Vladimir Shuralyov
Soviet and Russian military officer (1935–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Shuralyov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Шуралёв; 3 April 1935 – 2 March 2020) was a Soviet and later Russian military officer who held a number of posts in the Soviet Army, reaching the rank of army general.
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Native name | Владимир Михайлович Шуралёв |
Birth name | Vladimir Mikhailovich Shuralyov |
Born | 3 April 1935 Kovrov, Vladimir Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 2 March 2020(2020-03-02) (aged 84) Moscow, Russia |
Buried | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union Russia |
Service/ | Soviet Army Russian Army |
Years of service | 1955–1992 |
Rank | Army General |
Commands held | 8th Tank Army 2nd Guards Tank Army Belorussian Military District Vystrel course |
Awards | Order of Honour Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Star Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" Third Class Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold |
Drafted into the Soviet Army in 1955, Shuralyov trained in armoured and tank warfare at the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School, furthering his studies at the Military Academy of the Armoured Forces from which he graduated in 1965. From then on he was appointed to chief of staff and command positions of larger armoured unit formations, from battalions to divisions. He served in several of the Soviet Union's military districts, taking command of the 8th Tank Army in 1979. This was followed by the command of the 2nd Guards Tank Army, part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, and then the Belorussian Military District in 1985. From 1989 he was representative of the commander-in-chief of the Warsaw Pact armed forces in the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic, and in 1990 became a Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Defence. His final active role was to command the Vystrel higher officer courses, before his retirement in 1992.
In retirement Shuralyov became a leading analyst at the Office of Inspectors General and a consultant for the General Staff of the Armed Forces. He was a member of the central council of political party A Just Russia, and had received a number of awards and honours over his career, including the Order of Honour, Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Star and the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" Third Class. Shuralyov died in 2020 from injuries sustained after being struck by a van.