What is Viktor Kazantsev?
[[File:Виктор Казанцев (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Viktor Germanovich Kazantsev''' ({{lang-rus|Ви́ктор Ге́рманович Каза́нцев|p=ˈvʲiktər ˈɡʲɛrmənəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈzantsɨf}}; 26 February 1946 – 14 September 2021) was a Russian general and politician. He was an envoy of the [[President of Russia|Russian president]] to the [[Southern Federal District]] from 2000 to 2004. He was in charge of negotiations between the Russian government and the [[Chechnya|Chechen]] opposition. He was a general of the [[Russian Ground Forces]]. His military career began with the [[Soviet Army]] in 1963. He retired in 2000. He was born in [[Vitebsk Region]], [[Soviet Union]]. Kazantsev died on 14 September 2021 in [[Krasnodar]], Russia at the age of 75.<ref>[https://kubnews.ru/vlast/2021/09/14/eks-komanduyushchiy-gruppirovkoy-voysk-na-severnom-kavkaze-viktor-kazantsev-umer-v-krasnodare/ Экс-командующий группировкой войск на Северном Кавказе Виктор Казанцев умер в Краснодаре] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kazantsev, Viktor}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Russian generals]] [[Category:Russian politicians]] [[Category:Soviet generals]] [[Category:Soviet politicians]] [[Category:People from Vitebsk Region]] {{bio-stub}}