Georgy Shpak
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| Birth name | Georgy Ivanovich Shpak |
| Born |
September 8, 1943 Osipovichi, Mogilev, USSR |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union Russia
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| Service/branch |
 Russian Airborne Forces
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| Years of service | 1966–2003 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands held | 350th Guards Airborne Regminet 6th Army Turkestan Military District Volga Military District Russian Airborne Forces |
| Battles/wars |
Soviet War in Afghanistan Yugoslavia Wars First Chechen War |
Georgy Ivanovich Shpak (Russian: Георгий Иванович Шпак) was the governor of Ryazan Oblast, Russia from 2004 to 2008.
He was the commander of Russian Airborne Troops from 1996 to 2003.
Born September 8, 1943, in Osipovichi, Mogilev region USSR to Ivan Antonovich, who worked all his life on the railroad, and Anna Akimovna, who worked as an accountant.
He enrolled and graduated from the Minsk Railway School majoring in locomotive engineering, locksmithing and as an electrician for locomotives.
He served as a soldier for six months in the 137th Guards Airborne Regiment in Ryazan, then entered the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School, from which he graduated with honors in 1966 and was appointed commander of the cadet platoon.
In 1970 he became a company commander of cadets at the school in 1973 - lecturer at the department of tactics. Six months later he was appointed battalion commander in the 44th Airborne Training Division in the Baltic area.
After graduating in 1978 from the Military Academy. Shpak commanded the famous 350th Guards Airborne Regiment and deployed with it to Afghanistan on December 25, 1979.
He participated in combat operations in the Republic of Afghanistan (as commander of the 350th Guards Airborne Regiment), Yugoslavia and Chechnya.
After graduating in 1988 from the Military Academy of the General Staff, he became the first deputy commander of a Combined Arms Army in the Odessa Military District.
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