Bulgakov, Vladimir Vasilievich

He graduated from the North Caucasus Suvorov Military School in Ordzhonikidze ( Vladikavkaz) in 1967 . In the Soviet Army since 1967 . From 1967 to 1971 - cadet of the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School named after twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Armored Forces P.S. Rybalko . After graduating in 1971, he commanded a tank platoon , a tank company, and a tank battalion in the Central Group of Forces in Czechoslovakia . The military ranks of senior lieutenant, captain and lieutenant colonel are assigned ahead of schedule.

In 1979 he graduated from the Military Academy of the Armored Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya. Malinovsky . He served as chief of staff - deputy commander of a motorized rifle regiment , commander of a tank regiment. In 1985 - 1987, he fought in Afghanistan , while serving as military adviser to the commander of the Afghan infantry division.

Since 1987, the chief of staff - deputy commander of a motorized rifle division in the Belarusian military district (the city of Grodno ). Since 1990 - commander of the 6th Guards Tank Vitebsk-Novgorod twice the Red Banner Division in the Northern Group of Forces in Poland .

Since 1993 - commander of the 166th separate guards motorized infantry Vitebsk-Novgorod twice of the Red Banner Brigade of the Moscow Military District . Since 1995 - Deputy Commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the North Caucasus Military District . An active participant in the hostilities during the First Chechen War , led the hostilities in the spring and summer of 1995 in the mountainous part of Chechnya , in particular, operations to seize the regional centers of Vedeno and Chatoy . Very successfully used tactical helicopter landing.

In 1997, he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and was appointed commander of the 8th Guards Army Corps of the North Caucasus Military District in Volgograd . Since December 1998 - Deputy Commander of the North Caucasian Military District for Emergencies.

Since August 1999, in this position he participated in repelling the invasion of Chechen fighters in the Republic of Dagestan , and since October 1999, he participated in the Second Chechen War . From October 1999, he commanded the troops of the operational group "Sever", from December 1999 - the troops of the operational group "Grozny", from February to March 2000 - the troops of the operational group "Center" (operated in the Shatoi district of Chechnya ). The direct leader of the battles to storm Grozny in January 2000 .

Since March 2000, the chief of staff was the first deputy commander of the troops of the North Caucasus Military District . Since July 2003 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces .

Since September 8, 2006 - the commander of the troops of the Far Eastern Military District .

Since January 2009 - in reserve upon reaching the age limit for military service.

Candidate of Military Sciences.

Hero of the Russian Federation Colonel General Gennady Troshev in his memoirs gave a very flattering description to Vladimir Bulgakov:

Vladimir Vasilievich is an amazing person and highly deserving of respect. His powerful, strong figure, a thundering voice, premature gray hair, characteristic wrinkles on his face (as if carved from stone) create the image of an old grunt-general who went through many military trials.

- Gennady Troshev . “ My war. Chechen diary of the trench general ”, memoirs, book

General Troshev also noted Bulgakov as a “passionate book lover” and a man of the broadest erudition.

• Hero of the Russian Federation ( March 24, 2000 )
• Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, III degree (2009) , IV degree
• Order of Courage (1995)
• Order of the Red Banner (1987)
• Two Orders of the Red Star (1984, 1990)
• Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree (1975)
• Medal "300 years of the Russian fleet"
• Medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"
• Medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "For the Strengthening of the Military Commonwealth"
• Medal "For Military Valor" I degree
• Medal "For Military Valor" II degree
• Medal "For Impeccable Service" I degree
• Medal "For Impeccable Service" II degree
• Medal "For Impeccable Service" III degree
• Order of Ataman Platov (2012, Rostov Region ). ^[one]
• Colonel General A. S. Kulikov, the registered pistol of Makarov from the commander of the United Federal Forces Group in Chechnya
• Named Dagger (2009).

Foreign awards:

• Order of the Red Banner ( Afghanistan )
• Medal “For Good Border Protection” ( Afghanistan )
• Medal "10 years of the Saur revolution" ( Afghanistan )
• Medal “To the Warrior-Internationalist from the grateful Afghan people” ( Afghanistan )

• Sidzhakh Kh. I. Scarlet epaulettes of the Kuban and the Caucasus. - Maykop: OJSC Polygraph-South, 2003. - S. 138-139. - 320 s. - ISBN 978-5-7992-0768-7 .

Bulgakov, Vladimir Vasilievich (Russian) . The site " Heroes of the country ."