Boris Gromov

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Russian military officer and politician

PoliticiansBorn 1943 · age 82

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Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov is a Russian politician and former military officer. He was the Governor of Moscow Oblast between January 2000 and May 2012.

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With President Dmitry Medvedev, 14 October 2008

With President Medvedev and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, January 2011

Gromov, then a colonel general, announces withdrawal of Soviet army from Afghanistan in 1989

Awards 25

2018Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class

2014Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class

2012Order of Honour

2012Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour

2008Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

2005Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

2005Order of the Friendship of Peoples

2003Jubilee medal «10 years of the Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Afghanistan»

2003Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class

2003Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class

1995Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

1988Order of Lenin

1988Hero of the Soviet Union

1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Order of the Red Star

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 2nd class

Order of the Red Banner

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class

Medal "For Merit in Upholding the Memory of Fallen Defenders of the Homeland"

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Igor UgolnikovAlso won Medal "For Merit in Upholding the Memory of Fallen Defenders of the Homeland"

Ruslan AushevAlso won Jubilee medal «10 years of the Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Afghanistan»

Alexey MillerAlso won Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 2nd class

Valery BykovskyAlso won Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Xu QiliangAlso won Order of the Friendship of Peoples

Vitold FokinAlso won Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class

About this person

Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov is a Russian politician and former military officer. He was the Governor of Moscow Oblast between January 2000 and May 2012. Deployed thrice to fight in the Soviet-Afghan War, Gromov was the last Soviet soldier in Afghanistan on 15 February 1989; he commanded the 40th Army and oversaw the Soviet withdrawal as the last personnel retreated.