Russian colonel general (1965–2023)
Gennady Valeryevich Zhidko (Russian:Геннадий Валериевич Жидко ; 12 September 1965 – 16 August 2023) was acolonel general of theRussian Armed Forces . He was awarded the titleHero of the Russian Federation in 2017 for his service as chief of staff ofRussian forces deployed to Syria . Following this assignment, Zhidko commanded theEastern Military District and headed theMain Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces .
In late May 2022, it was reported that Zhidko had been put in charge of Russian forces during theRussian invasion of Ukraine , replacing Army GeneralAleksandr Dvornikov .[ 1] Sergey Surovikin as the new commander of the Russian forces in Ukraine.
Gennady Zhidko was born on 12 September 1965,[ 2] [ 3] Yangiobod in theUzbek Soviet Socialist Republic .[ 4]
Graduating from theTashkent Higher Tank Command School in 1987, Zhidko became a platoon commander in the27th Guards Motor Rifle Division .[ 5] [ 3] [ 4] [ 2] Volga andVolga–Ural Military Districts atTotskoye ,Orenburg Oblast , Zhidko rose todivizion [ 4] [ 3] Alexander Baranov .[ 6]
In 1997, Zhidko graduated from theMalinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy .[ 5] [ 4] [ 3] [ 2]
Zhidko served as commander of the 92nd Motor Rifle Regiment of the201st Motor Rifle Division inDushanbe ,Tajikistan by 2001.[ 7] [ 2] Military Academy of the General Staff .[ 5] [ 4] [ 3] [ 2] 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division of theNorth Caucasian Military District , based inVolgograd .[ 4] [ 3] [ 8] [ 9]
Zhidko with PresidentVladimir Putin in 2017 From July 2009 to January 2011, he was the Deputy Commander of the20th Guards Combined Arms Army of theMoscow , thenWestern Military Districts with headquarters inVoronezh .[ 4] 6th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District, based inSaint Petersburg .[ 10] [ 4] Yevgeny Ustinov ,[ 11] Arkady Bakhin .[ 12]
From January 2015 to September 2016, Zhidko was Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the2nd Guards Combined Arms Army , and from September 2016 to November 2017 – Commander of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army of theCentral Military District with headquarters inSamara .[ 4] Zapad-2017 military exercises, the army units were quickly deployed from Samara to theKola Peninsula .[ 13] [ 14]
Zhidko in November 2018 In December 2017, Major GeneralRustam Muradov took over as commander of the 2nd Combined Arms Army.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] Russian military intervention in Syria , in 2016, Zhidko served as chief of staff of the group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Syria.[ 18] [ 19] General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces .[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23]
In November 2018, Zhidko was appointed commander of theEastern Military District ,[ 24] Alexander Zhuravlyov , who had transferred to the post of commander of the Western Military District, on 13 November,[ 25] [ 26] Khabarovsk .[ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
On 12 November 2021, Zhidko was appointed head of theMain Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces (GVPU), a position included among the deputy ministers of defence. Zhidko replacedAndrey Kartapolov , who had retired from the army.[ 30] [ 31] Viktor Goremykin replaced him as head of the GVPU.[ 32]
2022 invasion of Ukraine [ edit ] On 26 May 2022, theConflict Intelligence Team , citing Russian soldiers, reported that Zhidko had been put in charge of Russian forces during theRussian invasion of Ukraine , replacing Army GeneralAleksandr Dvornikov .[ 1] [ 33] The Guardian Sergei Shoigu , "footage appeared to confirm that the colonel general Gennady Zhidko is now commanding troops in Ukraine".[ 34] Sergey Surovikin was publicly announced to have taken the position on October 8.[ 35]
Zhidko was included under US sanctions in July 2022.[ 36] [ 37] [ 38]
Zhidko died in Moscow on 16 August 2023, at the age of 57 after a long illness.[ 39] [ 40] [ 41]
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