain goals. Anna will always protect her husband and consider him the best, and not in vain.
In the article we did not consider various scandalous statements, of which there are quite a lot on the Internet. We relied mainly on the facts that really took place. At the same time, everyone has the right to make their own opinion about Colonel General Surovikin. Remember that the military is defending their homeland, but this does not mean that they have no right to make a mistake. They are the same people as you and I who are prone to make mistakes. The main thing is to always rise again and go forward.