What is Anatoly Kvashnin?
{{Infobox military person |name= Anatoly Vasiliyevich Kvashnin |birth_date= {{Birth date|1946|8|15|df=y}} |birth_place= [[Ufa]], [[Bashkir ASSR]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR|Soviet Union]] |death_date= {{Death date and age|2022|1|7|1946|8|15|df=y}} |death_place= [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] |image= Kvashnin (2007-05-15).jpg |caption=2007 |nickname= |allegiance= {{USSR}}<br/>{{RUS}} |branch= [[File:Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (obverse).svg|25px]] [[Armed Forces of the Russian Federation]] |serviceyears= 1969–2004 |rank= [[General of the Army (Russia)|Army General]] |commands= [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation]] |awards= |laterwork= Presidential Envoy to the [[Siberian Federal District]] |unit= |battles= [[War of Dagestan]]<br>[[Second Chechen War]] }} [[Army General (Russia)|General of the Army]] '''Anatoly Vasiliyevich Kvashnin''' ({{lang-ru|Анатолий Васильевич Квашнин}}; 15 August 1946 – 7 January 2022) was a Russian general. He was the [[Chief of the General Staff (Russia)|Chief of the Russian General Staff]] from 1997 to 2004. Kvashnin died from [[COVID-19]] on 7 January 2022 in [[Moscow]], at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.bfm.ru/news/490111?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop |title=Умер экс-глава Генштаба ВС РФ Квашнин|publisher=BFM| language=Russian| accessdate =7 January 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kvashnin, Anatoly}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Russian generals]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow]] {{bio-stub}}