Valery Marchenkov

Colonel General Valery Ivanovich Marchenkov (; born July 5, 1947) is a Russian military leader and professor.

Biography He was born into a family of forestry workers in Osinovka, Monastyrshchinsky District, Smolensk Oblast on 5 July 1947. He worked in construction for a year after graduating from school.

He graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff in 1988. From 1988 to 1992, he commanded the 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, and from 1992, he was First Deputy Army Commander. It was here where he, a Major General at the time, first encountered Sergey Surovikin, who was one of his company commanders. From 1996, he commanded the 30th Guards Army Corps of the Leningrad Military District stationed in Karelia. He took part in the First Chechen War. In 2020, he was a candidate for President of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Colonel General Valery Marchenkov hands an award to a United States Army private for his participation in the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade.

Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th degree Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of Military Merit Order of the Red Star Medal "For Battle Merit" Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation