The life of Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov is a persistent desire for something new, to be useful to his homeland, to be above a simple layman. The future general of the Soviet army, born to create, military careerist and politician entered the history of the Russian Federation as a person who always achieves his goal.
Becoming a future colonel-general
It was 1940, when the future commander Semyonov Vladimir Magomedovich was born in a mixed family. This happened on June 8 in the mountain village of Khuzruk, today it is the territory of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. The father, a true Circassian, from childhood instilled in his son the concepts of honor, courage and courage, and his mother, Russian by nationality, taught him to love his father's house and the homeland where he happened to be born.
He graduated from a rural school, the further development of events was not a surprise to anyone. All the last school years, Semyon Vladimirovich dreamed of a military careerofficer. Therefore, the first educational institution in the track record was the higher school in the city of Baku, for general purposes.
In 1962, after graduating from college, he entered the military department of the Academy. Frunze. And in 1970, having received a diploma of successful graduation from the university, he was enrolled as a student at the Military Academy of the USSR.
Service path in the Soviet Army
Combining studies and building a career as an officer, Semyonov Vladimir Magomedovich entered the military service in 1965 as commander of a motorized rifle platoon, in 1966 he was appointed commander of a company, then a battalion, and a year later he headed the command of a regiment.
Giving all of himself to the Soviet Army, in 1975 Vladimir Magomedovich was in charge of the headquarters of the motorized rifle division, which he had previously commanded. And four years later he commands a division, then an army corps.
Swiftly walking up the career ladder, the biography of Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov is replenished with new service achievements and reaches unprecedented heights.
Thus, having been awarded the rank of lieutenant general, since 1984 Semenov has been the commander of the 29th combined arms army in Transbaikalia. Promoted to Colonel General in November 1988.
After three years of selfless service Vladimir Magomedovich Semyonov - General of the Army, appointed Commander of the Trans-Baikal Military District.
Vladimir Magomedovich as a politician of the Soviet era
Since 1991, the career of General Semenov Vladimir Magomedovich takes a different turn andseamlessly intertwined with political activity. Having won the trust of society, from 1989 to 1991, as a people's deputy, he represents and defends the interests of the people in the government. The current member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, in the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, is appointed deputy to the Minister of Defense of the USSR, after V. I. Varennikov.
Service in the Russian Federation
The difficult period of the split of the Soviet Union had both negative and positive consequences in the career of Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov. Many government plans to create special forces were never implemented. Having received an order in 1992 to head a new structural unit, in fact he continued command of the ground forces.
In August 1992, by order of the government, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, without stopping the command of the ground forces as Commander-in-Chief. And in 2006, the President of the Russian Federation awarded V. Semenov the title of General of the Army for his valiant service.
Despite the selfless service for many years, the presence of the Red Banner and the Order of Military Merit, the further fate of the general gave a steep dive. An unpredictable situation as a result of different views on the Chechen war, during which Semenov to the last resisted the fact that Russian troops entered the territory of a belligerent country, for which he was punished. Before the final dismissal from military service in 2004, he is relieved of the post of deputy by order of the president, and soon loses his commandground forces. The dry explanation of the suspension reads: “The actions of the general are inconsistent with the assigned duties.”
Socio-political period
From 1999 to 2001, he heads the Karachay-Cherkess Republic as president. The struggle of competing candidates led to the fact that the elections were declared invalid. The second candidate for the presidency, S. Derev, did everything possible to defend his place under the sun. The federal authorities were called in to investigate the falsification. But after the prosecutor's investigation and the personal intervention of V. V. Putin, who at that time held the post of prime minister, the Supreme Court recognized the elections as valid, and V. M. Semyonov became the current president of the republic.
Having shown himself as a worthy boss as president and having won the support of the majority of the population, in 2003 he ran for the second time. Alas, Semyonov lost the second election with a difference of a small number of votes in favor of M. Batdyev, who served as chairman of the republican bank.
Marital status
Until now, she is in a marital relationship with Madelena Semyonova, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria. Maiden name - Sengireeva. Has two adult daughters.
