Valery Gerasimov has been elected the new President of the Academy of Military Sciences
On the eve of 2021, the chief of the General staff of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation – first Deputy defense Minister army General Valery Gerasimov elected President of the Academy of military Sciences of the Russian Federation. This happened on December 25 at the general meeting by absentee voting by branches. Earlier, this, figuratively speaking, temple of military science was headed for a long time by a front-line soldier, General of the army Makhmut Gareev. How can the course of the AVN change now and with what program does his successor take up this post?
General of the Army Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov was an honorary member of the Academy of Military Sciences before his election and regularly participated in its work. He spoke at meetings and meetings with deep problem reports. He has behind him, like his predecessor, considerable not only service, but also combat experience.
For a special distinction
Valery Gerasimov was born on September 8, 1955 in Kazan. In 1977, he graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School named after the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar ASSR. From the lieutenant's shoulder straps on the officer's steps, he reached the rank of general of the army, having received tremendous experience, including combat. He commanded a platoon, a company, and a battalion in the Northern Group of Forces and the Far Eastern Military District. After graduating from the Military Academy of Armored Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya. Malinovsky in 1987, he served as Chief of Staff and commander of a tank regiment, chief of Staff of a motorized rifle division in the Baltic Military District. From 1993 to 1995 – commander of a motorized rifle division in the North-Western Group of Forces.
After graduating in 1997, Military Academy of the General staff of the armed forces, he served in the positions of first Deputy army commander in the Moscow military district, Deputy commander, chief of staff and commander of the 58th army in the North Caucasus military district, chief of staff of the far Eastern military district, the head of the Main Directorate of combat training and service of troops of the Russian Armed forces, chief of staff, North Caucasian military district, commander of the Leningrad, Moscow and Central military districts, the Deputy chief of the General staff of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation.
He has invaluable experience in commanding three military districts, organizing large-scale exercises and combat operations. Including during the restoration of constitutional order in the North Caucasus in the early 2000s, in particular on the territory of the Chechen Republic, where at that time the Khattab and Basayev gangs were running.
By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 9, 2012, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. In 2015, under the leadership of the Russian Defense Minister, Army General Sergei Shoigu, he prepared an operation in Syria to defeat international terrorists.
Planned and successfully conducted strategic operations appreciated by the President of the Russian Federation – the Supreme commander of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation: in 2016, the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation. He also awarded the order of St. George III and IV degree, the order "For merits before Fatherland" III degree, the order "For merits before Fatherland" IV degrees c swords, medals "For military merit", Honor, "For service to Motherland in the USSR Armed forces" III degree, several medals.
Search research is needed
How will the future work of the Academy of Military Sciences be organized under the new head? General of the Army Valery Gerasimov is a military commander of the strategic level, the initiator and participant of large-scale transformations in the army and navy, who made a decisive contribution to the development of modern military art. It is not surprising that it was he who, by the decision of the presidium of the Academy of Military Sciences, was nominated as a candidate for the post of its president some time ago.
As for the program with which he ran for the post of president of the AVN, as Gerasimov said, the Academy of Military Sciences should become a major all-Russian military scientific center that promotes the solution of priority geopolitical, military-strategic, military-economic and innovative-technological problems in the interests of the country's defense.
The most important tasks of the Academy of Military Sciences should remain the conduct of fundamental, exploratory and applied scientific research on topical issues of military art, military construction and construction of the Armed Forces, military administration, the development of weapons and military equipment, and military history.
In their successful implementation, the role of the AVN Presidium as the headquarters that develops the strategy and carries out operational management of the Academy, as well as the AVN departments that directly conduct research, is very important. It is necessary to increase the importance of regional offices, increase their capabilities and improve interaction with the operational and strategic commands of military districts, military educational institutions, research organizations, and defense industry enterprises.
And yet, this program only defines the vector of priority actions of the president and the Presidium of the AVN, as well as the leadership of scientific and industrial and regional branches. "I am confident that our joint work will produce a system of measures which realization will allow to provide the Armed forces of the Russian Federation advanced scientific knowledge, – said Gerasimov. "I hope for the support of military scientists-members of the Academy of Military Sciences and the entire military-academic community."
"Military-Industrial Courier" congratulates Valery Gerasimov on his election to a responsible post and looks forward to close cooperation in covering the problems of the Armed Forces and the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.
Oleg Falichev
The newspaper "Military-Industrial Courier", published in issue # 2 (865) for January 19, 2021
