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==Biography==
Valentin Bobryshev on 5 March 1945 to a military family.<ref name="ceo.spb.ru">{{Cite web|title=Личности Петербурга - Бобрышев Валентин Сергеевич |url=http://www.ceo.spb.ru/rus/power/bobrishev.v.s/index.shtml |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.ceo.spb.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
 
He graduated from the Kiev Suvorov Military School in 1963,<ref name="tass.ru">{{Cite web |title=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>, and joined the Soviet Army by the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
He graduated from the Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School named after S. M. Kirov in 1966.<ref name="ceo.spb.ru"/><ref name="tass.ru"/> In the same year in September, he served in the 131st Pechenga Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Army of the Leningrad Military District in Murmansk.,<ref name="Что такое современная армия России">{{Cite web |date=2005-02-21 |title=УмерЧто бывшийтакое командующийсовременная войскамиармия Ленинградского военного округа Валентин БобрышевРоссии |url=https://tasswww.kommersant.ru/obschestvodoc/16479035548978 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACCwww.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}</ref> and in November 1966, he became the commander of a reconnaissance platoon.
 
In that same year, he served in the 131st Pechenga Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Army of the Leningrad Military District, in the Arctic. In September 1966, he had been the commander of a motorized rifle platoon, and in November 1966, he was the commander of a reconnaissance platoon.
 
In September 1969, he was the commander of a motorized rifle company.
 
nIn October 1971, he was the deputy battalion commander.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref> In November 1972, he was promoted as a battalion commander.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
In August 1974, he studied at Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
In June 1977, after which he graduated from the academy, he was the commander of the 123rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division from the Far Eastern Military District.<ref name="ceo.spb.ru"/<ref>{{Cite web |title=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
From September 1979, he became the chief of staff of the 123rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, a position he took until August 1981.
 
In July 1983, after graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces named after K. E. Voroshilov.,,<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20170222194738/http://www.iovpani.spb.ru/attachments/208_Portret_073-080.pdf</ref>, he became the commander of the 19th Guards Tank Nikolaev–Budapest Division of the Southern Group of Forces in Hungary.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref><ref>https:// name="web.archive.org"/web/20170222194738/http://www.iovpani.spb.ru/attachments/208_Portret_073-080.pdf</ref>
 
In September 1985, he was the 1st Deputy Commander of the 14th Guards Army of the Odesa Military District.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
In June 1987, he was the chief of staff of the 1st Guards Army of the Kyiv Military District.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
In May 1988, he was promoted to commander of the 1st Guards Army.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
In August 1991, Bobryshev was the Chief of Staff of the [[Baltic Military District]].<ref name="tass.ru"/> In November 1991, he was the Chief of Staff of the North-Western Group of Forces in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.<ref name="tass.ru"/>
In June 1990, Bobryshev has been promoted to Lieutenant General.
 
In September 1994, he was the commander of the of the CIS collective peacekeeping forces in Tajikistan.<ref>https:// name="web.archive.org"/web/20170222194738/http://www.iovpani.spb.ru/attachments/208_Portret_073-080.pdf</ref>
In August 1991, Bobryshev was the Chief of Staff of the [[Baltic Military District]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref> In November 1991, he was the Chief of Staff of the North-Western Group of Forces in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
In May 1995, Bobyshev was part of the CIS summit in Tajikistan amidst of the Tajik Civil War.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TAJIK MOVES AT CIS SUMMIT. |url=https://jamestown.org/program/tajik-moves-at-cis-summit/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Jamestown |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Что такое современная армия России"/>
In September 1994, he was the commander of the of the CIS collective peacekeeping forces in Tajikistan.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170222194738/http://www.iovpani.spb.ru/attachments/208_Portret_073-080.pdf</ref>
 
In May 1995, Bobyshev was part of the CIS summit in Tajikistan amidst of the Tajik Civil War.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TAJIK MOVES AT CIS SUMMIT. |url=https://jamestown.org/program/tajik-moves-at-cis-summit/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Jamestown |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In June 1995, Russian President [[Boris Yeltsin]] appointed Bobryshev as commander of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Tajikistan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=YELTSIN GETS LESS THAN HE WANTED AT CIS SUMMIT |url=https://jamestown.org/program/yeltsin-gets-less-than-he-wanted-at-cis-summit/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Jamestown |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In December 1995, Bobryshev became the Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the Leningrad Military District.<ref name="ceo.spb.ru"/><ref name="Что такое современная армия России"/>
 
On 18 December 1996, after the district commander, Colonel General [[Sergey Seleznyov (army officer)|Sergey Seleznyov]], died in a plane crash,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-29 |title=Plane Crash Kills Russian Commander - Spokesman.com - Dec. 18, 1996 |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/dec/18/plane-crash-kills-russian-commander/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |archive-date=2015-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029005435/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/dec/18/plane-crash-kills-russian-commander/ |accessurl-datestatus=2024-05-23bot: unknown |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Bobryshev was appointed acting commander of the Leningrad Military District the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер"Что бывшийтакое командующийсовременная войскамиармия Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https:России"//tass.ru/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
On 4 March 1997, he was confirmed as commander of the district.<ref name="tass.ru"/> He was promoted colonel general in May 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref>
 
On 1 December 2000, he was awarded with honors and the certificate by the CIS Military for his courage of the Tajik civil war.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Единый реестр правовых актов и других документов Содружества Независимых Государств |url=https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/1108#text |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=cis.minsk.by}}</ref>
 
 
On 5 March 2002, despite the Chechen incidents and setbacks, he was part of formations of the 76th Guards Airborne-Desant Division at Pskov, with Defense Minister [[Sergei Ivanov]] as part of the military reforms.<ref>https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/87685/02_apr.pdf</ref>
 
BobyrshevBorbyrshev was promoted as the General of the Army by decree of the President of Russia on 21 February 2003.<ref name="kommersant.ru">{{Cite web |date=2005-03-10 |title=Президент заменил командующего Ленинградским военным округом |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/553327 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
 
In 5 March 2005, Bobyrshev, as he he had reached the maximum age limit for the army, was awarded the [[Order of Honour (Russia)|Order of Honor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.03.2005 г. № 253 |url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/22123 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}</ref>
 
On 10 March, due to his age, Bobryshev, aged 60, has been replaced by his successor, [[Igor Puzanov]].<ref name="kommersant.ru"/> According to the law “On Military Duty and Military Service,” the age is limited for performing active military service with the rank of an army general. While the President could extend the commander’s service life if the general himself wanted it, with the appropriate decision of the president, the law allows for service up to 65 years. However, at a press conference at the end of February, Bobryshev admitted to reporters that at the beginning of February he “submitted his resignation due to reaching retirement age.”<ref name="kommersant.ru"/>
After his retirement from the army in 2010, he lived in Saint Petersburg, and had worked as deputy head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway of Russian Railways OJSC.
 
He retired from the army in 2010.
He died on 30 November 2022 at the age of 77.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref> He was buried at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ПАМЯТИ БОБРЫШЕВА ВАЛЕНТИНА СЕРГЕЕВИЧА |url=http://www.kadet.ru/memory/doc/Bobryshev.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.kadet.ru |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=В Петербурге простились с экс-командующим войсками ЛенВО генералом Бобрышевым |url=https://78.ru/news/2022-12-03/v-peterburge-prostilis-s-ekskomanduyushim-voiskami-lenvo-generalom-bobrishevim |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=78.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
 
He died on 30 November 2022 at the age of 77.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Умер бывший командующий войсками Ленинградского военного округа Валентин Бобрышев |url=https://"tass.ru"/obschestvo/16479035 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref> He was buried at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ПАМЯТИ БОБРЫШЕВА ВАЛЕНТИНА СЕРГЕЕВИЧА |url=http://www.kadet.ru/memory/doc/Bobryshev.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.kadet.ru |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=В Петербурге простились с экс-командующим войсками ЛенВО генералом Бобрышевым |url=https://78.ru/news/2022-12-03/v-peterburge-prostilis-s-ekskomanduyushim-voiskami-lenvo-generalom-bobrishevim |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=78.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
 
He was married and had a son and daughter.<ref name=ceo.spb.ru/> It is known that General Bobryshev was a passionate bibliophile and possessed a unique library of several thousand publications.
He lived in Saint Petersburg, and had worked as deputy head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway of Russian Railways OJSC in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-09 |title=Руководство {{!}} Октябрьская ЖД |url=http://ozd.rzd.ru/isvp/public/ozd?STRUCTURE_ID=15 |access-date=2024-05-23 |archive-date=2009-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109152251/http://ozd.rzd.ru/isvp/public/ozd?STRUCTURE_ID=15 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
 
He was married and had a son and daughter.<ref name="ceo.spb.ru"/>
 
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