The life of Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov is a persistent desire for something new, to be useful to his homeland, to be higher than a simple layman. The future general of the Soviet army, born to build, a military careerist and politician went down in the history of the Russian Federation as a person who always achieves his goal.
The formation of the future Colonel General
It was 1940, when the future commander Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov appeared in a mixed family. This happened on June 8 in the mountain village of Khuzruk, today it is the territory of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Father, a true Circassian, from childhood instilled in his son the concepts of honor, courage and courage, and his mother, a Russian by nationality, taught her to love her father’s home and homeland, where she had a chance to be born.
He graduated from a village school, the further development of events was no surprise to anyone. All the last school years, Semyon Vladimirovich dreamed of a military officer career. Therefore, the first educational institution on the track record was a higher school in the city of Baku, a general-purpose assignment.
In 1962, after graduating from college, he entered the military department of the Academy. Frunze. And in 1970, having received a diploma of successful graduation, he was enrolled as a student in the USSR Military Academy.
Service path in the Soviet Army
Combining his studies and building a career as an officer, Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov entered the military service in 1965 as commander of a motorized rifle platoon, in 1966, was appointed commander of a company, then a battalion, and a year later he led the command of the regiment.
Surrendering himself to the Soviet Army, in 1975 Vladimir Magomedovich headed the headquarters of the motorized rifle division, which he had previously commanded. And four years later, he commanded a division, then the army corps.
Rapidly steps up the steps of the career ladder, the biography of Vladimir Semenov Magomedovich is replenished with new career achievements and reaches unprecedented heights.
Thus, having been awarded the rank of lieutenant general, since 1984, Semenov has been the commander of the 29th combined arms army in Transbaikalia. In November 1988, promoted to colonel general.
After three years of selfless service, Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov, Army General, is appointed commander of the Trans-Baikal Military District.
Vladimir Magomedovich as a politician of the Soviet era
Since 1991, the career of General Semenov Vladimir Magomedovich takes a different turn and smoothly intertwines with political activity. Having gained the trust of society, from 1989 to 1991, as a deputy, he represents and defends the interests of the people in the government. The current member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, with the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, is appointed deputy under the Minister of Defense of the USSR, after V.I. Varennikov.
Service in the Russian Federation
The difficult period of the split of the Soviet Union had both negative consequences in the career of Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov and positive ones. Many government plans to create special forces have not been implemented. Having received an order in 1992 to head a new structural unit, in fact he continued to command the ground forces.
In August 1992, by order of the government, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, without ceasing command of the ground forces as Commander-in-Chief. And in 2006, the President of the Russian Federation for valiant service, V. M. Semenov was awarded the rank of Army General.
Despite the dedicated service over the years, the presence of the Red Banner and the Order of Military Merit, the general’s further fate gave a sharp dive. An unpredictable situation as a result of different views on the Chechen war, during which Semenov, until recently, resisted the Russian troops entering the territory of the warring country, for which he was punished. Before the final dismissal from military service in 2004, by order of the president, he is relieved of his post as deputy, and soon he is losing command of the ground forces. The dry explanation of the suspension reads: "The general’s actions are incompatible with the assigned duties."
Socio-political period
From 1999 to 2001, he led the Karachay-Cherkess Republic as president. The struggle of competing candidates led to the fact that the elections were declared invalid. The second presidential candidate, S. Derev, did everything possible to defend a place in the sun. The federal authorities were called in to falsify. But after the prosecutor’s investigation and the personal interference of V.V. Putin, who was then prime minister, the Supreme Court recognized the elections as valid, and V.M. Semenov became the current president of the republic.
Having shown himself as a worthy host as president and having won the support of the majority of the population, in 2003 he ran for the second time. Alas, the second election with a margin of a small number of votes, Semenov lost in favor of M. Batdyev, who served as chairman of the republican bank.
