Valery Solodchuk

Valery Nikolaevich Solodchuk (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Солодчук; born 24 March 1971) is an officer of the Russian Army. He holds the rank of lieutenant general, and is currently commander of the 36th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces.

Valery Nikolaevich Solodchuk
Born (1971-03-24) March 24, 1971
Astrakhan , Russian SFSR , USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Service/branchRussian Airborne Forces
Years of service1988–present
RankLieutenant General
Commands held7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division
36th Combined Arms Army
Battles/wars2022 invasion of Ukraine
AwardsOrder of Military Merit
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II degree

Biography

After studying at the Leningrad Suvorov Military School, Solodchuk entered the Ryazan Airborne Command School, which he graduated from in 1992. He served in the positions of platoon commander to chief of staff of a regiment. In 2004 he graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Solodchuk graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia in 2012, and between 2012 and 2014 commanded the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division of the Russian Airborne Forces. Between fall 2014 and late spring 2015 he was commander of the 1st army corps operating in Donetsk, Ukraine of the 12th Reserve Component Command of the Southern Military District.[1] Between 2015 and 2017 he was Deputy Commander of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District, and then from 2017 to 2020 Chief of Staff of the 36th Combined Arms Army, stationed in Buryatia. In January 2020 he became commander of the 36th Army. In December 2021 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.[2]

Awards

References
  1. "New names and images of Russian generals who commanded militants in Donbas in 2014-2015 made public. PHOTOS".
  2. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 08.12.2021 № 694 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов ∙ Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации".
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