Lytvyn Nikolai Mikhailovich is a famous Ukrainian military leader. Has the rank of army general, is a candidate of military sciences.
General's biography
Litvin Nikolai Mikhailovich was born in the small village of Sloboda, which is located on the territory of the Zhytomyr region. The future military leader was born in 1961.
He spent his childhood in his native village in the Novograd-Volynsky district. Then it was still the Ukrainian SSR.
His parents were peasants. Ukrainian by nationality.
Litvin Nikolai Mikhailovich began to build his career when he went to serve in the army. He was drafted in 1980.
After his military service, he decided to continue his military career. To do this, he entered the Higher Military-Political School, which was located in Donetsk. It specialized in engineering troops and signal troops.
He graduated with honors in 1984, receiving a gold medal. The next stage of his military career was service in the ranks of the airborne troops. Over time, he received the post of deputy company commander. And then a battalion and an airborne regiment. He oversaw issues related to the political education of fighters and command staff. His service took place at the base of the Guards Airborne Division number 104, which was stationed on the territory of the Azerbaijan SSR.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Nikolai Litvin decided to serve in the Ukrainian armed forces. True, at first, relations between the Russian and Ukrainian armies were very benevolent. Therefore, the hero of our article completed his studies at the Humanitarian Academy of the Armed Forces, which was based in Moscow, without any problems. He received his graduation diploma in 1993.
In the Ukrainian army he is appointed as a deputy commander in the National Guard of Ukraine. As in the Soviet troops, he oversees issues related to educational work and the political reliability of personnel.
Litvin Nikolai Mikhailovich, whose photo is in this article, already by 1996 receives a promotion. He was transferred to the Main Directorate to the position of deputy head. At the same time, he becomes the actual commander-in-chief of the internal troops of a sovereign state, the chief of staff of the Internal troops.
He continues to improve his military education in Ukraine. By 1998, he graduated from the National Defense Academy, which is already based in Kyiv. He receives a new military speci alty at the operational-strategic faculty. The allies of Ukraine also teach him military craft. The hero of our article is being trained at Harvard University. In the United States of America, he receives knowledge on the course"National Security of Ukraine".
Career in the Internal Troops
In 2001, Nikolai Mikhailovich Litvin, whose biography was closely connected with military service, heads the internal Ukrainian troops. He receives the post of head of the Main Directorate. At the same time, he is the head of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In 2001, his career is going up. Lytvyn is appointed to lead the state committee that oversees the situation on the state border of Ukraine. The hero of our article becomes the commander of the already border troops. In 2003, the committee underwent a global reorganization, after which his position already sounds like the chairman of the state border service.
In 2008, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko conferred on Lytvyn the rank of Army General by his personal decree.
In 2010, during the formation of the government of Mykola Azarov, he was considered by many experts as a potential contender for the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine. However, as a result, the portfolio went to Admiral Mikhail Bronislavovich Yezhel.
In 2014, a new president, Petro Poroshenko, came to power. The head of state no longer favored Lytvyn like Yushchenko, so he was fired from his post as head of the border service in October 2014.
Private life
It is known that Litvin Nikolai Mikhailovich is married. His family is strong, he and his wife are raising their daughter Alexandra.
Among representative relatives of Litvin are two of his brothers. Vladimir Mikhailovich from 2008 to 2012 was the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Petr Mikhailovich is currently in command of the ground forces in the southern direction.
