Anatoly Zinevich
| Anatoly Zinevich | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 November 1932 Proskurov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 1 August 2000 (aged 67) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Buried | Holy Trinity Church St Nicholas Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia
|
| Service/branch |
 Soviet ArmyNagorno-Karabakh Defense Army |
| Years of service | 1953—1997 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
40th Army 7th Army |
| Battles/wars |
Soviet-Afghan War Ethio-Somali War Nagorno-Karabakh War |
| Awards | see below |
Anatoly Vladimirovich Zinevich (Ukrainian: Анатолій Володимирович Зіневич) (20 November 1932 - 1 August 2000) was a Soviet, and later Armenian General-Lieutenant of Ukrainian origin, for whom "Armenia became the second homeland." He was one of the commanders of Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army.
Zinevich was born on 20 November 1932 in Proskurov (now Khmelnytskyi), Ukrainian SSR. He entered the Proskurovsky Tank School on 14 August 1950. After he graduated, Zinevich attended and graduated from the Frunze Military Academy and the highest academical courses for the USSR leadership. He was a military advisor in the Ethio-Somali War. Zinevich served 8 years as Operations Chief of Staff of the 40th Army in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, where he was wounded three times.
In 1988, he was appointed Chief of Staff Operations Division of the 7th Army in the Armenian SSR. After a second heart attack and coronary bypass in 1989, he was discharged from the armed forces, but stayed in Armenia. At the request of the first Defence Minister of Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan, Zinevich arrived in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in June 1992 and participated in the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Zinevich was appointed Chief of Staff of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army in 1994, and from May 1997 to August 2000 he served as Deputy Defense Minister. He was personally involved in combat operations and is the creator of operational systems of protection and management of the NKR Defense Army.
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