Gennady Bashkin
{{Short description|Soviet military officer (1931–2015)}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Gennady Bashkin
| native_name =Геннадий Башкин
| native_name_lang = ru
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|09|04}}
| birth_place = Ozinki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|1|19|1931|09|04}}
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| allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}}
| branch = KGB
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| rank = Major General
| commands = Commandant's Office of the Moscow Kremlin
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| awards = USSR State Prize
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Badge of Honour
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
| alma_mater = Moscow Machine-Tool Institute
}}
Gennady Dementievich Bashkin ({{langx|ru|Геннадий Дементьевич Башкин}}; September 4, 1931 – January 19, 2015) was a Soviet military officer with the rank of Major General who served as the chief of security for Soviet leadership in the 9th Directorate of the KGB. From September 1986 to August 1991 he served as the deputy director of the directorate and as the Commandant of the Moscow Kremlin.
Biography
He was called up for service in the MGB troops, served in the 215th rifle regiment, stationed in Rogatin, as part of the 82nd Rifle Division of the UVV MGB of the Ukrainian Military District. From May 19, 1951, a private in the special purpose regiment of the UKMK MGB. In 1954, he graduated from a military school, served in the PSN KGB in officer positions. From 1959 in the 9th Directorate of the KGB, department instructor, officer of the service and combat training department.
He graduated from the Moscow Machine-Tool Institute, after which he held the positions of deputy commandant of the Lenin Mausoleum of the Commandant's Office of the Moscow Kremlin from 1972. He served as Commandant of the Mausoleum from 1981 until 1985.{{Cite web |url=http://shieldandsword.mozohin.ru/kgb5491/structure/9U/kremlin/mausoleum.htm |title=Комендатура Мавзолея В. И. Ленина |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=2020-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011094133/http://shieldandsword.mozohin.ru/kgb5491/structure/9U/kremlin/mausoleum.htm}}
From 1985 to 1986 he served as deputy Chief of the 9th Directorate of the KGB, Chief of the Service and Combat Training Department. From September 11, 1986, to August 22, 1991, Deputy Chief of the 9th Directorate of the KGB of the USSR and Commandant of the Moscow Kremlin.{{Cite web |url=http://shieldandsword.mozohin.ru/kgb5491/structure/10U.htm |title=10-е Управление — Комендатура Московского Кремля |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=2020-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630071009/http://shieldandsword.mozohin.ru/kgb5491/structure/10U.htm }}
Following the 1991 Soviet coup attempt he served as acting Chief of the Security Department of the Presidential Administration of the USSR from August 22 to 31, 1991.{{Cite web |url=http://runivers.ru/doc/historical-journal/article/?JOURNAL=&ID=479298 |title=Руководители государственной охраны России и СССР |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=2021-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603003700/https://runivers.ru/doc/historical-journal/article/?JOURNAL=&ID=479298 }} He retired in 1992.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vvprf.ru/special/kreml-9/gosudarstvennaya-okhrana-v-litsakh-chast-2.html |title=Государственная охрана в лицах. Часть 2 |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927173714/https://vvprf.ru/special/kreml-9/gosudarstvennaya-okhrana-v-litsakh-chast-2.html }}
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Category:People of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
Category:Soviet major generals
Category:Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Category:Recipients of the USSR State Prize