Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov

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Valery Gerasimov (2017)
In the National Defense Command Center (2015-09-07), v. l. Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimow.

Valerij Wassiljewitsch Gerasimow ( Russian Валерий Васильевич Герасимов , English Valery Gerasimov ); *  September 8, 1955 in Kazan , formerly Tatar ASSR , RSFSR , USSR (now Republic of Tatarstan , Volga Federal District , Russian Federation ) is a (formerly Soviet) military leader in Russia . Since November 2012, he has been Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation , member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Army General, Hero of the Russian Federation .

Military career

Training and first uses

Valery Gerasimov (March 9, 2013) with graduate badge (1973, left) from the Suvorov Military School in Kazan

Gerasimow comes from a working-class family. He graduated from the Suvorov Military School in Kazan from 1971 to 1973 with distinction.

  • Graduate badge Suvorov Military School (from 1992, ru.нагрудный Знак выпускника СВУ)

Gerasimow studied from 1973 to 1977 at the officers' college for commanders of the armored forces in Kazan, from which he graduated with a gold medal (special diploma). He then served in the Soviet Army as platoon leader, company commander , chief of staff of a tank battalion in the 80th Panzer Regiment of the 90th  Guards - Panzer Division of the Northern Group of Troops in Poland, Garrison Legnica . From 1977 to 1984 Gerasimov was deployed in the Far Eastern Military District as chief of staff of a tank battalion.

Military Academic Education and Uses

Gerasimov graduated from the Malinowski Military Academy of Armored Forces from 1984 to 1987 with distinction. He was then employed as deputy commander and chief of staff of a tank regiment, commander of a tank regiment and as deputy commander and chief of staff (1987-1993) of a Guard Motorized Rifle Division in the Baltic Military District.

Use in general service positions

West group headquarters (2000), Urus-Martan, Chechnya. (from right) Chief GenSt Army General Kwashin, GenMaj Gerasimow, Colonel Kim.

From 1993 to 1995 Gerasimow was commander of a motorized rifle division in the Northwest Group of Troops in the Baltic States and in August 1994 commanded the relocation of the division to the Moscow military district, Jelnja site .

From 1995 to 1997 Gerasimov studied at the Military Academy of the General Staff. Then he was deployed in 1997/1998 as 1st Deputy Commander of the 1st Guards Armored Army in the Moscow Military District .

Parade commanding officer - Colonel General Gerasimov (May 2011)

From 1998, he was appointed Deputy Commander, from February 1998 as Chief of Staff of the Army and from February 2001 as Commander of the 58th General Army in the North Caucasus .

From March 2003 to 2005 he was employed as Chief of Staff of the Far Eastern Military District.

From 2005 to 2006 he served as head of the headquarters combat training and troop service of the armed forces.

From December 2006, Gerasimov was transferred to the post of Chief of Staff of the North Caucasian Military District.

From December 2007 to February 2009 Gerasimov was the commander of the troops of the Leningrad Military District and then until December 2010 the commander of the troops of the Moscow Military District.

In the years 2009 to 2012, he commanded the honor parade for Victory Day on the Red Square in Moscow.

Use in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia

Sergej Schoigu, Vladimir Putin (center) Valery Gerasimow on the day of his appointment as chief of the d. General Staff

In December 2010 Gerasimov was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia .

From April 2012 Gerasimov commanded the troops of the Central Military District.

After the change in the role of Defense Minister from Anatoly Serdyukov to Sergei Shoigu , Colonel-General Valery Gerasimov was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation - by presidential decree on November 9, 2012 as the successor to Nikolai Makarov .

In this position, Gerasimov is the defense minister of the Russian Federation who is responsible for the leadership in the absence of the defense minister. At the same time, he is a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Imposing sanctions from abroad

Foreign (Western) sanctions against the military of the Russian Federation were enforced "when Russia infiltrated Crimea within a few weeks without fighting , initiated a referendum to leave the Ukrainian state and finally incorporated the peninsula into its territory."

With reference to the Crimea and the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine , Gerasimov was placed on the sanctions list of the European Union in April 2014 and on the Canadian list in May 2014.

After the MH-17 disaster, the operators of the Bellingcat website assigned the Russian military leadership to be responsible for the alleged transport of a surface-to-air missile from the Buk complex to Donbass . The Russian side countered with contradicting arguments.

Participation in the campaign in Syria

Gerasimov was the organizer in charge of the campaign of the Russian armed forces group in Syria , which started in September 2015. For his bravery and heroism, he was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation by an unpublished decree of the President of the Russian Federation in May 2016 .

  • Vladimir Putin (center) and Bashar al-Assad, 2017 W. Gerasimow (right)

  • Conference, January 2018, Military Practice in Syria , Exhibition Part - Army.

  • from left Schoigu, Gerassimow W. Putin, S. Surowikin, exhib. Air cosmos.

  • W. Gerasimow (right) Military practice in Syria , exhib. Air cosmos.

Gerasimov explained the conclusion of this deployment of the armed forces during an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper in December 2017 under the headline: “We have broken the backbone of the forces of terrorism”. The translation from Russian includes statements on the following elements:

  • the creation of the grouping in Syria and bases of the Russian armed forces;
  • the judgment on the opponent, the use of jihad mobiles in local combat ;
  • the combat by the air forces, the use of drones and special forces ;
  • the support of the Syrian armed forces and the military advisers, the contact with the Syrian General Staff;
  • the supreme leadership of the grouping, planning the operation, informing the public;
  • the agreements with the American coalition, their dangerous flight maneuvers on the Euphrates , the situation in and around American bases;
  • refugee aid as a "humanitarian operation" and through the "center of reconciliation";
  • the conditions of deployment for the Russian military personnel in Syria, the combat experience of the executives;
  • the armament and technique in probation;
  • the visit of President Vladimir Putin to Syria.
  • possible developments in the situation and an assessment of the deployment in Syria.

Military ranks

  • Lieutenant (1977), first lieutenant (1979), captain (1981);
  • Major (1984), Lieutenant Colonel (1987), Colonel (1992);
  • Major General of the Guard (1994), Lieutenant General (February 2002), Colonel General (February 2005);
  • Army General (February 2013).

family

Gerasimov is married and has a daughter and a son - an officer in the armed forces of the RF.

Speeches and writings

Speeches at the Academy of Military Sciences

Speech 2013 at the annual meeting

At the end of January 2013, before the annual general meeting of the Academy of Military Sciences of Russia, Gerasimov gave his first programmatic public speech on the topic: "Fundamental tendencies in the development of forms and methods of deployment of the armed forces - The current tasks to perfect military science ."

Political, economic, communicative, humanitarian and other non-military measures would be used in connection with the protest potential of the population of the target countries and would be increasingly more important than conventional firepower.

Reinterpretation to the "Gerasimov Doctrine"

This speech was only received in the West after independent experts and NATO evaluators made it clear that Russia is waging the war in Ukraine according to these measures and tactics. The outlined point of view is referred to as the "Gerasimov doctrine" ( Gerasimov doctrine ).

The creator of the term, the historian and political scientist Mark Galeotti later relativized the term and noted that a "Gerasimov doctrine" does not exist. Rather, Gerasimov himself describes in his speech the Western behavior in Ukraine and Syria from a Russian perspective. Gerasimov is also not a military theorist and the term misrepresents the actual decision-making processes of Russia's military and political elite.

The magazine for inner guidance states:

“Contrary to what is often portrayed in the West, he [Gerasimov] did not refer these words to the direction of future Russian warfare. Rather, he referred to the potential opponent, 'the West', who had long been using such methods in the context of the so-called 'colored revolutions'. Russia must arm itself against it and find answers. "

Speech 2019 at the annual meeting

On March 2, 2019, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Army General Valery Gerasimov spoke at the annual meeting of the Academy of Military Sciences about the directions of development of military strategy and the tasks of military science. The speaker expresses considerations of the Russian military leadership not only with regard to current military-scientific strategy theories, but also gives an insight into the military-political thought and action structures of the Russian leadership elite on the military strategic situation.

Gerasimow developed a future program for the military sciences of Russia to prevent war. Important elements from the submitted strategy development are:

  • Changes in military threats,
  • Strategic principles of prevention, prevention and deterrence,
  • "Limited Action Strategy" outside Russia,
  • "Humanitarian operations" in military conflicts,
  • Confrontation in the informational sphere,
  • Main tasks of military science.

Noteworthy at this meeting was the presence of non-military celebrities - representatives of the administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the State Duma , the Federation Council, as well as leading scientists from the Academy of Sciences of Russia, civil universities and research institutions. The domestic political signal was clear: the military question is part of the state question and a concern of all areas of society.

As a public speech, at least partially published online on March 4, 2019 in the Krasnaya Zvezda - the official newspaper of the armed forces of Russia - a signal should of course also be sent to the outside world: Russia is strictly defensive, its main political goal is war prevention. The Russian Federation is also determined to defend its current statehood and would not hesitate to use its entire military potential to do what can be seen as a deterrent signal.

Gerasimov pointed out that Russia's geopolitical rivals are preparing for war with a “high-tech opponent” using precision weapons and actively carrying out informational counteraction. Under these conditions, Russia would have to adapt to waging wars and armed conflicts of a new type. In this respect, this speech is undoubtedly a warning to all those western politicians and military who are playing with the idea of ​​a nuclear war limited to Europe .

Russia wants to be perceived as a sovereign and equal Eurasian state. In view of the current mutual perception of threats, Gerasimov draws attention to Russia's willingness and growing capabilities for national military defense.

Russia sees the greatest challenges in the continued expansion of the system of NATO's military presence right up to the borders of Russia and in the qualitative renewal and quantitative expansion of the US and NATO's nuclear potential that has begun .

Author's contribution to the 2019 speech in the military industry courier

In addition to his March speech, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia spoke again on April 30, 2019 in the online weekly military-industry-Kurier under the title "NATO does not have the last word" on cooperation with the West and the NATO alliance. reported to speak. Using the military's own logic and language, he drew conclusions from the assessment of a situation development, which was preceded by a comprehensive analysis of the situation factors, and made concise suggestions for possible courses of action.

The author defines the serious concerns of the Russian military ruling elite regarding the current strategic military activities of the US and its NATO allies near the western borders of Russia and in the Arctic . It describes the channels of military-strategic dialogue with the West that are currently kept open and functioning.

  • Martin E. Dempsey, USA Valery Gerasimov RUS meeting in Brussels, Belgium, January 2014.

  • Topic: Syria operation dch. Chiefs of Staff of the USA - TUR - RUS, in Antalya, March 2017.

  • Joseph Dunford, USA Valery Gerassimov RUS in Helsinki, Finland, June 2018.

  • Curtis Scaparrotti, NATO Valery Gerasimov RUS in Baku, Azerbaijan, December 2018.

  • Valery Gerassimow RUS Joseph Dunford, USA in the Winter Palace in Vienna, Austria, March 2019.

For normalization according to the NATO-Russia Founding Act , from the Russian point of view “... the end of the destabilizing activities of the armed forces of the NATO bloc near the western borders of Russia, the stationing of additional troops and military infrastructure objects in the Baltic states and in Eastern Europe as well as the end the increased military presence in the Black Sea [required]. "

Other writings and publications (selection)

  • Valery Gerasimov: The value of science lies in foresight. (Russian) In: Weekly Military Industry-Kurier , No. 8 (476), Moscow February 2013. Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: Ценность науки в предвидении (рус.) // Военно-промышленный курьер, еженедельная газета. - 2013. - 27 февраль (т. 476, № 8).
  • Valery Gerasimov: ISIS started with the Taliban. (Russian) In: weekly military industry courier , No. 39 (605), Moscow October 2015. Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: ИГИЛ начался с «Талибана» (рус.) // Военно-промышленный курьер , еженедельная газета. - 2015. - 14 октябрь (т. 605, № 39).
  • Valery Gerasimov: The experiences of strategic leadership in the Great Patriotic War and the organization of the unified leadership for national defense under modern conditions. (Russian) In: Journal Bote of the Academy of Military Sciences , No. 2 (51), Moscow 2015, p. 5. Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: Опыт стратегического руководства в Великой Отечественной войне and. (рус.) // Вестник Академии военных наук , журнал. - 2015. - Т. 51, № 2. - С. 5.
  • Valery Gerasimov: The value of science lies in foresight. In: Military Review , Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, January / February 2016, pp. 23-29. Orig .: Gerasimov V .: The Value of Science Is in the Foresight (англ.) // Military Review , журнал. - 2016. - January-February. - С. 23-29.
  • Valery Gerasimov: The experiences of the first attack. The spread of Western democracy blew up the Middle East. (Russian) In: weekly military-industry-courier , no. 17 (632), Moscow May 2016. Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: Опыт первой атаки. Насаждение ценностей западной демократии взорвало Ближний Восток. (рус.) // Военно-промышленный курьер, еженедельная газета. - 2016. - 11 май (т. 632, № 17).
  • Valery Gerasimov: The organization of the defense of the Russian Federation under the conditions of the use of 'traditional' and 'hybrid' methods of warfare by the enemy. (Russian) In: Journal Bote of the Academy of Military Sciences , No. 2 (55), Moscow 2016, p. 19. Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: Организация обороны Российской Федерации в условиях применения противником "традиционных» и «гибридных" методов ведения войны. (рус.) // Вестник Академии военных наук, журнал. - 2016. - Т. 55, № 2. - С. 19th
  • Valery Gerasimow: The world on the verge of war. Less current calls, it is necessary to forecast the future. (Russian) In: Weekly Military Industry Courier , No. 10 (674), Moscow March 2017. Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: Мир на гранях войны. Мало учитывать сегодняшние вызовы, надо прогнозировать будущие. (рус.) // Военно-промышленный курьер, еженедельная газета. - 2017. - 15 март (т. 674, № 10).
  • Valery Gerasimov: The directions of development of military strategy. Speech on March 2, 2019 at the annual meeting of the Academy of Military Sciences. (Russian) In: Military newspaper Krasnaja Swesda , Moscow March 4, 2019. Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: Векторы развития военной стратегии. (рус.) // Военная газета Красная Звезда , - 2019. - 4 марта.
  • Valery Gerasimov: NATO does not have the last word. (Russian) In: Weekly Military Industry-Kurier , No. 16 (779), Moscow April 2019. Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: НАТО не приговор. (рус.) // Военно-промышленный курьер, еженедельная газета. - 2019. - 30 апрелья (т. 779, № 16).

Title, medals, awards (selection)

literature

  • Conclusion of the Russian Army's campaign in Syria (2015–2017) . “We broke the backbone of the shock forces of terrorism.” - Interview by Komsomolskaya Pravda with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia on December 26, 2017, in connection with the start of the withdrawal of the Russian armed forces group from Syria. Translation from Russian by Rainer Böhme. In: DGKSP discussion papers, (Ed.) Rainer Böhme, Dresden 2018, February, 20 p. Access under URL: urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-210841 .
  • Directions of development of military strategy . Speech by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Russian Federation, on March 2, 2019. Translation from Russian by Rainer Böhme and Jörg-Uwe Laasch. In: Dialogue and Deterrence versus Demilitarization. (Ed.) Rainer Böhme, dgksp-discussion papers, Dresden 2019, March, pp. 10–23. Retrieved from URL: urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-358443 .
  • NATO does not have the last word. Author contribution by Valery Gerasimow, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia in the online journal Military Industry Courier , issue No. 16 (779) of April 30, 2019. Translation from Russian by Rainer Böhme. In: Dialogue and Deterrence versus Demilitarization. (Ed.) Rainer Böhme, dgksp-discussion papers, Dresden 2019, March, pp. 24–29. Retrieved from URL: urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-358443 .

Web links

Commons : Valery Gerasimov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See ru.wikipedia ru: Герасимов, Валерий Васильевич
  2. ^ The hot working days of General Gerasimov. In: Military newspaper Krasnaja Swesda , Moscow March 12, 2001. Orig. (Russian): Горячие будни генерала Герасимова
  3. ↑ See: Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 26, 2012, No. 515, Appointment and Release from Service of Military Members of the Russian Federation. Original (Russian): Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26 апреля 2012 года № 515 «О назначении на должность и освобождении от должности военнослужащих Вооружённых Сил Российской Федерации " Архивная копия от 19 декабря 2013 на УРЛ: http://www.kremlin.ru / acts / bank / 35165
  4. ↑ Putin fires chief of staff after defense minister (November 9, 2012)
  5. ↑ See: Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 9, 2012, No. 1505, On the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. Orig. (Russ.): Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 9 ноября 2012 года № 1505 "О начальнике Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил РФ - первом заместителе Министра обороны Российской Федерации". http://static.kremlin.ru/media/events/files/41d4272e9c1f01a8c99f.pdf
  6. ^ Gregor von Kursell, professional army or mass army? The Russian armed forces between reform and tradition. In: if. Journal for Inner Leadership. No. 4, 2018, p. 5.
  7. ↑ EU sanctions list: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 433/2014 of April 28, 2014 for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014 on restrictive measures in the face of acts that affect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine undermine or threaten. In: Official Journal of the European Union . L126 / 48.
  8. ↑ Canadian Sanctions List. Канадский санкционный список // Эхо Москвы
  9. ↑ Tagesschau.de: Who is on the list of the EU ( Memento from April 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Bellingcat named the names of those who were probably involved in the crash of the MH-17. Bellingcat назвал имена вероятно причастных к крушению MH17
  11. ↑ Interview of Komsomolskaya Pravda with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia: Conclusion of the campaign of the Russian army in Syria (2015-2017), trans. A. d. Russ., In: (Ed.) Rainer Böhme, dgksp-discussion papers, Dresden 2018, February, 20 pp. ISSN 2627-3470. Retrieved from URL: urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-210841. DGKSP discussion papers, 2018, February, 20 pp.
  12. ↑ President of the Russian Federation: Decree of February 20, 2013, No.  151 “On Awarding the Highest Ranks for Military Members of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” . Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 февраля 2013 года № 151 «О присвоении воинских званий высших офицеров военнослужащим Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации " Архивировано 30 июня 2015 года.
  13. ^ Valery Gerasimow: The value of science lies in foresight . (Russian) Ценность науки в предвидении. In: weekly magazine military industry-courier, (Russian) Еженедельник " Военно-промышленный курьер " . No. 8 (476) . Moscow February 27, 2013.
  14. ↑ FAZ.net September 7, 2014: Putin's battle plan. - The invasion of Ukraine has been planned since early 2013. Russia wanted to learn from guerrilla fighters, tried new forms of warfare. And the West didn't notice it.
  15. ^ Charles K. Bartles: Getting Gerasimov Right. In: Military Review. 2016, pp. 30–38 ( digitized version ).
  16. ^ Mark Galeotti: I'm Sorry for Creating the 'Gerasimov Doctrine'. I was the first to write about Russia's infamous high-tech military strategy. One small problem: it doesn't exist . In: Foreign Policy . March 5, 2018 (English, foreignpolicy.com [accessed April 18, 2018]).
  17. ^ Gregor von Kursell: Professional Army or Mass Army? The Russian armed forces between reform and tradition. In: if. Journal for Inner Leadership. No. 4, 2018, p. 5 f.
  18. ^ Directions of development of military strategy . Speech by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Russian Federation, on March 2, 2019. Translation from Russian by Rainer Böhme and Jörg-Uwe Laasch. In: Dialogue and Deterrence versus Demilitarization. (Ed.) Rainer Böhme, dgksp-discussion papers, Dresden 2019, March, pp. 10–23. Retrieved from URL: urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-358443 . Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: Векторы развития военной стратегии. (рус.) // Красная Звезда, Онлайн военная газета. - 2019. - 4 марта.
  19. ↑ NATO does not have the last word. Author contribution by Valery Gerasimow, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia in the online journal Military Industry Courier , issue No. 16 (779) of April 30, 2019. Translation from Russian by Rainer Böhme. In: Dialogue and Deterrence versus Demilitarization. (Ed.) Rainer Böhme, dgksp-discussion papers, Dresden 2019, March, pp. 24–29. Retrieved from URL: urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-358443 . Orig .: Герасимов В. В .: НАТО не приговор. (рус.) Военно-промышленный курьер, еженедельная газета. - 2019. - 30 апрель (т. 779, № 16).
  20. ^ Website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. URL: https://structure.mil.ru/management/info.htm?id=11113936@SD_Employee retrieved 2019-07-10.
  21. ↑ See: Wikipedia (Russian) Герасимов, Валерий Васильевич. Access 2019-07-10
personal data
SURNAME Gerasimow, Valeri Wassiljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Герасимов, Валерий Васильевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian general
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Kazan , Soviet Union