Yuri Grigoryevich Khachaturov - Colonel General, Armenian military leader. He was born in the Georgian SSR, in Tetri Tskaro. Since 2017, he has been the Secretary General of the CSTO. Between 2008 and 2016, he was the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. This person comes from an employee’s family. He graduated from school in the city of Tetri Tskaro (1969).
Biography
Yuri Khachaturov was educated at the artillery command of the Red Banner School. He graduated in 1974 with honors. After Yuri Grigoryevich was appointed commander of a fire platoon in an artillery regiment, part of the motorized rifle division of the Far Eastern Military District. In the period 1976-1982. he was the battery commander.
In 1982-1985 Yuri Grigoryevich attended the Leningrad Military Artillery Academy Kalinin. He was a student at the command department. After graduating from the academy, Yuri Grigoryevich became the chief of staff of the missile forces, artillery in the Belarusian military district. He served in the Fifth Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Fortieth Army in Afghanistan.
From 1987 to 1989, he was the chief of staff of the missile forces, as well as artillery. In 1989, Yuri Grigoryevich graduated from service in Afghanistan. After that, he became the commander of a separate artillery brigade belonging to the tank army in the Belarusian military district.
Service in Armenia
In 1992, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus issued a special order by which Yuri Grigoryevich was seconded to Armenia. There he was placed at the disposal of the local Ministry of Defense and became commander of the Second Motorized Rifle Regiment. Khachaturov took part in hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
He was actively involved in the protection of the state border of the Republic of Armenia. Since 1992, Yuri Grigoryevich - head of the border troops department, deputy commander. He was engaged in the formation of the first and fourth army corps and the Goris regiment.
For a long period of time he commanded these formations and units. Yuri Grigoryevich was also the commander of the operational area and the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia. In 1995, the Decree of the President of Armenia on awarding Khachaturov the military rank of Major General was issued.
In 2000, there was an increase. Yuri Khachaturov became lieutenant general. The next military rank was awarded to him in 2008. Then he became colonel general. In 2000, a Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia on the appointment of Khachaturov as Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia was issued. In 2008, Yuri Grigoryevich became the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.
The Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia was also signed about this. Since 2016, Khachaturov has been Secretary of the National Security Council. He soon became Secretary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. He took this post in 2017.
Yu. G. Khachaturov is married. He has three sons.
Awards
Yuri Khachaturov is awarded the orders of the Red Star. He was awarded the medal "For Merit to the Fatherland". He has the Order of the Star. Yuri Khachaturov several times was awarded with registered military weapons. He was awarded the orders "For Service to the Homeland", "Combat Cross of Armenia", Nerses Schnorali and Vardan Mamikonyan.
There are two degrees of DRA. Among his medals are: “For Impeccable Service”, “Andranik Ozanyan”, “For Military Cooperation”, “For Strengthening the Commonwealth”. Also received an award from the police, the national security service.
