Achievements and biography of General Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov

Biography of General Shamanov is full of interesting and contradictory facts. Having become the only army commander with experience in civil administration, a candidate of sociological sciences and at the same time uncompromising and ruthless to enemies, the military general Vladimir Anatolyevich today occupies the position of the main paratrooper of the country, considering it the most important in his career.

Childhood and youth

In February 1957, his biography began in the city of Barnaul. Vladimir Shamanov early lost his father, who left the family. He was raised by his mother, a well-known athlete in Altai, who achieved significant successes in several forms: athletics, cycling and skiing. It was she who formed the purpose in him. Shamanov's childhood was spent in Uzbekistan, where the family moved, and where, as an eighth-year-old, he watched the film "Officers", which determined the future fate of the teenager.

His classmate was the son of a military commissariat, through which Vladimir learned about military professions, choosing for himself the way of the paratrooper. He entered Tashkent Tank School, knowing in advance that the training company would be transferred to the Ryazan VVCC. Becoming a graduate paratrooper, in 1978 he began serving as platoon commander in the famous 76th Pskov division.

Skydiving

What should be considered the highest achievement of a person: successes in a career or overcoming oneself? The future general Vladimir Shamanov, whose biography is described by historians of modern times, made the first jump with a parachute in Central Asia in 1974. He jumped with his eyes closed, and he was really scared. Analyzing his actions, he was able only during the next jump, which he absolutely did not want to give up.

During his life, he ascended 176 times to the sky to descend on a parachute, overcoming his own fear and bad weather. In 1986, Shamanov almost fell victim to a tragic accident, when the main parachute did not open. After the spare has worked, the second dome unexpectedly also began to be straightened, creating the risk of interlacing the lines. Having dealt with the problem already at the very ground, the officer rushed to repeat the jump in order to gain further confidence. "I was born in a shirt," they say about people like the future general Shamanov.

Biography: the family and its place in life

His great achievement, Vladimir Anatolyevich believes his family. Lyudmila Shamanova, the wife of a general whose biography is widely known for accompanying her husband on all business trips, including hot spots, is the main love of his life. She was born and raised in Ryazan, where they met at the wedding of mutual friends. Immediately after leaving for military camps, Shamanov wrote touching letters, seeing in the girl not only femininity and beauty, but also the ability to become a real war girlfriend. In Nagorno-Karabakh, his first business trip to the "hot spot", she really saved his life, not being afraid to grab an armed gangster by the hand, when he was preparing to shoot her husband.

They were married in 1978 after graduation. Lyudmila is a lawyer by profession, she graduated from the Polytechnic Institute. In the marriage two children were born: the daughter Svetlana, jokingly nicknamed the "captain's daughter", for the father at that time was in the rank of captain, and the son of Yuri, now a graduate of the Suvorov School and the Military University. Not being a supporter of excessive custody of children, Shamanov still considered it necessary to prepare his son for a severe military profession, personally teaching him to shoot and accompany him during the first jump with a parachute.

Army career

If you say that the military biography of General Shamanov was successful - then nothing to say. He not only became the youngest commander who at the age of 42 headed the 58th Army, but at the beginning of his career he managed to pass the mandatory steps of military posts, which does not yield to any logical explanation. Returning a year later from Pskov and heading the training platoon, and then the company in the RVVDKU, he was immediately appointed by the commander of the airborne forces, Dmitry Sukhorukov, as battalion commander, which opened the way to the academy.

At the age of 29, Vladimir Anatolievich sat down at a desk, while the top officers received combat experience in Afghanistan. After graduating from the academy in 1989, Shamanov did not get to the front, but the annual promotion became a tradition. Having headed the army in 1999, he was never a division commander, a military district commander, or an Airborne Staff officer.

First combat experience

As commander of the 328th Regiment, Vladimir A. Shamanov, whose biography abounds with certain contradictions, took part in military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh. This was the beginning of the 90's, when the country collapsed, and it was difficult for the security agencies that found themselves abroad to build a correct line of conduct. Being quartered in Azerbaijan, the paratroopers hacked for him the defense of Armenians in the Mardakert area, receiving national awards.

Prior to the withdrawal of troops to the Ulyanovsk region in 1993, they acted relatively independently, often using the "sweeps" method. Today human rights activists condemn the actions of Russians, but the army can not be responsible for political decisions.

The first Chechen campaign

In Chechnya Shamanov was in March 1995, being the chief of staff of the 7th Airborne Division. It was during this campaign that fame came to him. Gennady Troshev in his books calls him a real hero who escaped from the hospital to his unit. On the combat vehicle, he was blown up on a mine, having received seven splinter wounds. His life was saved by Makarov, who protected him from falling into the heart. In June, the paratroopers of Colonel Shamanov took Vedeno, destroying hundreds of militants, and in October, in the rank of major general, he received the post of deputy Troshev, commander of the 58th Army, who leads the grouping of troops in Chechnya.

Biography of General Shamanov includes significant victories in the capture of Shatoi, Shali, Goi and Bamut, as a result of which he was increasingly compared with Zhukov and Ermolov, marking not only the military talent, but also the inherent rigidity that Vladimir Anatolyevich showed not only To militants, but also to civilians. In July 1996, the officer was sent to the Academy of the General Staff, so the ignominious completion of the Chechen campaign did not cover him with a shadow of defeat.

The second Chechen campaign (CTO)

The second Chechen campaign began with Dagestan, where Khattab and Basayev found support from Islamists who proclaimed an independent republic in the Kadar zone. To overcome the crisis, a stubborn military commander was needed, capable of destroying the hotbed of terrorism. Shamanov is returned to the Caucasus as commander of the 58th Army. For taking the villages of Chabanmakhi and Karamakhi (August-September 1999), he will be presented to the title of Hero of Russia.

Biography of General Shamanov, meanwhile, continues to cause conflicting opinions. Leading the group "West", his army made its way to Grozny with bloody battles, while Troshev, as part of the group "Vostok", was looking for ways to peacefully resolve conflicts with the population. With the commander of the OGV V. Kazantsev, relations with Shamanov did not take shape, in many respects because of the non-participation of that in the First Chechen campaign. The abruptness of the commander of the army showed itself not only on the battlefield, but also in the violation of subordination, the separation of officers in the presence of subordinates, rigidity in relation to local residents. On a number of specific events later, international proceedings arose, but the Prosecutor General's Office did not discern any elements of the crime committed by the Russian Army.

Governorship

By the spring of 2000 it became clear that the commander's service in the North Caucasus Military District was nearing completion, and he was offered a position in the Moscow district. The officer's phenomenon was that the future Colonel-General Shamanov, whose biography had made him the real star of the television screen and the favorite of Russians, did not use authority among his colleagues and local population. Having estimated that some military commanders envy him, as the youngest army commander, Vladimir Anatolievich decided to leave military service and run for the post of governor, having chosen the Ulyanovsk region for himself.

The local population supported his candidacy, dreaming of putting things in order in the region after the 15-year rule of the former leader - Yuri Goryachev. The region was on the verge of an energy crisis, which Shamanov managed to overcome, restructuring the municipal debt. But it was beyond the power to lead the region out of the lagging to man without the experience of civil administration. In 2004, Shamanov withdrew his candidacy from the next election, moving to work in the government.

Return to service

President Putin once said that the country does not throw such generals as Shamanov. In 2007, he signed a decree on the return to the army of a man who for a long seven years was distanced from his beloved profession. After participating in the military operation in Abkhazia (2008), in 2009 he was transferred from the Main Directorate of Combat Training and the Service of Troops to the post of Airborne Commander. The paratroopers took the appointment with joy. And in 2012 Shamanov was awarded the rank of colonel-general. He feels absolutely happy, repeatedly saying that every student of the RVVDKU dreams of becoming the main paratrooper of the country. He succeeded.

Afterword

The biography of Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov is full of scandals, which can only be explained by the difficulty of adapting military officers to the conditions of a peaceful life. So, in 2009 Vladimir Anatolyevich connected special forces of the Airborne Forces to counter the search at the Sporttek factory, owned by the husband of her daughter A. Khramushin. Not knowing the situation to the end, he exceeded his authority, for which he was punished in a disciplinary manner.

In 2010, under Tula, the official car of the general got into a serious accident with a stolen MAZ car. As a result of a frontal attack, the driver of the airborne commander was killed, while Shamanov himself and two officers received serious injuries. MAZ driver Davlatsho Elbegiyev was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, repenting in the courtroom. After recovery, Shamanov again assumed his duties, but many people do not believe in the accident of this accident until now.

History will judge and assess the difficult period in the life of the country and its heroes. Whatever it was, Vladimir Anatolyevich is engaged in a truly beloved affair. He believes in "winged infantry" even in the conditions of changing the technical equipment of the army and changing the methods of conducting military operations. Only airborne troops within a few hours can be anywhere in the world to begin to perform a combat mission of any complexity.