Biography of General Konashenkov

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. I received wide fame in the year, illuminating the course of the Russian military operation in Syria. In February, he became an official representative of the Ministry of Education, covering the course of the military operation of Russia in Ukraine. He was awarded two orders “For Merit to the Fatherland” and many other state awards.

Russian military leader Igor Konashenkov childhood and youth Igor Konashenkov was born in the spring of the year in Moldavian Chisinau. There is no information about parents and other relatives in the public domain, and the general himself prefers to circumvent the questions of journalists about their personal life. It is known that at school Igor was in a good account, fond of physics, participated in all sports events.

Having received the certificate, Konashenkov submitted documents to the engineering faculty of the Zhytomyr Red Banner Military School of the Air Defense of the Air Defense named after the Leninsky Komsomol. In the year, Igor Evgenievich additionally graduated from the highest courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after which he became a deputy, and after that the head of the press service and information department of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

At the time of activity, Konashenkov contributed to the improvement of the image of the Russian army regarding the objective informing of the civilian population. In the year, Igor Konashenkov during the Second Chechen War, he led the division of the information support of the Russian troops. Closing the peacekeeping mission in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict of the year and the military Russian operation in Syria, Igor Evgenievich became widely known not only in his homeland, but also abroad.

In the year, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Konashenkov’s assignment of the title of Major General. In the spring of the year, Konashenkov was appointed head of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. His achievements in the service were repeatedly noted by high state awards, including the Order of Courage, Honor, Friendship.

Igor Konashenkov in Syria, the personal life of Igor Konashenkov, judging by the wedding ring on the ring finger of his right hand, the general is married, but he never spread about his wife or children. Konashenkov carefully protects his private life from curious journalists, stopping issues that are not related to his professional activity. It is known that the head of the Department of Information of the Moscow Region contributed to the Association of Moscow journalists in organizing and conducting the bastion courses and tours in the combat zones.

Igor Konashenkov now, with the beginning of the special military operation of Russia in Ukraine, the general announces the course of hostilities daily. The first message sounded on the evening of February 24 of the year: the joint use of raid detachments and airborne landing in the Crimean direction was ensured by Russian troops to the city of Kherson. This made it possible to unlock the North Crimean Canal and restore the supply of water to the Crimea peninsula.

In the summer of the year, decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin Konashenkov was awarded the title of Lieutenant General. He conducted daily briefings, during which he voiced the latest news about the situation in Ukraine. In addition, the general was entrusted with reporting the position of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu at a time when questions about the absence of a minister on TV screens and concern his health began to arise on the network.

Interesting facts from childhood Igor Konashenkov was engaged in running, swimming, shooting. After some time, he began to perform in the team of modern pentathlon for CSKA, which, in addition to the above disciplines, also includes competition and fencing. In the year, commenting on the incident with violation of the marine border of Russia by the British destroyer Defender, Konashenkov announced the “epic fiasco” and “fragrant spot on the reputation of the royal naval forces”.

To the remark of the Pentagon spokesman, who called the reports of Russian ships “example of misinformation”, the general retorted: to whom, as not the former Rear Admiral Kirby, it is well known that for the security security of the Russian armed forces the destroyer Defender anywhere in the Black Sea, is just a fat target for anti-ship complexes of the Black Sea Fleet.

Important events in life year: he graduated from the Zhytomyr Higher Military School of Air Defense Radio Electronics. The memegla fool "Losses in the Armed Forces of Russia is not."