Vasily Morkovkin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byEvgeny Bocharov
Succeeded byAlexander Pavlovsky
Born1 September 1938
Vasily Morkovkin | |
|---|---|
Васі́ль Маркоўкін | |
| Chief of the General Directorate of Border Troops | |
| In office 26 September 1994 – 4 September 1996 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Preceded by | Evgeny Bocharov |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Pavlovsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1938 |
| Died | 29 October 2010 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | Moscow Border Institute of the KGB of the Soviet Union Frunze Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Belarus |
| Branch/service | Soviet Border Troops Border Guard Service of Belarus |
| Years of service | 1957–1996 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Awards | Order of the Red Star Medal "For Impeccable Service" Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" |
Vasily Fyodorovich Morkovkin (Russian: Василий Фёдорович Морковкин; 5 April 1938 – 29 October 2010) was a Soviet and Belarusian military officer who served as the Chief of the General Directorate of Border Troops of Belarus from 1994 to 1996.
Vasily Morkovkin was born on 1 September 1938, in the village of Amelino, in the Stalingrad Oblast of the Russian SFSR.[1]
He was conscripted in 1957 and served in the Soviet Border Troops within the Western Border District. Morkovkin later graduated from the Moscow Border Institute of the KGB in 1962 and the Frunze Military Academy in 1973.[2]