Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician (died 2009)

Valentin Varennikov

Russian army general and politician (1923-2009)

Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov was a Soviet/Russian Army general and politician, best known for being one of the planners and leaders of the Soviet–Afghan War, as well as one of the instigators of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.