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{{Short description|KGB/FSB general}}
{{Infobox spy
| name = Mikhail Barsukov
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| service = [[KGB]]<br />[[Federal Security Service (Russia)|FSB]]▼
▲| allegiance = {{USSR}}<br />{{Russia}}
▲| service = [[KGB]]<br />[[FSB]]
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| operation = [[Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis]]
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▲| birth_date = {{Birthdate|1947|11|8}}
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| nationality = [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]<br />[[Russia]]n
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▲| alma_mater = [[Soviet military academies|Moscow Military Commanders Training School]],<br />[[Soviet military academies|Frunze Military Academy]]
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'''Mikhail Ivanovich Barsukov''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Михаил Иванович
==Early
Mikhail Barsukov was born in the city of [[Lipetsk]], the capital of [[Lipetsk Oblast]] region in western [[Russia]], the son of Ivan Barsukov, a [[Soviet Army]] [[Praporshchik|non-commissioned officer]] serving as a radio communications operator.<ref>[http://www.agentura.ru/dossier/russia/people/barsukov/ ''Barsukov Bio''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219194157/http://www.agentura.ru/dossier/russia/people/barsukov/ |date=2010-12-19 }}, ''Agentura.ru''</ref>
==Career==
===Kremlin Regiment of the KGB===
Barsukov spent the majority of his career moving up through various officer ranks of the [[Kremlin Regiment]], a paramilitary KGB ([[Ninth Chief Directorate]]) force responsible for the security of the Soviet seat of
===Commandant of the Kremlin & Head of Main Administration for Protection (FSO)===
Barsukov career took a decisive upswing after the establishment of the Russian Federation and [[Boris Yeltsin]]'s ascent to power as the President of the newly formed country.
The GUO replaced the Ninth Directorate of the KGB and took over its responsibility of protecting the country's leadership, a role somewhat analogous to the [[United States Secret Service|US Secret Service]].
In 1993, Barsukov displayed loyalty to
===FSB Director===
On 19 July 1995, President
While Barsukov's reign as the FSB chief lasted under one year, in this short time he managed to make several significant contributions to Russia's security.
], ''Reforming Power Structures: Russian Counter-Terrorism Response To Beslan''</ref>
====Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye Hostage Crisis====
On 9 January 1996, a group of several hundred [[Chechen people|Chechen]] gunmen under the command of terrorist [[Salman Raduyev]] attacked an airfield and hospital in the Russian city of [[Kizlyar]].
===Election Fraud Scandal & Firing from FSB===
On 19 June 1996,
===Post-Intelligence Career===
In September 1997,
== Honours and awards ==
* [[Order of the Red Star]]
* [[Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"]]
* [[Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"]]
* [[Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"]]
* [[Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"]]
* [[Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"]]
* [[Medal "For Impeccable Service"]] 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes
==References==
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