What is Valery Gerasimov?
{{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = [[Hero of the Russian Federation]]<br>[[General of the Army (Russia)|General of the Army]] | name = Valery Gerasimov | native_name = {{lang|ru|Вале́рий Гера́симов}} | image = Valery Gerasimov official photo version 2022-10-03.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Gerasimov in an official portrait from 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|9|8|df=y}} | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = [[Kazan]], [[Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Tatar ASSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_place = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} (1976–1991) <br>{{flag|Russian Federation}} (1991–present) | branch = [[Soviet Armed Forces]]<br>[[Russian Armed Forces]] | serviceyears = 1976–present | rank = [[File:Russia-Army-OF-9-2013.svg|35px]] [[Army General (Russia)|General of the Army]] | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = [[Chief of the General Staff (Russia)|Chief of the General Staff]] <br/> Deputy Chief of the General Staff <br/> [[Central Military District]] <br/> [[Moscow Military District]] <br/> [[Leningrad Military District]] <br/> [[58th Army]] <br/> [[144th Guards Motor Rifle Division]] | battles = [[Second Chechen War]]<br/>[[Syrian Civil War]] | awards = [[Hero of the Russian Federation]] <br/> [[Order of Honour (Russia)|Order of Honour]] <br/> [[Order of St. George|Order of St. George (3rd and 4th Class)]] | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}'''Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov''' ({{lang-rus|Валерий Васильевич Герасимов|p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf}}; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian [[General of the Army (Russia)|General of the Army]]. He is the current [[Chief of the General Staff (Ru