Anatoly Romanov

Anatoly Romanov
Born	(1948-09-27) September 27, 1948 Mikhailovka village, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Allegiance	Soviet Union Russia
Service/branch	Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Years of service	1967–1995
Rank	Colonel general (1995)
Commands held	Internal Troops of Russia
Battles/wars	1993 Russian constitutional crisis First Chechen War
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation Order of Military Merit Order of the Red Star Order "For Personal Courage"

Anatoly Alexandrovich Romanov (Russian: Анатолий Александрович Романов; born September 27, 1948) is a Russian Colonel-General, a former deputy interior minister - the commander of the Russian Interior Ministry and the Commander of the Joint Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya, Hero of the Russian Federation. 1995 - Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation - the commander of the Interior Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry.

Assassination Attempt

On October 6, 1995, in Grozny in the area of a tunnel under the railway bridge, a radio-controlled bomb exploded. The car in which Romanov was riding was in the center of the explosion. Romanov was seriously injured, miraculously survived, but was left disabled (Romanov went to the meeting to Khasbulatov).

See also

• List of Heroes of the Russian Federation

External links

• Site Heroes of the country
• biography
• Fund to promote sports and medicine named after Hero of Russia Colonel General Romanov