As an experienced military intelligence officer, Vladimir Kvachkov perfectly knows the methods of work of special forces and the methods of armed struggle. These skills were one of the reasons for the former GRU colonel to be charged with attempted murder of Anatoly Chubais and the organization of a military rebellion.
From the biography of Vladimir Kvachkov
The future GRU colonel Kvachkov was born on August 5, 1948 in the village of Kraskino, in the Primorsky Territory. In 1958, Vladimir entered the Suvorov School. Eight years later, he became a cadet at the Kiev Higher Combined Arms School.
Four years later, after graduating from a military university, Kvachkov took command of a platoon in the special forces brigade located in Pskov. Then he served in the special forces brigade as part of a group of Soviet troops in the GDR. After that, the military fate threw the officer into the Trans-Baikal Military District.
Subsequently, the officer continued his military education. In 1981, Vladimir Vasilyevich graduated with honors from the Frunze Military Academy. After that he was sent to serve in the intelligence department of the Leningrad Military District.
Kvachkov’s further military career was somehow connected with the special forces and the GRU. The officer fought in Afghanistan, and after the collapse of the great Soviet power, he took part in hostilities in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan.
There is evidence that after completing combat missions, Kvachkov switched to work in one of the research institutions of the Russian military department. In 1998, Colonel Kvachkov completed his service and went to the reserve. After that, he worked at the Center for Military Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Here he defended his thesis on forms of use of special intelligence forces.
