Fedor Shcherbakov

Lieutenant General Fyodor Ivanovich Shcherbakov (; 26 May 1947 – 16 August 2022) was a Kazakhstani military officer of Russian descent, who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Kazakh Ground Forces.

Biography He was born 26 May 1947 in the village of Bidaiyq in the Zhanaarka District of the Karaganda Region. From 1966 to 1970, he studied at the Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School. After graduating from college, he served as commander of a motorized rifle platoon of the Soviet Army. During that summer and that fall, he was the First Deputy Commander of the 40th Kazakh Combined Arms Army. Together with Sagadat Nurmagambetov, he developed the first military doctrine of independent Kazakhstan. In November 1997, this post officially was changed to Commander of the General Forces. In 2000, Lieutenant General Shcherbakov was transferred to the reserve at the age of 53. He was previously a top contender for the post of defence minister.

He died in Almaty on 16 August 2022.

Awards He was awarded the Order of the Red Star (USSR, 1989) and the Order of Kurmet (Republic of Kazakhstan, May 1997), as well as many medals of the USSR and the Republic of Kazakhstan.