What is Andrey Mordvichev known for? – Picture of the Day – Kommersant

On February 17, it became known that Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev took over as commander of the Central Military District (TsVO). In this position, he replaced Colonel General Alexander Lapin. Details of the biography of Andrei Mordvichev – in the help of “Kommersant”.

Mordvichev Andrey Nikolaevich was born on January 14, 1976 in Pavlodar (Kazakhstan). In 1997 he graduated from the Novosibirsk Combined Arms Command School of the Siberian Military District, in 2006 from the Frunze Combined Arms Academy of the RF Armed Forces.

The website of deputy Dmitry Sablin says that Mr. Mordvichev took part in the Georgian-Abkhazian war of 2008 and then commanded the 28th motorized rifle brigade.

According to open sources, since 2010, he served as deputy commander of the 5th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Moscow Military District (Alabino training ground). From April 2011 to 2012 he commanded the 4th Tank Brigade of the Western Military District. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, under him she received excellent marks in all types of training.

According to the website of deputy Dmitry Sablin, since 2012 he commanded the 7th Guards Tank Brigade (Chelyabinsk Region). According to the news of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in June 2013 he headed the “advanced formation of the Eastern Military District.”

In 2016, after graduating from the Academy of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, he was appointed to the position of deputy corps commander.

According to open sources, since 2017 he commanded the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District. Local media also presented him as the head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk garrison.

According to the Ministry of Defense, in 2017-2019 – Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (it is deployed in the Novosibirsk, Omsk, Kemerovo, Irkutsk regions and Altai Territory). According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, under him in Siberia, for the first time, military personnel worked out actions to equip the Syrian Wall. From 2019 to 2021, he held a similar position in the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District. Since November 2021, he has been appointed its commander.

From 2022 to 2023 – Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District.

According to media reports, in the spring of 2022, as commander of the 8th Army, he led army units during the capture of Mariupol and Azovstal. On March 18, 2022, the Ukrainian side stated that Mordvichev died at the airfield in Chernobaevka. After the publication, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, arrived in Mariupol to personally meet with Andrei Mordvichev and refute the information about his death. According to State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin, Mordvichev was wounded near Mariupol.

At the end of 2022, he replaced the commander of the Central Military District Alexander Lapin for the duration of the vacation. State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin also announced his appointment to the post of commander of the Central Military District in January 2023.

Lieutenant general. Over the years, he commanded victory parades in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Novosibirsk and Volgograd. He was awarded the Orders of Alexander Nevsky, Zhukov, the Order of Courage and “For Military Merit”, the medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” II degree, the Suvorov Medal. Father of many children.