Anatoly Kvashnin

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Anatoly Kvashnin
Kvashnin in 2007
Born	(1946-08-15)15 August 1946 Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	7 January 2022(2022-01-07) (aged 75) Moscow, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russia
Service/branch	Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Years of service	1969–2004
Rank	Army General
Commands held	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Battles/wars	First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War
Other work	Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Siberian Federal District (with the civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation)

Anatoly Vasiliyevich Kvashnin (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Квашнин; 15 August 1946 – 7 January 2022) was a Russian military officer, who served as the Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces from 1997 to 2004, when he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin. In the period 2004–2010, he was the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Siberian Federal District.