Valery Solodchuk

Valery Nikolaevich Solodchuk
Valery Nikolaevich Solodchuk
Born	1971
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Russia
Years of service	1988-present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division; 36th Combined Arms Army
Awards	Order of Military Merit; Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II degree

Valery Nikolaevich Solodchuk (Template:Lang-ru; born 1971) is an officer of the Russian Army. He holds the rank of lieutenant general, and is currently commander of the 36th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces.

Biography

After studying at the Leningrad Suvorov Military School [ru], Solodchuk entered the Ryazan Airborne Command School, which he graduated from in 1992. He served in the positions of platoon commander to chief of staff of a regiment. In 2004 he graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Solodchuk graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia in 2012, and between 2012 and 2014 commanded the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division of the Russian Airborne Forces. Between fall 2014 and late spring 2015 he was commander of the 1st army corps operating in Donetsk, Ukraine of the 12th Reserve Component Command of the Southern Military District.^[1] Between 2015 and 2017 he was Deputy Commander of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District, and then from 2017 to 2020 Chief of Staff of the 36th Combined Arms Army, stationed in Buryatia. In January 2020 he became commander of the 36th Army. In December 2021 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.^[2]