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 Kolmakov in 2006 | |
| First Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| In office 25 September 2007 – 21 June 2010 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Minister | Anatoly Serdyukov |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Belousov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Popovkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-07-31) 31 July 1955 (age 69) Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
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| Branch/service | |
| Years of service | 1976–2010 |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Battles/wars | Soviet-Afghan War |
Alexander Petrovich Kolmakov (Russian: Александр Петрович Колмаков, born 31 July 1955) is a retired Russian Airborne Forces colonel general who served as the commander of the Airborne Forces from 2003 to 2007. He was also the First Deputy Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2010.
Early life and education
Alexander Kolmakov was born on 31 July 1955 in Kaliningrad (modern-day Korolyov, Moscow Oblast), in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. He attended the Ussuriysk Suvorov Military School in Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, and went on to graduate from the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School in 1976. His later military education included the Frunze Military Academy, graduating in 1985, and the General Staff Academy in 1995.
Military career
After being commissioned in the Soviet Airborne Forces (VDV) his first post was in the 357th Guards Parachute Regiment of the 103rd Guards Airborne Division, stationed in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR. He commanded a reconnaissance platoon and an airborne training company before being deployed to Afghanistan in December 1979 at the start of the Soviet-Afghan War. Kolmakov remained there until December 1981, returning to the Soviet Union as a battalion chief of staff in the 301st Training Parachute Regiment, 44th Training Airborne Division, in Gaižiūnai, Lithuanian SSR.
In 1985 he was briefly a battalion commander in the 108th Guards Parachute Regiment, 7th Guards Division, before later that year becoming the deputy commander of the 300th Guards Parachute Regiment, 98th Guards Airborne Division, in Kishinev, Moldovan SSR. From September 1986 to October 1989 he was the regimental commander, and then until February 1991 Kolmakov was the deputy commander of the 98th Division.
Between February 1991 and August 1993 he commanded the 106th Guards Airborne Division. The 1991 Soviet coup attempt occurred during his time as the division commander. On 19 August 1991, Kolmakov brought paratroopers into Moscow to protect the building of the Supreme Soviet of Russia, on the orders of Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov, one of the coup plotters, and a deputy commander of the Airborne Forces, Alexander Lebed. The division later supported Boris Yeltsin.
After graduating from the General Staff Academy, from 1995 to 1998 he was deputy commander of the 22nd Guards Combined Arms Army in the Moscow Military District, and then deputy commander of the Far Eastern Military District from 2000 to 2003.
On 8 September 2003 Kolmakov became the Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces, succeeding Colonel General Georgy Shpak, and held that office until 25 September 2007, when he was appointed First Deputy Minister of Defense, succeeding Colonel General Aleksandr Belousov. Kolmakov was also promoted to the rank of colonel general in December 2004. As deputy defense minister, he worked with Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov. He was released from military service on 21 June 2010.
Later life
Kolmakov was on the board of "Almaz-Antey" from 2011 to 2014.
Awards
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Order of Military Merit
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 2nd and 3rd classes
References
- ^ "Колмаков, Александр Петрович" [Kolmakov, Alexander Petrovich]. TASS (in Russian).
- "Первым заместителем министра обороны России станет генерал-десантник" [First Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia will be general-paratrooper]. Lenta.Ru. 17 September 2007.
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- Personnel of the Soviet Airborne Forces
- Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School alumni
- Russian colonel generals
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
- People from Korolyov, Moscow Oblast
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- Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
- Deputy defence ministers of Russia
- Frunze Military Academy alumni