Georgy Shpak

Georgy Shpak
Birth nameGeorgy Ivanovich Shpak
Born (1943-09-08) September 8, 1943 (age 80)
Osipovichi, Mogilev Oblast, BSSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Service/branch Russian Airborne Forces
Years of service1966–2003
Rank General
Commands held350th Guards Airborne Regminet
6th Army
Turkestan Military District
Volga Military District
Russian Airborne Forces
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
Yugoslavia Wars
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
4th Governor of Ryazan Oblast
In office
12 April 2004 – 12 April 2008
Preceded byVyacheslav Lyubimov
Succeeded byOleg Kovalyov
Vladimir Putin with Sergey Ivanov, Georgy Shpak and Alexander Kolmakov in September 2003.

Georgy Ivanovich Shpak (Russian: Георгий Иванович Шпак) was the governor of Ryazan Oblast, Russia from 2004 to 2008.[1]

He was the commander of Russian Airborne Troops from 1996 to 2003.[2]

  1. ^ "New Leaders Named in Two Regions; Is Moscow Next?". Radio Free Europe. March 11, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  2. ^ "Russian troops storm rebel bastion". Express India. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE. January 14, 2000. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

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