Valery Gerasimov Biography, Age, Career, Family, Net worth, Early Life, Weight, Height

On September 8, 1955, Gerasimov was born in Kazan, Tatar ASSR. He received his education from the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy. Following his path, he goes to Kazan Higher Tank Command School, Kazan Suvorov Military School, and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

Valery Gerasimov is a married man and has his own small family. He is married to his wife and has a son.

Gerasimov was the Far Eastern Military District’s commander of a Mechanized Infantry platoon, company. After graduation from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School. Later, he served as the chief of staff of a motorized rifle division and a tank regiment in the Baltic Military District. He served as the 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division’s commander in the Baltic Military District from 1993 to 1995 before moving on to the North Western Group of Forces.

He served as the Moscow Military District’s First Deputy Army Commander following his graduation from the General Staff Academy. Between February 2001 and March 2003, he served as the 58th Army’s commander in the North Caucasus Military District. This was during the Second Chechen War.

His participation in Yury Budanov’s detention earned him plaudits from writer Anna Politkovskaya.

He was appointed commander of the Leningrad Military District in 2006. Valery relocated in 2009 to become the Moscow Military District commander. He was appointed Central Military District commander in 2012. He was appointed the Deputy Chief of the General Staff on December 23, 2010.

From 2009 to 2012, he presided over the Victory Day Parade on Red Square four times.