Anatoly Romanov

Anatoly Alexandrovich Romanov (Russian: Анатолий Александрович Романов; born September 27, 1948, in Mikhailovka, Belebeyevsky District, Bashkortostan) is a Russian Colonel-General, a former deputy interior minister - the commander of the Russian Interior Ministry and the Commander of the Joint Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya, Hero of the Russian Federation. 1995 - Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation - the commander of the Interior Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry.

Anatoly Alexandrovich Romanov
Born (1948-09-27) September 27, 1948
Mikhailovka village, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Service/branch Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Years of service1967–1995
RankColonel general (1995)
Commands heldInternal Troops of Russia
Battles/wars1993 Russian constitutional crisis
First Chechen War
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Order of Military Merit
Order of the Red Star
Order "For Personal Courage"

Assassination Attempt

On October 6, 1995, in Grozny in the area of a tunnel under the railway bridge, a radio-controlled bomb exploded. The car in which Romanov was riding was in the center of the explosion. Romanov was seriously injured, miraculously survived, but was left disabled (Romanov went to the meeting to Khasbulatov).[1]

References
  1. (in Russian) Commanding heights
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