Pronichev Vladimir Egorovich, Hero of the Russian Federation: biography, service in the frontier troops of the FSB of the Russian Federation

Pronichev Vladimir Egorovich is a well-known domestic figure of special services. For ten years, from 2003 to 2013, he headed the Border Guard Service of Russia. He has the rank of army general. In 2002 he received the award of the Hero of Russia. Took part in various large-scale and resonant operations. In particular, in the release of the hostages of the musical "Nord-Ost", which was held at Dubrovka.

Biography of Pronichev

Pronichev Vladimir Egorovich was born in Melitopol, located in the Zaporozhye region. This happened in 1953, when it was the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.

At the age of 15 he joined the Komsomol. And soon became a member of the Soviet Communist Party. The party remained faithful to the Soviet regime until the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

Service in the Border Troops

On military service Pronichev Vladimir Egorovich entered right after school - in 1970. Then he made a decision for himself to serve his country, therefore, it was necessary to get a military education for this.

As a university, the hero of our article chose the Alma-Ata border school for the command staff. This university belonged to the department of the Committee of State Security and was named Felix Dzerzhinsky. Vladimir Pronichev graduated with honors. After that, his biography was finally connected with the border troops.

On the protection of the state border served in several border districts. In the North-West, East and Transcaucasian.

Career advancement

With the receipt of new military ranks, a better military education was required. This was a necessary condition for advancement on a career ladder.

Therefore, in 1981, Vladimir Egorovich Pronichev graduated from the Frunze Military Academy. It is a military high school located in Moscow. The mission of the university is to train officers of the highest rank.

Since 1986, Pronichev has taken part in the war in Afghanistan. In this Asian country he served until the very withdrawal of Soviet troops, which took place in 1989.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he remained in the army. And in sufficiently high military ranks. Already in 1993 he received the post of deputy commander in the North-West Frontier District. The headquarters was located in the city of Petrozavodsk.

Career growth in the FSB

His career in the Federal Security Service began in 1994. Then it was also called the Federal Counterintelligence Service. The hero of our article received the post of the head of the department for the Republic of Karelia. In this position he replaced Nikolai Patrushev, who moved to the head office of the FSB.

In the central apparatus of the FSB, Pronichev himself soon passed. This career promotion took place in 1996. Two years later, he became deputy director of the FSB, helping Vladimir Putin, the head of the service, in this post.

In his new position, Pronichev was supervised by the Department for Combating Terrorism. A year later he became the first deputy head of the service.

Participation in the elimination of the terrorist attack on Dubrovka

Pronichev was directly involved in the operation to free the hostages who captured the theater center at Dubrovka on October 23, 2002. The hero of our article was part of the operational headquarters, which developed plans and strategy.

Ultimately, thanks to the operation of the special services, all the terrorists were killed. Numerous explosive devices, which were practically napichkan theatrical center, and did not explode. It was possible to prevent the detonation of the "shahid belts", which were practically on every attacker.

However, it is impossible to unequivocally assess this operation. Since it was not possible to avoid a large number of human casualties. In order to neutralize the terrorists, the special services used a special gas that had soporific properties. It is believed that he had too much influence on the mentally and physically tired, exhausted people. In addition, many accusations are connected with the fact that the evacuation of the victims was not carried out properly.

As a result, when the hostages entered hospitals, the medical staff did not know how to properly help them. Doctors were not provided with information on the composition of the gas and the antidote. Because of this, the required assistance to many victims has not been achieved. In addition, hospitals and places for patients were not prepared in advance, all were held in emergency mode. Therefore, the fault for the failure of this part of the operation entirely and entirely the majority of specialists entrusts to the operational headquarters, one of whose leaders was precisely Pronichev.

Despite this, the head of state issued a special "closed" decree shortly after the operation for the release of terrorists, according to which Vladimir Egorovich was awarded the title of Hero of Russia. This happened in December 2002 or in 2003.

Such a decision by the head of state caused a lot of discontent in the society.

At the head of the FSB border service

In 2003, a radical change took place in the system of frontier troops, the service in which he devoted most of his life to Pronichev. In particular, in March the service itself was abolished. In its place, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was created. Since then, border guards have become part of the FSB.

In July of the same year, her first leader was Pronichev. In the service he showed himself best, which was noted by the highest leadership of the state and the commander-in-chief himself. So, in 2005, the hero of our article was awarded the rank of army general. Pronichev Vladimir Egorovich for 10 years led the border service.

Also during this period he was a member of various boards and councils, some of whom headed. For example, it was a maritime board, which functions under the government of the Russian Federation, the national Security Council.

Supervised the Council of Border Troops Commanders, composed of representatives of former Soviet republics that became members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Also Vladimir Egorovich Pronichev is the chairman of one of the oldest sports societies in the country - Dynamo, which includes sports clubs in various sports, including professional sports. One of the most famous of them is the football club Dynamo (Moscow), which is now going through hard times and even for the first time in its history left the elite division of the Russian Football Championship. True, now the team quickly returned to the Premier League, having won a convincing victory in the Football National League. During six months - from May to November 2016 - he served as chairman of the board of directors of the team.

In 2013, Pronichev Vladimir Egorovich was relieved of his post in connection with the attainment of the age limit. He was automatically dismissed from military service. His place at the head of the Frontier Department was taken by Vladimir Kulishov, who is in the post to the present.

Personal life

Vladimir Pronichev is already married for a long time. The family of the former head of the border service is large and strong. Together with his wife, he brought up two daughters.