Anatoly Romanov

Russian Colonel General during the First Chechen War
Anatoly Romanov
Born (1948-09-27) September 27, 1948 (age 77)
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Service years1967–1995
RankColonel general (1995)
CommandsInternal Troops of Russia
Conflicts1993 Russian constitutional crisis
First Chechen War
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Order of Military Merit
Order of the Red Star
Order "For Personal Courage"

Anatoly Alexandrovich Romanov (Russian: Анатолий Александрович Романов; born September 27, 1948) is a Russian Colonel-General, a former deputy interior minister - the commander of the Russian Interior Ministry and the Commander of the Joint Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya, Hero of the Russian Federation. In 1995 he served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the commander-in-chief of the Internal Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry.

Assassination Attempt

On October 6, 1995, in Grozny in the area of a tunnel under the railway bridge, a radio-controlled bomb exploded. The car in which Romanov was riding was in the center of the explosion. Romanov was seriously injured, miraculously survived, but was left disabled (Romanov went to the meeting to Khasbulatov).[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Russian) Commanding heights
  • Site Heroes of the country
  • biography
  • Fund to promote sports and medicine named after Hero of Russia Colonel General Romanov
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