Solovtsov Nikolai Evgenievich (born January 1, 1949 , Zaysan , East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian military commander, Colonel General (1995).
| Nikolay Evgenievich Solovtsov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | January 1, 1949 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Zaysan , East Kazakhstan Region , Kazakh SSR , USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | Strategic Rocket Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1966 - 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Colonel General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commanded | 35th Missile Division, 53rd Missile Army, F.E. Dzerzhinsky Military Academy, Peter the Great Military Academy, Strategic Missile Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
He graduated from the Rostov Higher Military Command Engineering School named after the Chief Marshal of Artillery M. I. Nedelin (1966-1971), the Military Academy named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky (1974-1977); The academic courses of this Academy (1984), the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces named after K. E. Voroshilov (1991, external).
After graduation, he served as an engineer, then as the commander of a missile regiment launch group (Aleysk). After graduating from the academy, he served as chief of staff of the missile regiment (Uzhur), chief of staff of the missile regiment (1980, Pashino), commander of the guards missile regiment (1980-1983), chief of staff of the 39th missile division of the Glukhov division (1983-1984), Commander of the 35th Missile Division (12.1984-01.1989, Barnaul).
As the chairman of the State Commission, he directly supervised the quality control of the construction of Topol combat missile systems and their commissioning; the first missile regiments armed with the Topol mobile soil missile system since 1985 began to carry out combat duty.
In January 1989 - November 1992 - First Deputy Commander of the 31st Missile Army (Orenburg).
In November 1992 - June 1994 - commander of the 53rd Missile Army (Chita).
In June 1994 - August 1997 - First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces.
In August 1997 - April 2001 - head of the F.E.Dzerzhinsky Military Academy (in July 1998 it was renamed the Peter the Great Military Academy of Strategic Rocket Forces).
In April 2001 - August 2009 - commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, chairman of the Strategic Missile Forces Military Council (04/27/2001 - 08/03/2009).
Having assumed the post of commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, special attention was paid to maintaining high combat readiness of the troops, further improving missile weapons, combat control and communications equipment, developing all types of support for missile formations and units and their combat training in the context of the ongoing reform of the Russian Armed Forces. Under his direct leadership in the Strategic Missile Forces, new missile systems were adopted, and the life of missiles already on combat duty was extended. Military-economic work to extend the life of missile systems made it possible to maintain the group at the level of contractual relations and free up huge financial and other resources for their use in other areas of military construction, primarily in the interests of social protection of military personnel and improvement of their living conditions.
Doctor of Military Sciences (2001), Professor (1999), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences (2004), Laureate of the RF Government Prize in Science and Technology (2004). He has more than 40 scientific papers used in the educational and educational process in universities and troops. Under his editorship, for the 50th anniversary of the Strategic Missile Forces, the "Encyclopedia of Strategic Missile Forces" was first created. He was awarded the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation for the creation of a space rocket system based on RS-20 strategic rockets for launching spacecraft (the Dnepr program). Three military ranks (captain, lieutenant colonel and colonel) are assigned ahead of schedule. He made a significant contribution to the development of conceptual documents on the military security of the Russian Federation, to the theory and practice of the further development of the Strategic Missile Forces, the justification of their role and place in strategic nuclear deterrence. In all positions in the Strategic Missile Forces he skillfully combined high exactingness with concern for his subordinates, as a military leader and specialist in the field of testing and operation of rocket technology has high authority among the personnel of the troops, veteran rockets and workers in the rocket and space industry. Retired from August 2009.
Ranks
- The military ranks of captain, lieutenant colonel and colonel are assigned ahead of schedule.
- Major General (1988)
- Lieutenant General (1993)
- Colonel General (1995)
Rewards
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree (2004)
- Order of Military Merit (1996)
- Order of the Badge of Honor (1980)
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree (1990)
- medals
Proceedings
- Military Encyclopedic Dictionary of Strategic Missile Forces (WPS Strategic Missile Forces). / Ch. Ed .: I. D. Sergeev , V. N. Yakovlev , N. E. Solovtsov . Moscow; Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Big Russian Encyclopedia; 1999 .-- 634 p. - 8500 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-315-X .
Literature
- Military Encyclopedic Dictionary of Strategic Missile Forces / Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation; Ch. Ed .: I. D. Sergeev , V. N. Yakovlev , N. E. Solovtsov . - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia , 1999 .-- 632 p. - 8500 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-315-X . . - S. 493.