Nikolai Kormiltsev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces from 2001 to 2004, was born in 1946 in Omsk, Soviet Union and fought in the Soviet-Afghan War.
Nikolai Viktorovich Kormiltsev (Russian:   ; born 14 March 1946) was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces from 2001 to 2004, before being replaced by Alexey Maslov. (1946-03-14) 14 March 1946 (age 74)
Omsk, Soviet Union Kormiltsev later became the division commander, leading it during the SovietAfghan War. 
