Vladimir Zarudnitsky

Vladimir Zarudnitsky
Native name	Владимир Борисович Зарудницкий
Born	(1958-02-06) 6 February 1958 (age 66) Abinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union Russian Federation
Service/branch	Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1975–present
Rank	Colonel general
Commands held	27th Guards Motor Rifle Division 36th Army Main Operational Directorate Central Military District Military Academy of the General Staff
Battles/wars	Second Chechen War
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class Order of Military Merit

Vladimir Borisovich Zarudnitsky (Russian: Владимир Борисович Зарудницкий; born 6 February 1958) is a Russian Ground Forces colonel general and the chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Zarudnitsky served in the Soviet Army from the 1970s and became a junior officer in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, commanding a platoon, company, and intelligence regiment. After his 1989 graduating from the Frunze Military Academy, Zarudnitsky became chief of staff of a regiment and a regimental commander in the Far Eastern Military District. He then served as chief of staff and commander of a motor rifle brigade in the North Caucasus Military District. After graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff in 2003, Zarudnitsky became commander of the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division. He served as a chief of staff and commander of the 36th Army in the Siberian Military District before becoming chief of staff of the Moscow Military District. In March 2011 he became deputy commander of the Southern Military District. In September of that year, Zarudnitsky became head of the Main Operational Directorate and deputy chief of the General Staff.^[1] In June 2014, he became commander of the Central Military District.^[2] He was transferred to become chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff in November 2017.