On September 14, 2008, a Boeing 737 airliner crashed over Perm. Among the other passengers on board was the Hero of Russia - General Gennady Troshev. This is how the life of a “trench general” who went through the entire Chechen war ended absurdly...

Along the military path

Gennady was born on March 14, 1947 in Berlin, in the family of Soviet military pilot Nikolai Troshev. Soon after the boy was born, the family returned to their homeland. Gena spent her childhood in the Caucasus, in Grozny. His father died at 43, and his mother Nadezhda Mikhailovna raised three children alone.

After school, Gennady entered the Kazan Higher Tank Command School: the cadets were fully supported by the state, and his mother still had to raise two younger daughters... Then he graduated from the Military Academy of Armored Forces and the Military Academy General Staff.

I had to serve in my native North Caucasus Military District. His career was rapidly going uphill: by 1994, Troshev became commander of the army corps. During the First Chechen war he commanded the 58th Army, and then headed the United Group of Forces, receiving the rank of lieutenant general. After the end of hostilities, he became deputy commander of the North Caucasus Military District.

Since August 1999, during the counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus, Troshev commanded federal troops fighting militants in Dagestan. Then he became the head of the Vostok group, and in April 2000, already with the rank of Colonel General, he headed the United Federal Forces in the North Caucasus. Until December 2002, he commanded the troops of the North Caucasus Military District.

"Dad"

There were legends about General Troshev. Thus, he could stay awake for days, sharing with his subordinates all the hardships of military life (the soldiers lovingly called him “father”). He personally flew over the combat area in a helicopter, and in the battle for Argun he gave commands from the air, from the window. Somehow, in the fog, the helicopter almost ran into a high-voltage line, and only the skill of the pilot Alexander Dzyuba, who had flown through Afghanistan, saved the commander’s life. Another time, the general’s helicopter was shot down and landed right in the cemetery. But no one was hurt.

Troshev tried, where he could, to avoid bloodshed. The Vostok group often managed to take populated areas without a fight. For the operation in Dagestan and the courage shown during military operations in Chechnya, the general was awarded the title of Hero of Russia. The award was presented personally by President Boris Yeltsin.

Unlike his other colleagues, Gennady Troshev was always open to the press and wrote several books about the events in Chechnya, the most famous of which is “My War. Chechen diary of a trench general" (2001).

In December 2002, Troshev received a new appointment - to head the Siberian Military District. And this after so many years of life and career were given to the Caucasus! The general resigned. In February 2003, he took the position of presidential adviser, overseeing Cossack issues. It was rumored that all this was not just like that. They say that the general was seriously guilty: his name was associated with the death of the legendary sixth company of 90 special forces who stood in the way of a two-thousand-strong group of militants trying to break through to the Argun Gorge area. But this is just speculation, there are no direct facts...

Fatal flight

On June 23, 2008, Gennady Troshev was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, for his great contribution to ensuring the activities of the President Russian Federation and many years of public service.

On the night of September 14 of the same year, Gennady Nikolaevich went to Perm for a sambo tournament. The Boeing 737, Flight 821, which it was flying on, fell onto the railway track during landing. The wreckage of the airliner was scattered over an area of ​​four square kilometers. Everyone on board - 82 passengers and 6 crew members - died. Later it turned out that ethyl alcohol was found in the blood of crew commander Rodion Medvedev...

Eight years ago, General Gennady Troshev, to whom Russia owes a lot, died tragically in a plane crash. Today streets, schools, cadet corps and even a trawler bear his name.

Against my father's will

Eight years ago on this day, all news broadcasts began with the same message. Early in the morning of September 14, 2008, a Boeing 737 plane crashed during landing in Perm, killing everyone on board. Any plane crash of this magnitude is a great grief, but that tragedy caused a special resonance. Many people were shocked by the news that among the passengers was the legendary Gennady Troshev, who was flying to a sambo tournament and the opening of a nursery sports school. Death famous people, especially under such circumstances, a priori attracts increased attention. But then the reason was not only that this man’s name was on everyone’s lips.

Many people knew, loved and respected Gennady Troshev closely for his deeds and actions. He was a versatile person, but it so happened that his main services to the country were closely related to the army and war. And even his father’s behest could not change anything in his fate. As if providence was preparing him to play an important role in the history of Russia at a turning point in its history.

Gennady Nikolaevich was born into the family of a combat pilot who graduated from the Great Patriotic War Patriotic War in Berlin. After the Victory, Nikolai Troshev, at the age of only 43, fell under Khrushchev's large-scale reduction of the Soviet Armed Forces. In just a few years, more than three million soldiers and officers lost their shoulder straps. Out of frustration, the father then said to his son: “Don’t let your foot in the army!” And at first he obeyed. The future Hero of Russia entered college to become an architect, but soon realized that the desire for military service was much stronger than the will of his parent. As a result, he left the civilian university and submitted documents to the Kazan Higher Tank Command School. Thus began his long, difficult and eventful military service.

War on the land of childhood

An almost mystical predestination can be found in various circumstances of this person’s life. He was born in 1947 in the “capital” of the recently ended war - Berlin. And straight from there, as a newborn, he ended up with his parents in the city of the future war - Grozny (many sources even write that he was born there). It was in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic that Gennady Troshev spent his childhood, which subsequently played a big role in the fate of the inhabitants of this long-suffering corner of Russia. At the command post in the Kadar zone during the fighting in Chechnya. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

Seven years of General Troshev’s life were closely connected with the fighting in Chechnya. From 1995 to 2002, he brought order there in several different positions. He began as commander of the 58th Army and ended as commander of the entire North Caucasus Military District. But no matter who he was listed on the papers, his principles and strategy did not change. Historians and people who knew General Troshev closely highlight several key points in his approach to resolving the conflict, which had a great impact on the outcome of events in the republic. Firstly, he consciously went to this war, although for him, who grew up in Chechnya, it was not easy.

“Of course, it’s a shame. Of course, it’s hard to fight on your own land, Russian soil. Moreover, where he was born and raised,” he once admitted to a journalist, sighing heavily.

Unlike some colleagues, the general was not afraid of the enormous responsibility. For example, at one time the first deputy commander in chief ground forces Eduard Vorobyov simply did not want to take command of the operation in Chechnya. He cited her unpreparedness and filed a letter of resignation. There were other refuseniks.

“Not everyone even took on this matter, because you need to understand that at that time everything in the army was very difficult,” says the daughter of the military leader, Natalya Belokobylskaya, who is the president of the General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth. “And it seems to me that one of my father’s main merits is that he was, in principle, able to form and prepare combat-ready forces to fight the enemy.” We didn’t see the whole picture then, but now we understand that we were fighting in Chechnya against a global evil - terrorism.”

Victory without weapons

The most important point was the strategy of Gennady Troshev in Chechnya. On the one hand, he was opposed to any truce with the bandits, which would give them the opportunity to lick their wounds and then continue to rob, take hostages and kill.

“Any stop to the war is a half-measure and a crime,” said the general. “Only by completely destroying and dispersing the gangs will we be able to live and work in peace.”

And the experience of the Khasavyurt agreements concluded in 1996 clearly proved the truth of these words. In subsequent years, religious extremism spread in Chechnya, which resulted in an attack by international gangs on Dagestan and the resumption of large-scale hostilities.

At the same time, Gennady Troshev was always ready to negotiate with the enemy in order to avoid human losses. The military leader understood well that many of the residents of the republic who took up arms were simply brainwashed. Radical and other forces from abroad were actively involved in this. That is why in 1999 he began a dialogue with the Chechen mufti Akhmad Kadyrov, who had previously declared jihad against the Russian military, but then changed his position to pro-Russian. Thanks to this, the second largest and most important city in Chechnya, Gudermes, was soon liberated from the bandits without a fight. Everyone also knows what an important role Kadyrov later played in establishing peace in Chechnya.

And Gennady Nikolaevich is given credit for the fact that in many ways it was his efforts that led to a turning point in the information war against federal troops. Moreover, these attacks were not only from enemy “trenches”, but also from behind.

“Politicians brought the situation in Chechnya to the point of bloodshed, and the military had to clean up everything,” continues Natalya Belokobylskaya. - And for this, many later called them murderers. This was partly due to the closed nature of the army, because no one gave any interviews. People didn’t understand what was happening and didn’t trust anyone. And Gennady Nikolaevich was able to convey the necessary information, correctly place the accents and reduce the intensity.”

It is interesting that during all these events the general carefully kept diaries, which later formed the basis of his books. There are three of them: “My war. Chechen diary of a trench general", "Chechen relapse. Notes of the commander" and "Chechen break". Gennady Troshev signs his book about the Chechen war for the soldiers. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

Hero, Cossack and just a family man

The merits of Gennady Troshev were recognized at the highest level. In 1999, for the counter-terrorism operation in Chechnya and Dagestan, he received the gold star of the Hero of Russia. At the end of 2002, he was appointed commander of the troops of the Siberian Military District, but due to his convictions, he publicly refused this position, after which he was sent to the reserve. But soon a new and also very important page in his life began. President Boris Yeltsin presents Gennady Troshev with the Hero of Russia medal. December 1999. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

In February 2003, he became an adviser to the Russian President on Cossack issues. And this was not just an honorary position, which is often given to retired managers for past services. The fact is that Gennady Troshev was a hereditary Terek Cossack and always dreamed of making his contribution to the revival and unification of the entire Russian Cossacks. And he succeeded in this too. Its enormous merit is considered to be its adoption in 2005 federal law"ABOUT public service Russian Cossacks,” something his predecessor failed to do for a whole decade. Knowledgeable people say that in the process of this work, Gennady Troshev spent a lot of nerves and made many enemies.

He also paid great attention to working with youth. He supported children's sports and was actively involved in the creation of Cossack cadet corps. As a result, even almost all of Gennady Troshev’s grandchildren also joined the cadets. Meeting with students of the Yakut Cadet Corps. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

"My eldest daughter At first I didn’t want to enter the cadet corps,” says Natalya Belokobylskaya. - But in the year of her father’s death, she herself told me that she would go there because her grandfather wanted it that way. Then she pulled her middle-aged daughter towards her, and after that they settled down together on her youngest son. They said stop sitting near my mother’s skirt. So everyone became cadets. It’s hard to say where they will go next, but I would really like there to be continuers of military affairs. After all, everyone in our family served: both men and women.” The young Troshev family. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

According to her, Gennady Troshev was always very worried about the military, about the entire army and would probably be happy about the changes taking place in it. But at the same time, she says that her father was not a rude soldier, as the military is often called.

“I have three children, and he personally came to pick each one up from the maternity hospital,” recalls Natalya Belokobylskaya. “I was even surprised by such a reverent and attentive attitude, because he is still a man, an officer.” In general, he was very caring not only with his family. He was keenly interested in the affairs of the children of his friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and could call and ask how they were doing. I don’t even know how he managed to do it all, but that was his character. He was also a very cheerful, pleasant and non-offensive person. We all miss him very much." Gennady Troshev was a very cheerful person. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

There were many cities in the fate of Gennady Troshev, but last years lives were connected with Krasnodar. His father learned to defeat the Nazis at a local flight school, and he and his family moved to Kuban due to the start of the second Chechen campaign in 1999. According to Natalya Belokobylskaya, at that moment my father didn’t even have his own apartment, but they gave him housing in Krasnodar. Later, the family acquired a house, not far from which there is a small cemetery and a church. Hearing its bell ringing, for some reason Gennady Troshev always said to his relatives: “You hear, that’s where you’ll bury me.” That is why, after the death of the head of the family, his widow Larisa had no doubts about the burial place, although they were offered different options. The relatives of Hero of Russia Gennady Troshev are glad that they can quickly reach his grave at any time, and remember him every time they hear the bell ringing.

Troshev Gennady Nikolaevich(1947-2008) - Colonel General, commander of the Joint Group of Forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense during the First Chechen War. He took part in repelling the militant invasion of Dagestan (August 1999), during the Second Chechen War he commanded the Vostok group of the United Federal Forces in the North Caucasus, and in 2000 he headed the United Group of Federal Forces.

Biography

Gennady Troshev was born on March 14, 1947 in the capital of Germany, Berlin (according to other sources, he was born on March 15, 1947 in Grozny, Chechen Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). Father - Nikolai Troshev - career officer, military pilot, graduate of the Krasnodar Aviation School; participant in World War II, ended the war in Berlin. Mother - Nadezhda Trosheva - Cossack.

He spent his childhood years in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

In 1965, Troshev entered the architectural faculty of the Moscow Institute of Land Management Engineers, but after the death of his father he dropped out of school.

Military career

In 1969, Gennady Troshev graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank School named after the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Troshev served in various positions in tank troops, was the commander of the 10th Ural-Lvov volunteer tank division.

In 1976 he graduated from the Military Academy of Armored Forces, and in 1988 from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces.

During the First and Second Chechen Wars

Since 1994, Gennady Troshev commanded the 42nd Vladikavkaz Army Corps of the North Caucasus Military District (SKVO).

In January 1995, Troshev was appointed commander of a group of troops of the Ministry of Defense in the Chechen Republic.

In July 1995, he became commander of the 58th combined arms army of the North Caucasus Military District.

On September 3, 1999, Gennady Troshev received command of the United Group of Federal Forces in Dagestan.

In October 1999, Viktor Kazantsev was appointed deputy commander of the United Group of Forces (OGV) in the North Caucasus, commander of the special forces battalion "Vostok" of the United Federal Forces in the North Caucasus. In December 1999, Troshev was appointed first deputy commander of the OGV.

In the winter of 1999, a group under the command of Gennady Troshev occupied the second largest city of Chechnya, Gudermes, almost without a fight. This happened after negotiations between the general and the then field commanders, brothers Sulim and Ruslan Yamadayev, to whose troops the President of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov entrusted the task of defending the city.

In February 2000, Gennady Troshev was awarded the rank of Colonel General.

April 14, 2000 (according to other sources: April 21) Troshev was appointed commander of the United Forces in the North Caucasus. From May 31, 2000 - Commander of the North Caucasian Military District.

On May 15, 2001, Gennady Troshev temporarily headed the group of federal forces in Chechnya (Troshev’s appointment was connected with the 45-day leave of the commander of the United Forces, Valery Baranov).

Accusations

Russian human rights activists Oleg Orlov and Alexander Cherkasov in their book “Russia - Chechnya: a chain of mistakes and crimes” mention that the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District, during Troshev’s command, used local residents as human shields during cleansing operations in Chechen villages.

Chechen separatists declared Troshev a “war criminal.” In 2000, the Military Majlisul Shura of the Mujahideen, which was active at that time, placed a monetary reward on Troshev’s head.

On June 4, 2001, an interview with Gennady Troshev appeared in the Izvestia newspaper, in which he stated: “Yes, I am for the death penalty for Chechen militants! ... The most painful execution! I would do this: I would gather everyone in the square, hang up the bandit and hang the path, let everyone see!”. Chairman of the Russian Memorial Society Sergei Kovalev, who was a deputy at that time State Duma RF, called the words of the commander of the North Caucasus Military District "monstrous", and Troshev himself - a cruel, stupid and hysterical person, and expressed complaints to the authorities, who consider it possible for the general to continue to remain in his position.

Resignation

In December 2002, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree releasing General Gennady Troshev from the post of commander of the North Caucasus Military District. He was offered to take the post of commander of the Siberian Military District.

On December 17, 2002, at a press conference in Makhachkala, Troshev publicly made a statement rejecting this proposal. Putin considered it unacceptable for Troshev to publicly discuss the decisions taken by the leadership of the Armed Forces and on December 18, 2002 he was dismissed.

Civil service

On February 25, 2003, Gennady Troshev was appointed Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation for coordinating the activities of the offices of presidential plenipotentiaries in the federal districts to provide methodological guidance to the activities of Cossack societies included in the state register of Cossack societies in the Russian Federation.

In November 2003, General Troshev stated that “there is no war in Chechnya today, and only those who have not yet laundered all the money are shouting about war.” He also claimed that the Russian military in Chechnya was “forbidden to carry out sweeps and enter courtyards.” However, according to the testimony of local residents and human rights activists, at that moment the “large-scale sweeps”, when federal forces cordoned off populated areas and carried out house-to-house searches, accompanied by the arbitrary detention of people, were replaced in Chechnya by other, no less terrible “targeted sweeps”, which had approximately the same consequences for the population as “large-scale” ones.

On March 30, 2004, after the reorganization of the Russian presidential administration, Troshev was again confirmed as a presidential adviser.

Gennady Troshev was co-chairman Board of Trustees National Foundation "Public Recognition", Independent Organization " Civil society" and the National Civil Committee for Interaction with Law Enforcement, Legislative and Judicial Bodies.

Death

Gennady Troshev died on September 14, 2008 as a result of the crash of a Boeing-737 passenger plane, owned by Aeroflot-Nord airline and flying from Moscow to Perm.

On September 21, 2008, the mayor of the capital of Chechnya, Muslim Khuchiev, signed an order to rename Krasnoznamenaya Street, located in the Leninsky district of Grozny, into the street named after Gennady Troshev.

Awards

In 1999, Gennady Troshev was awarded the title of Hero of Russia "for conducting an anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus." Awarded the orders "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree (1990), Friendship of Peoples (1994), "For Military Merit" (1995), "Peter the Great. For Strengthening the Russian State" (2003) and more than 20 medals. Recipient of the Golden Honorary Badge "Public Recognition" (1999) and the honorary badge "Golden Shield of the Economy" (2004). In 2001, he was awarded the highest award of the International Prizes Foundation - the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker "For increasing goodness on Earth." Laureate of the A.V. Suvorov Prize (2000), the G.K. Zhukov Prize - for outstanding contribution to the development and strengthening of the defense capability of the Russian Federation (2002). In August 2007, Gennady Troshev was awarded the highest award of the Chechen Republic - the Order of Akhmat Kadyrov.

Hobbies

Family

Wife and two daughters.

Notes

1. One hundred great commanders. Russian Military Historical Society.
2. Website of the Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth named after General Gennady Nikolaevich Troshev.
3. Russia - Chechnya: a chain of mistakes and crimes. M.: “Links”, 1998.
4. Izvestia, 06/04/2001.
5. IA "Interfax".
6. IA "Rosbalt".

Eight years ago on this day, all news broadcasts began with the same message. Early in the morning of September 14, 2008, a Boeing 737 plane crashed during landing in Perm, killing everyone on board. Any plane crash of this magnitude is a great grief, but that tragedy caused a special resonance. Many people were shocked by the news that among the passengers was the legendary Gennady Troshev, flying to a sambo tournament and the opening of a children's sports school. The death of famous people, especially under such circumstances, a priori attracts increased attention. But then the reason was not only that this man’s name was on everyone’s lips.

Many people knew, loved and respected Gennady Troshev closely for his deeds and actions. He was a versatile person, but it so happened that his main services to the country were closely related to the army and war. And even his father’s behest could not change anything in his fate. As if providence was preparing him to play an important role in the history of Russia at a turning point in its history.

Gennady Nikolaevich was born into the family of a combat pilot who ended the Great Patriotic War in Berlin. After the Victory Nikolay Troshev at the age of only 43, he fell under Khrushchev's large-scale reduction of the Soviet Armed Forces. In just a few years, more than three million soldiers and officers lost their shoulder straps. Out of frustration, the father then said to his son: “Don’t let your foot in the army!” And at first he obeyed. The future Hero of Russia entered college to become an architect, but soon realized that the desire for military service was much stronger than the will of his parent. As a result, he left the civilian university and submitted documents to the Kazan Higher Tank Command School. Thus began his long, difficult and eventful military service.

War on the land of childhood

An almost mystical predestination can be found in various circumstances of this person’s life. He was born in 1947 in the “capital” of the recently ended war - Berlin. And straight from there, as a newborn, he ended up with his parents in the city of the future war - Grozny (many sources even write that he was born there). It was in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic that Gennady Troshev spent his childhood, which subsequently played a big role in the fate of the inhabitants of this long-suffering corner of Russia.

At the command post in the Kadar zone during the fighting in Chechnya. Photo:

Seven years of General Troshev’s life were closely connected with the fighting in Chechnya. From 1995 to 2002, he brought order there in several different positions. He began as commander of the 58th Army and ended as commander of the entire North Caucasus Military District. But no matter who he was listed on the papers, his principles and strategy did not change. Historians and people who knew General Troshev closely highlight several key points in his approach to resolving the conflict, which had a great impact on the outcome of events in the republic. Firstly, he consciously went to this war, although for him, who grew up in Chechnya, it was not easy.

“Of course, it’s a shame. Of course, it’s hard to fight on your own land, Russian soil. Moreover, where he was born and raised,” he once admitted to a journalist, sighing heavily.

Unlike some colleagues, the general was not afraid of the enormous responsibility. For example, at one time First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Eduard Vorobyov he simply did not want to take command of the operation in Chechnya. He cited her unpreparedness and filed a letter of resignation. There were other refuseniks.

“Not everyone even took on this matter, because you need to understand that at that time everything in the army was very difficult,” says daughter of a military leader Natalya Belokobylskaya, who is the president of the General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth. “And it seems to me that one of my father’s main merits is that he was, in principle, able to form and prepare combat-ready forces to fight the enemy.” We didn’t see the whole picture then, but now we understand that we were fighting in Chechnya against a global evil—terrorism.”

In the hospital with wounded servicemen. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

Victory without weapons

The most important point was Gennady Troshev's strategy in Chechnya. On the one hand, he was opposed to any truce with the bandits, which would give them the opportunity to lick their wounds and then continue to rob, take hostages and kill.

“Any stop to the war is a half-measure and a crime,” said the general. “Only by completely destroying and dispersing the gangs will we be able to live and work in peace.”

And the experience of the Khasavyurt agreements concluded in 1996 clearly proved the truth of these words. In subsequent years, religious extremism spread in Chechnya, which resulted in an attack by international gangs on Dagestan and the resumption of large-scale hostilities.

At the same time, Gennady Troshev was always ready to negotiate with the enemy in order to avoid human losses. The military leader understood well that many of the residents of the republic who took up arms were simply brainwashed. Radical and other forces from abroad were actively involved in this. That is why in 1999 he began a dialogue with the Chechen mufti Akhmad Kadyrov, who previously declared jihad against the Russian military, but then changed his position to pro-Russian. Thanks to this, the second largest and most important city in Chechnya, Gudermes, was soon liberated from the bandits without a fight. Everyone also knows what an important role Kadyrov later played in establishing peace in Chechnya.

Gennady Troshev was always ready to negotiate in order to avoid human losses. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

And Gennady Nikolaevich is given credit for the fact that in many ways it was his efforts that led to a turning point in the information war against federal troops. Moreover, these attacks were not only from enemy “trenches”, but also from behind.

“Politicians brought the situation in Chechnya to the point of bloodshed, and the military had to clean up everything,” continues Natalya Belokobylskaya. “And for this, many later called them murderers.” This was partly due to the closed nature of the army, because no one gave any interviews. People didn’t understand what was happening and didn’t trust anyone. And Gennady Nikolaevich was able to convey the necessary information, correctly place the accents and reduce the intensity.”

It is interesting that during all these events the general carefully kept diaries, which later formed the basis of his books. There are three of them: “My war. Chechen diary of a trench general", "Chechen relapse. Notes of the commander" and "Chechen break".

Gennady Troshev signs his book about the Chechen war for the soldiers. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

Hero, Cossack and just a family man

The merits of Gennady Troshev were recognized at the highest level. In 1999, for the counter-terrorism operation in Chechnya and Dagestan, he received the gold star of the Hero of Russia. At the end of 2002, he was appointed commander of the troops of the Siberian Military District, but due to his convictions, he publicly refused this position, after which he was sent to the reserve. But soon a new and also very important page in his life began.

President Boris Yeltsin presents Gennady Troshev with the Hero of Russia medal. December 1999. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

In February 2003, he became an adviser to the Russian President on Cossack issues. And this was not just an honorary position, which is often given to retired managers for past services. The fact is that Gennady Troshev was a hereditary Terek Cossack and always dreamed of making his contribution to the revival and unification of the entire Russian Cossacks. And he succeeded in this too. His great merit is considered to be the adoption of the federal law “On the State Service of the Russian Cossacks” in 2005, something his predecessor failed to do in a whole decade. Knowledgeable people say that in the process of this work, Gennady Troshev spent a lot of nerves and made many enemies.

He also paid great attention to working with youth. He supported children's sports and was actively involved in the creation of Cossack cadet corps. As a result, even almost all of Gennady Troshev’s grandchildren also joined the cadets.

Meeting with students of the Yakut Cadet Corps. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

“My eldest daughter at first did not want to enter the cadet corps,” says Natalya Belokobylskaya. “But in the year of her father’s death, she herself told me that she would go there because her grandfather wanted it that way.” Then she pulled her middle-aged daughter towards her, and after that they settled down together on her youngest son. They said stop sitting near my mother’s skirt. So everyone became cadets. It’s hard to say where they will go next, but I would really like there to be continuers of military affairs. After all, everyone in our family served: both men and women.”

The young Troshev family. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

According to her, Gennady Troshev was always very worried about the military, about the entire army and would probably be happy about the changes taking place in it. But at the same time, she says that her father was not a rude soldier, as the military is often called.

“I have three children, and he personally came to pick each one up from the maternity hospital,” recalls Natalya Belokobylskaya. “I was even surprised by such a reverent and attentive attitude, because he is still a man, an officer.” In general, he was very caring not only with his family. He was keenly interested in the affairs of the children of his friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and could call and ask how they were doing. I don’t even know how he managed to do it all, but that was his character. He was also a very cheerful, pleasant and non-offensive person. We all miss him very much."

Gennady Troshev was a very cheerful person. Photo: General Troshev Foundation for Patriotic Education of Youth

There were many cities in the life of Gennady Troshev, but the last years of his life were connected with Krasnodar. His father learned to defeat the Nazis at a local flight school, and he and his family moved to Kuban due to the start of the second Chechen campaign in 1999. According to Natalya Belokobylskaya, at that moment my father didn’t even have his own apartment, but they gave him housing in Krasnodar. Later, the family acquired a house, not far from which there is a small cemetery and a church. Hearing its bell ringing, for some reason Gennady Troshev always said to his relatives: “You hear, that’s where you’ll bury me.” That is why, after the death of the head of the family, his widow Larisa had no doubts about the burial place, although they were offered different options. The relatives of Hero of Russia Gennady Troshev are glad that they can quickly reach his grave at any time, and remember him every time they hear the bell ringing.

Troshev Gennady Nikolaevich - Deputy Commander of the Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus, Commander of the Vostok Group, Lieutenant General.

Born on March 14, 1947 in the center of the Soviet zone of occupation of Germany (now the capital of Germany), the city of Berlin, in the family of an officer. Russian. He spent his childhood years in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Since 1965 - in Soviet army. In 1969 he graduated from the Kazan Higher Command Tank School. He served in various positions in the tank forces. In 1976 he graduated from the Military Academy of Armored Forces named after R.Ya. Malinovsky, and in 1988 - the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. From August 1988 to September 1991 - commander of the 10th Ural-Lvov Volunteer Tank Division of the Group Soviet troops in Germany.

From 1994 to 1995, he commanded the 42nd Vladikavkaz Army Corps of the North Caucasus Military District. In January 1995, by order of the Minister of Defense, the transfer of army units from most Russian military districts to the Grozny region began. In the same month, Troshev was appointed commander of a group of troops of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic. Participant of the first Chechen war (1994-1996). Lieutenant General (05/05/1995).

From 1995 to 1997 - commander of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District. On July 29, 1997, he was appointed deputy commander of the North Caucasus Military District. In August 1999, he became commander of a group of federal forces in Dagestan.

With the outbreak of hostilities in Dagestan in August 1999, Troshev was entrusted with command of the operation to clear the Kadar zone of Islamic militants. It was Troshev who developed and carried out the operation to block and destroy gangs in the villages of Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi and liberate the Novolaksky region of Dagestan. Troshev knew how to prepare not only military, but also political support for the upcoming operation. He negotiated with the elders settlements, located on the path of the troops’ advance, and during these negotiations Troshev proved himself to be a good diplomat.

Since October 1999, deputy commander of the United Group of Forces in the North Caucasus and commander of the Vostok group, led its actions during the second Chechen war.

U By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 4, 1999, for the courage and heroism shown during the liquidation of illegal armed groups, Lieutenant General Gennady Nikolaevich Troshev was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Since December 1999 - First Deputy Commander of the Joint Group. On January 7, 2000, he was appointed deputy commander of the Joint Group of Federal Forces.

On April 21, 2000, he was appointed commander of the United Group of Federal Forces in the North Caucasus, on May 31, 2000, he was appointed commander of the troops of the North Caucasus Military District, and on May 15, 2001, he temporarily headed the group of federal forces in Chechnya.

On December 18, 2002, he was dismissed from the post of commander of the North Caucasus Military District - “for public discussion of decisions taken by the leadership of the Armed Forces of the country,” namely, after refusing to head the Siberian Military District.

From February 25, 2003 to May 7, 2008, he was an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation on Cossack issues.

Lived and worked in the hero city of Moscow. Died on September 14, 2008 in a Boeing 737-500 plane crash at the Perm airport. Buried on October 22, 2008 with military honors in the cemetery of the village of Severny near Krasnodar.

Colonel General (02/22/2000), active state adviser of the Russian Federation, 2nd class (07/14/2007).

Awarded the Soviet Order “For Service to the Motherland in Armed Forces USSR" 3rd degree (1990), Russian orders "For Services to the Fatherland" 4th degree (06/23/2008), "For Military Merit" (1995), Friendship of Peoples (1994), medals, as well as orders and medals foreign countries, including the Order of Leon (Abkhazia).

Honorary citizen of the cities of Prokhladny (2000) and Nalchik (2002) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Makhachkala (2000) of the Republic of Dagestan, Shali (2001) of the Chechen Republic.

In accordance with the order of the head of the administration of the city of Grozny of the Chechen Republic, in September 2008, Krasnoznamenaya Street, located in the Leninsky district of Grozny, was renamed Gennady Troshev Street. In November 2008, the name of Gennady Troshev was given to the Dagestan Cadet Corps, on whose building a memorial plaque was installed. The name of Hero of Russia Gennady Troshev was also given to a cadet school in the village of Chernyshevsky in the Republic of Yakutia in 2008; a memorial plaque was unveiled on the school building on April 14, 2009.