Major General veterinary reserve service Vitaly Petrovich Vetrov is 60 years old. Of his 32 years of service in the Armed Forces, he served 13 in the Far East. Then there were Sakhalin, Belarus, Cuba... I traveled throughout the Soviet Union and many countries of the former Warsaw Pact. He is a witness and direct participant in very significant events, including tragic ones...
From November 1974 to December 1976, Vetrov served in Cuba as a veterinarian of a separate military unit. There he solved multifaceted problems in organizing veterinary care, did everything to prevent diseases common to humans and animals among our military personnel, workers and employees, members of their families, Navy sailors and civilian personnel performing tasks of national economic importance. He was also in charge of ensuring the food safety of food products supplied to the Soviet contingent in various parts of the world.
A notable event for him was his participation in eliminating the consequences of African swine fever in a number of provinces of the Republic of Cuba, and veterinary support for the redeployment of Cuban troops to Angola by air and sea in 1975. As well as participation in hydrographic expeditions in the Panama Canal zone, the Caribbean Islands, the Sargasso Sea and other places.
Providing assistance to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, Vitaly Vetrov took an active part in the training of veterinary specialists from among Cuban officers.
In 1978–1983 Vetrov is a senior veterinary inspector of the separate army of the Far Eastern Military District. During that period, along with solving everyday problems of veterinary support, he paid great attention to the arrangement of his departments, the reconstruction of veterinary service institutions in the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Chukotka and on the mainland of the Far East. His job was reconnaissance of theater of operations in remote areas of the island and peninsular parts of the Far Eastern Military District, participation in a number of research expeditions through the General Staff and the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1981, during the liquidation of the consequences of Typhoon Dora, he took prompt measures to dispose of dead animals in the Aninsky Bay area on Sakhalin, which ensured the epizootic well-being of the island.
At the same time, the young officer had to solve the problems of veterinary support for a limited contingent of Soviet troops on the territory of the Republic of Afghanistan.
In 1983, Veterinary Service Major Vetrov was appointed head of the veterinary service of the Belarusian Military District. He devoted five years to this position. During this time, the service under his jurisdiction did not allow a single case of anthropozoonoses or toxic infections among military personnel and family members of military personnel. According to estimates by the Military Veterinary Department of the USSR Ministry of Defense, it was the leader in all respects, ensuring complete well-being in its area of responsibility in 1983–1988.
A special milestone in the activities of Vitaly Vetrov was the leadership of the organization and implementation of activities assigned to the district’s veterinary service during the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. From the very first days, the military veterinary service became involved in ensuring radiation safety of both livestock products and agricultural facilities. The functioning of a system of veterinary and radiation control posts was ensured, radiometric monitoring of all agricultural products was organized, and the radiation safety of food products in the BVI territory was ensured. At the same time, there was not a single case of meat and milk contaminated with radionuclides entering processing enterprises in Belarus. These and other measures of the veterinary service made it possible to protect the health of the personnel of the district troops and members of their families, as well as the population in the radioactively contaminated area of the BSSR.
The veterinary service of the BVI, headed by Vetrov, during the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, showed itself to be the most prepared, operational and mobile service among all paramilitary units that performed similar tasks.
Since March 1988, Lieutenant Colonel of the Veterinary Service Vetrov has been deputy head of the Military Veterinary Department of the USSR Ministry of Defense. In this position, he was directly involved in eliminating the consequences of the devastating Spitak earthquake in December 1988, was involved in organizing veterinary support for troops and civilians, placing veterinary institutions and units in the destruction zone, and monitoring the epizootic situation on the territory of the Armenian SSR.
Since 1989, Colonel of the Veterinary Service Vitaly Vetrov led the military veterinary service of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, the joint Armed Forces of the CIS, the Russian Federation, successively occupying the corresponding positions. In 1995 he became a general.
Richest practical experience, high military-theoretical training and, most importantly, dedication to the work of Vitaly Vetrov became the basis not only for the confident leadership of the service, but also for its successful reform in the conditions of the construction of the Russian army.
With the direct participation of V.P. Vetrov, in the Law of the Russian Federation “On Veterinary Medicine”, the military veterinary service was given the regulatory and legal status of a departmental veterinary and sanitary service, which significantly expanded its rights and responsibilities. Under his leadership, the priorities of the service were determined and the concept of its development as an integral part of a unified system of state veterinary supervision was reworked. The military veterinary service was also reorganized into a veterinary and sanitary service, as a result of which the organizational and staffing structure of the service was as close as possible to the modern composition and purpose of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. New documents for the service were properly developed and previous documents were revised, its composition was brought into line with the actual scope of work on in-depth examination of food and diagnosis of infectious animal diseases.
All this allowed the service to reach a modern, qualitatively new level and significantly increase operational efficiency. The skillful management of the veterinary and sanitary service in the context of a difficult economic situation in the country and underfunding of the Armed Forces made it possible to ensure the stable epizootic well-being of the areas where troops and naval forces are deployed, as well as the safety of food products at the stages of production, procurement and storage in reserves. At the same time, the service put a strict barrier against abuses associated with the supply of unsuitable food to the troops.
The timeliness of the reorganization of the service was especially clearly demonstrated in the organization of veterinary and sanitary support for Russian troops in Abkhazia, Transnistria, Tajikistan, Kosovo, as well as joint forces opposing illegal armed groups on the territory of the Chechen Republic.
Vetrov was a member of the bureau of the department of veterinary medicine of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, represented the military department in the Interdepartmental Scientific and Technical Commission for the Protection of the Territory of the Russian Federation from the Import and Spread of Particularly Dangerous Infectious Diseases of People, Animals and Plants, as well as Toxic Substances under the Department of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Ministry of Health of Russia.
Major General of the Veterinary Service Vitaly Vetrov was distinguished by a deeply thought-out, balanced and scientifically based approach to the management of the service. This was greatly facilitated by his multifaceted scientific activities and a wide range of his scientific interests.
Vitaly Petrovich – author of about 150
scientific works. Under his leadership, textbooks, teaching aids, manuals, manuals and instructions on the veterinary and sanitary service were revised and published. He has 13 copyright certificates. It should be noted in passing that Vetrov is a co-author of a number of projects on military-veterinary symbols and heraldry. He paid close attention to this too.
Realizing the role and significance of the intensive development of informatization; Vetrov, as the head of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, did a lot for the development of information technologies and processes in the service.
Under Vetrov, the role and importance of military veterinary medicine in the country increases noticeably. Thus, in 1990, by decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the Military Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Defense was assigned the functions of the general customer for the creation of veterinary and phytosanitary protection products. The membership of the head of military veterinary medicine in the bodies of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences and a number of state committees and commissions is determined on an ongoing basis.
By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated
On June 7, 1995, the highest military rank of major general of the veterinary service was introduced as the head of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service - chief veterinary and sanitary inspector of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Veterinary and sanitary support for troops as one of the types of logistics support takes on a preventive direction in terms of creating anti-epizootic and veterinary and sanitary well-being of the activities and deployment of troops, naval forces and other formations where military service is legally provided for.
In recent years, more than 40 documents have been adopted, including military ones, regulating the legal, social and special status of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service, and an organizational and mobilization body has been formed within the department. More than 15 research and development organizations were involved in research and development work in the interests of military veterinary medicine.
In some branches and branches of the Armed Forces, the number of veterinary specialists was increased to 300 people, the official position of veterinary personnel was increased, a three-year training period was introduced at the military veterinary faculty and special programs for higher military educational institutions of the rear of the Armed Forces with the specialization “Veterinary sanitary provision of troops."
In addition, 22 laboratories for veterinary and sanitary examination of food were created, and to serve the livestock sector, more than 100 specialized veterinary units were organized in the troops, and about 20 veterinary control points were formed at military airfields and naval bases. The total number of veterinary personnel in the service has been increased to three thousand military and civilian personnel. All this was created with the active participation of General Vetrov, thanks to his efforts.
After discharged to the reserve in 1998. Vitaly Petrovich works at the Military Veterinary Institute. Devoting a lot of time to scientific research and experimentation, he does not shy away from social activities; for more than 10 years he has chaired the Council of Veterans of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the Armed Forces.
Quite recently, a three-volume manual was published: “Examination of the good quality and radiation safety of products. Their standardization and certification." This work explores one of the most vital areas of veterinary medicine - the examination of the good quality, safety and nutritional value of food products. In an age of catastrophic increase in pollution in all spheres of human habitation, this direction is of paramount importance in terms of ensuring the health, and therefore the life of mankind.
The manual is intended for a new generation of young professionals who are starting their responsible path through life. As a textbook, the three-volume book will accompany cadets of the Military Veterinary Institute, centers (courses) for training reserve officers, and students of veterinary universities throughout all years of study. The manual presents all the necessary material on the history of the subject, radiobiology, general and private veterinary and sanitary examination of products, their good quality, safety and usefulness.
As an applied manual, the three-volume book will be indispensable for practicing military specialists in veterinary and sanitary services, all structures of the power unit, including specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as it contains the latest scientific developments on a number of topical issues of examination of the goodness and safety of food products, as well as a description of new progressive examination instruments and methods of their use. One of the authors of this manual is Vitaly Vetrov.
It is worth adding that he is also the only veterinary chief of the post-war period who was awarded a personalized firearm. Vitaly Petrovich was also awarded state awards. Among them are the Orders of Courage, Honor, medals “For Courage” and “For Military Merit”. Vetrov is an Honored Veterinarian of the Russian Federation. But most of all, I think, he values the fact that he still remains for all employees of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service an example of dedication to the profession and military duty.
In the photo: in the hands of Vitaly Vetrov is a new textbook on military veterinary medicine.
Veterinary service of the Red Army during the Second World War.
The work of the veterinary service during the war years deserves the greatest respect and kind words. The importance of the veterinary service during the war was determined by the need to use a large number of horses and other military animals in the army, many of which took a direct part in the war, dying and being injured just like people. Only people fought mostly at will, and animals were forced to be at the front - people used them for their own auxiliary purposes. And the animals that served man in times of peace served him just as faithfully in war. And people, as best they could, took care of their four-legged friends and assistants, who were used by them in transporting the wounded, weapons and ammunition, in reconnaissance and sabotage, as messengers and personal transport. Veterinary hospitals were created in the rear, which had surgical, therapeutic and infectious diseases departments, in which qualified specialists provided assistance to wounded and sick horses, dogs and other animals injured at the front.
Below is an abbreviated text from the work of Major General Veterinary Service V.P. Vetrov "Military Veterinary Service in the Great Patriotic War." It may not be written so concisely and is easy to read, but this is not tabloid reading, but harsh information from a specialist. And statistical calculations are military-style accurate, strict and impeccable
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Despite motorization and mechanization, the horse was of great importance for the army, the active units of which were saturated with a significant number of horses. If at the beginning of the war the number of horses in the army was 526.4 thousand, then by September 1941 it was 1,324,676, and in certain periods of the war it reached 2 million.
The need to use horses and other military animals (camels, oxen, donkeys, dogs, etc.) was dictated by an acute shortage of motorized means, the impossibility of using automobile and other types of transport in a number of cases (autumn and spring thaw, snow drifts, etc.), as well as the variety of physical and geographical conditions on the front, stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea.
The horse train was used in all combat operations, it served as an important combat weapon in the cavalry and a reliable vehicle in the artillery and other branches of the military and logistics services. All formations and units, as a rule, had a regular horse composition. In the cavalry, the role of the horse during the war was great. In Russian off-road conditions, in bad weather, the cavalry had an undeniable advantage; it had great maneuverability and maneuverability. If before the start of the war the Red Army had 9 cavalry and 2 mountain cavalry divisions, then during the operation near Moscow there were 22 of them, and by the summer of 1943 - 27. Cavalry corps under the leadership of the glorious cavalrymen Dovator, Belov and others, wrote more than one glorious page in the history of our valiant cavalry.
The issues of manning units with horses and the state of horse resources became extremely important and became more complicated already in the first year of the war. The forced withdrawal of Red Army units from our territories in the early stages of the war was accompanied by a significant loss of cavalry. So, out of the 17.5 million total number of horses that existed at the beginning of Germany’s attack on the USSR, by September 1942 only 9 million horses remained along with young animals. Such huge losses immediately put the spacecraft units in a difficult situation regarding the manning of horse personnel. However, despite the complexity of the situation, the work of the veterinary service personnel, the system of preventive and anti-epizootic measures carried out ensured the veterinary well-being of the equine personnel entering the troops.
From the first days of the Great Patriotic War, the main tasks of the military veterinary service were: preventive, anti-epizootic and medical evacuation services for equine personnel, as well as veterinary and sanitary supervision over the good quality of meat and other products of animal origin supplied to the troops. In addition to horses, veterinary care and maintenance included large and small cattle for food herds, thousands of military dogs, farm animals of military units of military districts, as well as animals abandoned by the population evacuated from combat areas.
The experience of the Great Patriotic War showed that medical and evacuation measures were the most important component of veterinary support for troops. Every year, from 30 to 46% of the horses on the payroll were treated in veterinary hospitals; the veterinary service returned to service hundreds of thousands of horses retired from units due to injuries and illnesses. This was facilitated by the correct organization of medical evacuation work, in which the treatment of wounded and sick horses was combined with their evacuation to veterinary hospitals located throughout the rear. During the evacuation stages, the principle of continuity of treatment and improvement of specialized treatment by type of disease was observed.
The fierceness and intensity of hostilities, the high saturation of troops with fire weapons led to the fact that the number of wounded and sick horses in the active army increased every month, so if in the first month of the war, according to incomplete data, about 19 thousand wounded and sick were admitted to veterinary hospitals horses, then over the next two months 76 thousand.
The main medical work throughout the war fell on surgeons. The share of surgical diseases increased every year and amounted to 50 - 70% of the total morbidity. For the first time in the history of Russian veterinary medicine, military field surgery was separated into a separate clinical branch. The skillful leadership of the chief veterinary surgeon of the Red Army (G.V. Degtyarev 1941-1943, I.D. Medvedev from 1943 to the end of the war) and front surgeons in the training of field veterinary surgeons, the establishment of staged treatment of surgical patients gave tangible results. The therapeutic effectiveness in general for the group of surgical diseases and wounds was quite high, the recovery rate of horses was steadily increasing and by the 4th year of the war it was 94.7%. Such high rates were also facilitated by the fact that in military field veterinary surgery during the Patriotic War, sections on the treatment of lesions of the withers, joints, chest, abdomen and hooves were newly developed; techniques and methods of applying immobilizing bandages, etc. Many new surgical methods of treatment have been proposed, including wounds that were previously considered hopeless, and horses with such wounds were in most cases destroyed. The work of field veterinary surgeons was full of dedication and heroism.
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There are many cases where surgeons, at the risk of their own lives, removed unexploded shells from small-caliber German cannons and anti-tank rifles from the wounds of horses, operated on horses under enemy fire, and other cases of veterinarians showing courage.
Along with the treatment of military field injuries, much attention was paid to protecting the horse from enemy fire and preventing operational injuries, because horses with operational injuries made up a significant proportion of surgical patients. Good results have also been achieved in this area, especially with regard to the main type of injury - damage to the horse's withers. Compared with data for the war period 1914-1918. (according to the Russian army) the number of injuries to the withers of horses in the Red Army during the years of the Patriotic War was reduced by 6 times.
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The achievements of the veterinary service of the Red Army during the Second World War are largely the result of the dedicated work of a huge team of veterinary workers.
During the war period, 6,507 veterinarians and 10,290 veterinary assistants were drafted into the army from the reserve veterinary service.
Due to the increasing need for veterinary specialists, the number of students at the Military Veterinary Academy of the Red Army and the Military Veterinary School has increased. They trained 1,178 veterinarians, 1,220 veterinary paramedics, and 7,016 ml. for the troops. paramedics
3,555,764 wounded and sick horses passed through the veterinary hospitals of the Red Army, of which 2,147,494 inpatient horses were cured and returned to service (91.59% of the number of those treated), as well as all outpatients admitted in the amount of 1,319,870 horses.
PHOTO: Providing veterinary care at the front:
During offensive operations, our troops received a significant number of captured animals. Thus, in November 1942, the army of the Southwestern Front alone took 8,747 horses, and the troops of the Central and Voronezh Fronts in the offensive near Kursk took 5,578 captured and 2,884 ownerless horses.
As Soviet troops advanced to the West, the number of captured horses and ownerless food animals picked up by the troops increased. In this situation, the State Defense Committee decided to send the animals to the Soviet Union. After checking for diseases, by September 1, 1945, the military veterinary service transferred 826.6 thousand animals to the national economy of the USSR
During the Great Patriotic War, more than a million horses were lost on the battlefields. However, the losses among the horse personnel would have been incomparably greater if it had not been for the clearly organized veterinary service operating at the front. The vast majority of wounded and sick horses returned to duty after treatment.
For their courage and dedicated work in providing veterinary support to troops during the Great Patriotic War, 7,211 veterinary service officers were awarded orders and medals.
Fragments of text from the work of Major General of the Veterinary Service of the Reserve V.P. Vetrov “MILITARY VETERINARY SERVICE IN THE WWII”.
From history, based on archival materials of military veterinary medicine.
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Major General of Veterinary Service in the reserve V.P. Vetrov - Honored Veterinarian of the Russian Federation, Candidate of Biological Sciences, combat veteran, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the Armed Forces, full member of the International Academy of Informatization, Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences
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The general management of the military veterinary service was carried out by the Veterinary Directorate of the Red Army. During the Great Patriotic War it was headed by Lieutenant General of the Veterinary Service V.M. Lekarev.
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Major General of Veterinary Service Vitaly Petrovich Vetrov
(the only one in the Russian Federation)
Brief biographical sketch
(Material in the book “Generals and Heads of Military Veterinary Medicine in Russia)
SOUTH. Boev, Head of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Chief Veterinary and Sanitary Inspector of the Armed Forces, Colonel of the Medical Service (2004 -2010)
Abbreviations: NPP- nuclear power plant,VVI- military veterinary institute,IN- military district, Sun- armed forces,GSh- General base,Cattle- cattle,Ministry of Internal Affairs- Ministry of Internal Affairs,OKVS- officer courses of veterinary service,RF- Russian Federation,R&D- research and experimental control work,research- research work,NSO- scientific-student society
Vetrov Vitaly Petrovich - Major General of the Veterinary Service in the Reserve, Honored Veterinarian of the Russian Federation, Candidate of Biological Sciences, combat veteran, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the Armed Forces, full member of the International Academy of Informatization, Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences,
One of the main activities of Vitaly Vetrov as a military veterinary specialist is the protection of the territory of the USSR, CIS countries and the Russian Federation from the introduction of anthropozoonoses and the elimination of infectious animal diseases. Over a 50-year period of service, he went from a veterinary paramedic to the head of the country's Central Military Veterinary Authority, from lieutenant to general.
V.P. Vetrov was born on January 1, 1948 in the village of Saryagach, Chimkent region, Kazakh SSR, into a family of employees. After graduating from school, he entered the oldest (established in 1932) in Central Asia Kaplambek Veterinary College for the veterinary department. He graduated from technical school with honors and worked for about a year as a veterinary assistant at a training and production facility.
During this period, he was seconded to the special-purpose veterinary police detachment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kazakh SSR to eliminate foot-and-mouth disease of the “AI” type in the territory of Southern Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
STUDY, START OF SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES
In 1967, he continued his education at the Almaty Zooveterinary Institute.
By decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, a military-veterinary (special) cycle (1966) was organized at the combined arms department of the institute, intended for the training of veterinary personnel of the army and reserve veterinary service officers.
During his studies at AZVI V.P. Vetrov was repeatedly involved as a veterinary paramedic in veterinary anti-epizootic teams and expeditions to combat epizootics and outbreaks of infectious animal diseases in Central Asia, Mongolia and Eastern Kazakhstan (rabies, rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease, sheeppox, brucellosis, classical swine fever, Newcastle disease ), and also successfully engaged in scientific work in the NSO in the problematic laboratory of virology on closed topics, under the guidance of famous domestic scientists X.
FAR EASTERN PERIOD
After graduating from university in 1972, V.P. Vetrov received the specialty of veterinarian - military veterinary and sanitary expert, the primary officer rank - lieutenant of the veterinary service and was assigned to the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. He began his service in the Far Eastern Military District as a veterinarian to control the meat supply of units deployed in the wartime states of the 123rd GuardsDukhovshchina-Khinganskaya, Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov II degree and the October Revolution motorized rifle division. Due to official necessity, in addition to the main tasksActed as head of the garrison bakery. (district subordination) In terms of district anti-epizootic affairs, he organized measures to improve the health of a number of garrisons of the Primorsky Territory from brucellosis, classical swine fever, tick-borne encephalitis, infectious anemia of horses and other infections, for which he was encouraged by the Commander of the 5th OA with a valuable gift and presented for the next military rank , ahead of schedule.
In 1973 V.P. Vetrov graduated from the 43-OKVS MBA, on the basis of which the military veterinary faculty was created in 1978.
CUBAN PERIOD
In 1974, he was sent to the Republic of Cuba, where he participated in eliminating the consequences of African swine fever and carried out various activities aimed at preventing the disease among Soviet military and civilian specialists. I was studying veterinary and logistical support for the redeployment of Cuban troops to Angola in 1975. On duty, he took an active part in the training of military veterinary specialists from among Cuban officers. He participated in a number of hydrographic expeditions in the South Atlantic area, and also visited a number of Caribbean countries. He was directly involved in the logistics of ships and vessels of the Seventh Operational Squadron of the Northern Fleet.
COASTAL PERIOD
In 1976 V.P. Vetrov continued to serve in the Far Eastern Military District as head of the veterinary service of a motorized rifle division. (in Primorye) At the same time, he successfully acted as chief for a year and a halffood service of the motorized rifle regiment covering the state border, head of the organizational planning department of the formation. During this period, it successfully fulfills the tasks of logistical support during the construction of “Battalion Defense Regions” on the Soviet-Chinese border. Takes an active part in the formation of teams of military personnel transferred to the reserve for the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Participates in the organization of veterinary support for the Railway Troops at BAM. With his participation, a veterinary and epizootic reconnaissance was carried out and the veterinary and sanitary condition of the entire BAM route was determined.
At the same time, the veterinary staff of the railway teams and the veterinary service of the Far Eastern Branch carried out colossal scientific research in terms of identifying anthrax burials and identifying soil infections during the construction and movement of millions of tons of soil. The 44th district veterinary laboratory alone has conducted more than 489 thousand soil and soil tests. For services in this activity, V.P. Vetrov was awarded the State Award with the medal “For the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline”
SAKHALIN PERIOD
In 1978, for success in his career, he received another promotion - he was appointed to the position of senior veterinary inspector - head of the veterinary service of the combined arms army on Sakhalin. The area of responsibility of the veterinary chief included the island and peninsular part of the Far East and the Arctic coast was 4.5 thousand km from North to South to 2 thousand km, from East to West and 28.5 thousand miles along the coastline. The army's veterinary service included veterinary-epizootic units and veterinary laboratories; 886 VEO, veterinary service 23 OMSBRin the village of Coal Mines in Chukotka; 252 veo, N - veterinary laboratory, Rybachy village, veterinary services of the 22nd metropolitan division, in the village of Ust-Kamchatsk and 146 military state farm on the Kamchatka Peninsula; 249 VEO of Listvenichnoye village, 401 veterinary laboratory, veterinary service of the 33rd motorized rifle division, veterinarians of formations and units, veterinary service of the 147th military state farm on the island, Sakhalin, veterinary service of the machine-gun artillery division on the islands of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan; and food quality laboratories at 12 district food warehouses, from the island. Iturup to Provideniya Bay.
During this period, along with solving everyday problems of veterinary support for troops, V.P. Vetrov worked as part of expeditions of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Pacific Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography) and carried out assignments through the General Staff of the Armed Forces in the field of scientific research.At the same time, considerable attention was paid to the study of the epizootic situation, the veterinary and sanitary state in the theater of military operations, as well as ethnographic and other expeditions to the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Chukotka and the mainland of the Far East.
In 1981 V.P. Vetrov participated in the liquidation of the consequences of Typhoon Dora on the island of Sakhalin, organizing anti-epizootic and veterinary-sanitary measures, organized the work of all services for the collection and disposal of about two thousand animal corpses in the southern regionsSakhalin Islands.Achieved lasting well-being of the island garrisons against a number of infections and zoonoses.
BELARUSIAN PERIOD
Since June 1983 V.P. Vetrov is the head of the veterinary service of the Belarusian Military District. A special milestone in its activities is the elimination of the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In the course of this work, veterinary support was organized for a more than 300,000-strong group of troops on the territory of Belarus, and it was possible to achieve the smooth functioning of the veterinary and radiation control system in the area of responsibility. As a result, the veterinary service of the Belarusian Military District was recognized as the most prepared, efficient and mobile of all special services of a similar profile. She solved many national economic problems on the territory of the republic.
During these same years, V.P. Vetrov had to carry out combat missions in logistics and veterinary support for individual units and teams, in particular the formation of separate pack and transport companies for operations in mountainous desert areas in the territory of the Central Asian, Turkestan, Transcaucasian Military District and the Republic of Afghanistan. And ensure the rotation of personnel of the veterinary service of the Belarusian Military District to gain combat experience in 40 OA.
In addition, Vitaly Vetrov was responsible for providing veterinary equipment, equipment, biological preparations and other items to troops and naval forces; Northern Group of Forces (Poland); Baltic Military District; (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) Baltic Fleet; units and formations of the Strategic Missile Forces; VA reserve of the Civil Code and units of central subordination on the territory of the BSSR. And most importantly, the veterinary service of the BVI was entrusted with the formation of more than 20 veterinary institutions of the army and front-line level for the needs of the fronts and groups of troops of the Warsaw Pact.As a result, of the five years of service in Belarus, the bulk of my service time was spent at exercises, training grounds, and on business trips. tents and kungs.
MOSCOW PERIOD
In March 1988, Vitaly Vetrov was appointed to the position of DeputyHead of the Military Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union.
Thoroughly studies the epizootic situation, flies and tours up to 200 subordinate units and institutions on the territory of the Soviet Union and Commonwealth countries, works on the ground, organizes close interaction with local party, government and veterinary authorities.
In 1988 V.P. Vetrov took a direct part in eliminating the consequences of the devastating Spitak earthquake in Armenia, organizing anti-epizootic work and other activities, ensuring the epizootic well-being of the entire Transcaucasian Military District, and in 1989 - Okha on Sakhalin.
From 1989 to 1998 successfully led the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the USSR Ministry of Defense, the United Armed ForcesCIS and Russian army. In the conditions of the collapse of the country and the army, he managed to maintain the military veterinary service at the proper qualitative and quantitative level, giving it a new regulatory and legal status. With his direct participation, the Russian Federation Law “On Veterinary Medicine” (1993) and the regulation “On State Veterinary Control and Supervision” (1994) were developed. Under his leadership, priorities were identified and the concept of development of the service as a unified state system was reworked, a new type of logistical support was introduced - veterinary and sanitary. The timeliness of the reorganization of the service was especially clearly demonstrated in the organization of veterinary and sanitary support for Russian troops in Abkhazia, Transnistria, Tajikistan, Kosovo and the joint forces carrying out the task of disarmament of illegal armed groups on the territory of the Chechen Republic.
During these years, more than 70 documents were adopted regulating the legal, social and special status of the veterinary and sanitary service.
ORGANIZATIONAL EVENTS FOR MILITARY VETERINARY
Acting as a state customer for the creation of means of protecting farm animals and plants, the central department of the veterinary and sanitary service has achieved uninterrupted supply of law enforcement agenciesall types of material, technical and special means in the field of military veterinary medicine. More than 15 research and development organizations in the country and up to 30 co-executors were involved as performers of research and development in the interests of military veterinary medicine. New positions have been introduced, up to 350 veterinary specialists in some types and branches of the armed forces, and the staffing position of veterinary staff has been increased.
In addition, 22 laboratories for veterinary and sanitary examination of food were created, and to serve the livestock sector in the troops, more than 100 specialized veterinary units were organized, which served as the prototype of veterinary organizations (institutions)the new look of the Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, now the organization of the veterinary and sanitary serviceLogistics support.
PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
In order to protect the territory of the Russian Federation from the introduction of infectious diseases (anthropozoonoses), 26 veterinary control points were established at military airfields and naval bases. The total number of veterinary personnel in the service was increased to more than three and a half thousand military personnel and civilian personnel.
WITH 1992 to 1998 V.P. Vetrov participated in combat missions on the territory of Abkhazia, the Chechen Republic, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and other regions of the North Caucasus. In 1993 and 1996, he carried out special assignments from the leadership of the Ministry of Defense in the countries of Central Asia and Tajikistan. Under his direct supervision, veterinary and sanitary support was provided to the KFOR peacekeeping forces in Kosovo, Bosnia and Transnistria.
In 1996 V.P. Vetrov became a candidate of biological sciences. He is the author of more than 250 scientific works, has 13 copyright certificates, and has trained 7 candidates of veterinary sciences. As a member of the bureau of the department of veterinary medicine of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, he has repeatedly represented the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in a number of government committees, commissions, as well as international conferences and symposiums.
Between 1994 and 1997 worked fruitfully as part of Interdepartmental Scientific and Technical Commission for the Protection of the Territory of the Russian Federation from the Import and Distribution of Particularly Dangerous Hazardsinfectious diseases of humans, animals and plants,as well as toxic substances under the Department of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health of Russia, created to consider and prepare proposals for the organization and implementation of work in the field of prevention and elimination of the consequences of the importation and spread of especially dangerous infectious diseases of humans, animals and plants on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as toxic substances.In terms of military veterinary medicine, (oversaw the veterinary structures of the ministries of the security bloc) organized the interaction of services of interested ministries, departments and organizations of the Russian Federation in carrying out measures to identify, localize and eliminate cases of importation and spread of especially dangerous diseases and toxic substances and determine the degree of their danger.
SCIENTIFIC AND EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
In 1997, under his editorship, a collection of scientific articles “290 years of military veterinary affairs” was published. Lessons from history and challenges for the future.” V.P. Vetrov co-author of such publications as “Military symbols and heraldry of military veterinary medicine of the USSR and the Russian Federation” (1989, 1994, 2005), “300 years of military veterinary medicine of the Armed Forces” (2007), “Generals and leaders of military veterinary medicine of Russia”, “200 years military veterinary education in Russia" (2008). Co-author of the three-volume book “Examination of the Good Quality and Radiation Safety of Products, Their Standardization and Certification” (2008),“90 years of the Central Veterinary Warehouse” (2009) and several others. Under his methodological guidance, the symbolism and heraldry of military veterinary medicine, as well as the bodies of the state veterinary service of the Russian Federation, were determined (1994). V.P. Vetrov is one of the authors of the documentaries “Extraordinary Service - Veterinary Service” (2000), “300 Years of Russian Military Veterinary Medicine” (2005). “Military veterinary education in Russia” (2006). “Veterinary and sanitary supervision and control in the Armed Forces” (2007).
As a senior researcher at the Military Veterinary Institute, a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute, V.P. Vetrov takes all necessary actions to promote the development of information and innovative technologies in the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the RF Armed Forces and VVI. Systematically travels to the troops and universities of the Logistics of the Armed Forces, participates in the educational process of the Military Military Aviation, pays attention to the patriotic and moral education of cadets of the institute and military educational institutions of the Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He took an active part in the republication of textbooks and teaching aids “Military Epizootology” (2006). “Field veterinary and sanitary examination” (2007). “Organization and tactics of veterinary and sanitary service” (2008).
Between 1999 and 2008. V.P. Vetrov works in the research laboratory of radiology and toxicology of the institute and fruitfully participates in Research and development on problematic topics. The work performed by the laboratory team in the field of creating means of protecting military and food animals has no analogues in world practice. Development materials have been repeatedly submitted for state and government awards of the Russian Federation.
STATE CIVIL SERVICE
Since August 4, 2008, V.P. Vetrov has been in the state civil service in the Office of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance in Moscow and the Moscow Region. As the head of the department of internal veterinary supervision and approvals of the territorial Office of Rosselkhoznadzor of the Russian Federation, he organizes and carries out control and supervisory activities over the subject veterinary services to implementfunctions transferred by the Russian Federation in the field of veterinary medicine. Performs the functions of coordinator of veterinary supervision departments in railway, road, air transport and temporary storage warehouses for supervised cargo, animal circulation and other tasks assigned to the state veterinary supervision of the Russian Federation. Participates in the development of the concept of veterinary legal and methodological framework, in the implementation of control and supervisory functions of the Rosselkhoznadzor bodies of the Russian Federation.Since January 2016; Independent expert of the Territorial Administration of Rosselzoznadzor for the city of Moscow, Moscowand Tula region.
MERIT AND AWARDS
major general in reserve V.P. Vetrov was awarded the Order of Courage, Honor, 38 medals, V. incl. combat: “For courage”, “For military merit” and “For military cooperation”. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated February 6, 2008, he was awarded the Order of Honor for high personal performance in his career and many years of conscientious work. He has awards from foreign countries: the “Brotherhood in Arms” medal and the “XX Anniversary” commemorative medal (the assault on the Moncada barracks)Republic of Cuba. “Medal for Good Service to Afghanistan” Medal “From the Grateful Afghan People” DRA, Medal “60 Years of the Mongolian People’s Revolution” MPR.
He doesn't care awarded the honorary title “Honored Veterinarian of the Russian Federation” (1994), as well as “Internationalist Warrior” (1989), “Liquidator of the Chernobyl Disaster Consequences” (1986), “Combat Veteran” (2003). Honorary Veteran of the City of Moscow (2013) Has; Letters of gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation, Certificates from the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, his deputies.Insignia from ministries and departments, as well as from public organizations and associations.
PUBLIC ACTIVITY AND SERVICE.
V..P. Vetrov - Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the Armed Forces (1999), member of the Council of Veterans of the Far East Forces (1992), and the All-Russian Heraldic Society (1994). Chairman of the District Coordination Council of the ROO Soyuz "Chernobyl" CJSC Moscow (2008). Member of the Public Council of the Western Administrative District of Moscow.
December 26, 2008 – Major General of Veterinary Service in the Reserve V.P. Vetrov was elected Deputy Chairman of the Central Council of the Interregional Public Organization of Logistics Veterans of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
From February 2011 to present. Inspector of the group (inspectors) of the Department and then the Logistics Support Headquarters . Google. Yandex
Permanent link for scientific papers (for citation):
Boev Yuri Gennadievich, MAJOR GENERAL OF VETERINARY SERVICE VITALY PETROVICH WINDS // Moscow: Russian Libmonster (site). Update date: 11/15/2016..03.2020).UDC 619:614
Veterinary and sanitary service
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
in a new look
V.P. Vetrov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Council of the Interregional Association of Veterans' Organizations of the Armed Forces Logistics, Honored Veterinarian of the Russian Federation, Major General of the Veterinary Service of the Reserve
“If the difficult fate and uncertain legal position of a veterinarian is felt at every step even now, then what happened to him at the dawn of Russian military veterinary medicine. The history of Russian military veterinary medicine is the history of the progress of veterinary medicine in general and military veterinary medicine in particular, on the one hand; on the other hand, it is a story of grief, sadness and suffering of former veterinarians who fought for the independence and originality of their work.”
A.M. Rudenko, Privy Councilor, Master of Veterinary Sciences (1910)
Abbreviations: VV MVD - internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, VVI - Military Veterinary Institute, VS - Armed Forces, VSS - Veterinary Sanitary Service, IRP - individual diets, LD - laboratory diagnostics, m/s - medical service, R&D - scientific research experimental control work, R&D - scientific research work, WMD - weapons of mass destruction, TsVSEiLD - Center for Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise and Medical Diagnostics
In 2008, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense decided to reform the RF Armed Forces. In accordance with this plan, the number of armed forces should be reduced to 1 million people by 2012. Such a large-scale reduction in the combat strength of the army entails a reduction in all other services of the rear, in particular the Air Force.
The Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the RF Armed Forces is one of the oldest in the Russian Army. It is a system of governing bodies, organizations of central, district, naval, army subordination, military specialists, designed to oversee the implementation of veterinary legislation in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The service organizes and carries out the entire range of measures - anti-epizootic, hysterical! 1 paired preventive, therapeutic, as well as veterinary and sanitary control of the quality and food safety of food and food raw materials supplied to the troops, thereby ensuring the protection of Armed Forces personnel from diseases common to humans and animals, food toxicities and toxicoses.
For 300 years, the VSS was an integral part of the logistics support of troops and naval forces, and during military operations, it was also a combat support service for the army, in particular the cavalry.
After the Great Patriotic War, the VSS was entrusted with the tasks of protecting military personnel from weapons of mass destruction and the specific indication of bacterial agents; she took part in the implementation of some government weapons programs.
In the USSR, a global system was created to protect troops and the population from anthropozoonoses, farm animals from zoonoses, and sanitary protection of plants. All the advanced technologies of that period were involved in the system. Military veterinary medicine occupied not the last place in the functioning of the system.
With the end of the period of military confrontation with the United States and NATO, military veterinary medicine ensured the epizootic and veterinary-sanitary well-being of the deployment and actions of troops and naval forces; participated in a number of research and development projects to create means of protecting military and food animals; ensured the food safety of food supplied to the troops; actively participated in the implementation of the Food Program in the country, the development of military state farms and subsidiary farms, as well as in all significant events carried out according to the plans of the Logistics of the Armed Forces and other interested ministries and departments. In 2004, the service was assigned the functions of state veterinary supervision and control.
In accordance with the plan for reforming the Logistics of the RF Armed Forces, the following measures are provided: in the period from 2009 to 2012, transfer the Logistics of the Armed Forces from the extraterritorial to the territorial principle of supporting troops with a significant reduction in the volume of storage of material and technical equipment and food; disband more than 200 existing bases and warehouses and create on their basis more than 30 integrated logistics bases; reduce the management structures of the Logistics of the RF Armed Forces by 70%.
A little more than 300 positions will remain in the central apparatus of the Logistics, of which 60% will be occupied by military personnel and 40% by civilians. The central body of the Military Veterinary Administration will be represented in these structures by the Veterinary Supervision Department. The Ministry of Defense plans to create 10 research centers on the basis of 65 military universities. Currently, there are 15 academies operating in the military education system. 46 institutes and schools, four universities. Goals of reforming the military veterinary service:
bring the service in line with the new image of the Logistics of the Russian Armed Forces based on the established number of troops, Logistics groupings and the tasks facing the service;
The leadership of the Armed Forces of the branches, military branches, military districts and fleets.
First row (from left to right): beginning. VSS Space Forces Colonel m/s K.V. Kolosov, beginning VSS Air Force and Air Defense Colonel m/s P.E. Gratsianov. beginning VSS RF Armed Forces Colonel m/s Yu.G. Boev, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, Major General of the Veterinary Service of the Reserve V.P. Vetrov, beginning VVI colonel m/s I.O. Kolesnichenko. beginning VSS Strategic Missile Forces Colonel m/s H.A. Yanchuk, beginning VSS railway troops colonel m/s V.N. Nikitin Second row (from left to right): beginning. VSS Northern Fleet Lieutenant Colonel m/s D.S. Ermilov, commander of a military unit of central subordination, lieutenant colonel m/s S.B. Ivliev, beginning VSS Volga-Ural Military District Colonel m/s I.A. Maksimov, deputy beginning VVI colonel m/s A.N. Avdienko, head Central Veterinary Warehouse Colonel m/s Yu.E. Grigoriev, chief specialist of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant Colonel m/s V.V. Galkin, beginning VSS Siberian Military District Lieutenant Colonel m/s V.P. Garmaev, beginning VSS Moscow Military District Lieutenant Colonel m/s B.N. Kobzenko.
Third row (from left to right): beginning. VSS Far Eastern Military District Lieutenant Colonel m/s D.Yu. Dubovoy, commander of the military unit of the Caspian Flotilla, Major m/s V.N. Nasypaiko, beginning VSS Airborne Forces Major m/s E.G. Yudin, deputy beginning VSS RF Armed Forces Colonel m/s O.V. Kutepov, head VSS North Caucasus Military District Colonel m/s A.G. Tyulenev. beginning VSS Pacific Fleet Lieutenant Colonel m/s R.V. Zagumennykh, beginning Veterinary and Sanitary Department of the State Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, Lieutenant Colonel m/s B.C. Loiko. beginning VSS Baltic Fleet Lieutenant Colonel m/s B.P. Bushov. senior officer of the Center for Orders and Deliveries of Material and Technical Equipment of the Logistics of the RF Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel m/s E.H. Borzunov. deputy beginning Armed Forces of the Federal Service Directorate Lieutenant Colonel m/s C.B. Molodnyakov. beginning VSS troops of the Special Forces Command, Lieutenant Colonel m/s E.A. Nikitin
reduce the number of military veterinary structures by approximately 30%, maintaining only veterinary organizations of constant readiness. (The reduction will primarily affect narrow-profile organizations that are not fully staffed with personnel and special equipment, as well as specialists who are not in demand in the field.);
transfer the bulk of military positions to the civilian category;
create the necessary reserves of veterinary equipment and special means in the required quantities and concentrate them in relation to the rear groupings; transfer district and naval veterinary warehouses to comprehensive rear logistics bases;
create multidisciplinary veterinary organizations of a new type that meet modern requirements.
In 2009, the service’s efforts were aimed not only at bringing its structure into line with the new look of the RF Armed Forces and the tasks assigned to the service, but also at maintaining the sustainability and continuity of veterinary and sanitary support in the context of reform. The staffing structure of all service organizations was optimized; military positions have been replaced by civilian positions; all previously assigned tasks for the formation of military units and organizations of veterinary and sanitary services were cancelled; accredited 9 and
4 TsVSEiLD centers were formed in three military districts and one fleet (in 2010, it is planned to re-accredit 4 more TsVSEiLD centers); The CVSEiLD staff included new models of equipment to replace outdated ones (the priority areas in equipping with modern technical equipment were the organizations of the North Caucasus Military District and the Baltic Fleet). Methodological guidance was continuously provided to the veterinary and sanitary services of districts, fleets, branches and branches of the military. Particular mention should be made of the disbandment of the VVI and the Central Veterinary-Enizootic Detachment.
15 Due to the reduction in budget funding for the service, within the framework of the 2009 state defense order, the service did not purchase biological drugs and special equipment. Only the necessary disinfectants, laboratory instruments and other equipment were purchased. Today, the provision of service units with veterinary property, as well as technical means, is 100%. The combat and mobilization readiness of the service and its organizations is maintained at a level that ensures transfer from peacetime to wartime.
There is ongoing controversy among military and civilian veterinary specialists regarding the essence of the ongoing reforms and their consequences for the country's defense capability. Many people are worried about the totality and rapidity
Graduation of VVI officers in 2009
service reorganization. At such a pace, it is impossible not to miss some “little things” that will turn into serious problems. In particular, the prospect of veterinary and sanitary support for troops in real combat conditions or when transferring from peacetime to martial law is alarming.
The military veterinary service is vested with the functions of state supervision, and the mechanism for its application is still far from perfect. Many legal documents need to be finalized, for example the Law “On Veterinary Medicine”, the draft new version of which has been coordinated for almost 15 years.
Within the framework of the current Federal Target Program “Protection of the population, troops, farm animals and habitats in extreme situations, natural man-made disasters and wartime”, as well as in accordance with the requirements of the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation, the most important areas of military veterinary activity include:
targeted collection and systematization of data on the state of natural foci of diseases, the presence of infectious diseases in foreign countries, analysis and forecasting of the epizootic situation, creation of a data bank for making reasoned strategic decisions on protecting the territory of the Russian Federation from the introduction and spread of especially dangerous anthropozoonotic diseases;
development, using modern biological technologies, of new and improvement of existing means and methods of express diagnostics and protection of animals and plants from damage by pathogens of particularly dangerous diseases;
improvement and development of a system for conducting agro-industrial production;
organizational and methodological measures for territories adjacent to radiation, chemical and biologically hazardous objects and enterprises, the functioning of which is associated with the possibility of man-made disasters;
development of methods for neutralization, disinfection, decontamination, canning, storage and processing of food raw materials (ensuring the production of food products safe for the human body) obtained from
animals affected by man-made substances as a result of local armed conflicts, terrorist acts and natural disasters accompanied by the destruction of chemical, biological industrial enterprises, as well as enterprises with a nuclear cycle;
development of methods for the treatment and prevention of damage to military and food animals by toxic substances; a new generation of preventive and therapeutic antidotes.
In 2006, exclusion from the list of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of veterinary military specialties, such as veterinary epizootologist, radiologist-toxicologist, virologist-microbiologist, veterinary and sanitary expert, etc. (10 specialties in total) and the subsequent cessation of their centralized training for the needs of the service will lead to serious difficulties in performing the above tasks, especially during the period of transfer of the army veterinary service to a “military footing.” Currently, there is only one military specialty - veterinary and sanitary support for troops or simply a general veterinarian. This specialty is unified with medical military specialties, which is incorrect for purely legal reasons.
The idea is to abolish military veterinary education and disband the VVI, which trains highly qualified military veterinarians for the entire bloc of law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation. did not arise today: the question has been raised repeatedly over the past two decades.
The subjective prerequisites for making such a decision include, first of all, the short-sighted position of the management regarding the use of this unique educational institution, which has a 200-year history. Today, higher military veterinary education is maintained in the People's Republic of China (PLA Veterinary Academy) and the Republic of Kazakhstan (military department of KAZNAU). After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the leaders of a number of CIS countries repeatedly turned to the leadership of the Armed Forces with proposals to train military veterinary specialists on the basis of the military veterinary faculty at the MBA and VVI for their national armies. But there was no response.
The need for highly qualified specialists in the power bloc of the Russian Federation and other structures providing
military service still exists today. However, in management bodies, organizations and brigades of constant readiness, the staffing table provides for the position of a veterinarian - an employee, held under a separate position. A number of law enforcement agencies (VV Ministry of Internal Affairs and border troops of the FSB) decided to stop funding the training of specialists for their departments.
A financial and economic assessment of the maintenance of the university and the cost of money per student, carried out back in 2005, showed that a cadet at the GDP for a two-year period of training costs the state 4 times less than the same cadet at any general military school. So talk about any savings in money is empty phraseology.
The allocation of funds within the framework of the state defense training for 2010 is not planned, which makes it impossible to equip service organizations with modern technical means, conduct various studies of food products, food raw materials and other laboratory diagnostic tests, fast and high-quality disinfection measures in the district troops (fleet).
VSS suffered a very noticeable loss when the GDP was disbanded, as a result of which:
the scientific and pedagogical potential of two academic departments has been lost; it is planned to transfer to the reserve one and a half dozen candidates of veterinary and biological sciences and a number of teachers with rich combat and practical experience in the troops;
Such scientific schools and areas as military veterinary toxicology and radiobiology, military epizootology, field veterinary and sanitary examination, military field veterinary surgery, organization and tactics of using the veterinary sanitary service and a dozen more military applied disciplines ceased to exist ;
the unique educational and methodological base and training laboratories, the laboratory park of technical equipment have been lost;
with the liquidation of three research laboratories and the research department of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, the Armed Forces lost the scientific, methodological and methodological center of military veterinary medicine on the scale of the Armed Forces;
a unique research area for the creation of means of protecting military and food animals has been lost; the oldest military veterinary toxicology school was liquidated, on the basis of which in the Soviet and modern periods the system for protecting the population and farm animals of the entire country from weapons of mass destruction was built;
Research work was stopped and programs to create protective and preventive means for training mine-detecting dogs were curtailed;
with the liquidation of the Academic Council of the VVP, the direct connection of the newly planned Department of Veterinary Supervision with the scientific world is interrupted, many years of creative interaction between approximately 12 leading institutes of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences and scientific and production organizations of the Moscow region, the Federal State Institution "Center" in the field of veterinary medicine of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, etc., have ceased;
it is possible that the branch of the Bureau of Veterinary Medicine of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences will be removed from membership, which will create certain difficulties in the further implementation of veterinary and sanitary support for the Armed Forces. In addition, the service was deprived of a base for training and retraining specialists from among newly arrived civilian personnel and mobilization reserve; the training of highly qualified specialists for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, the Federal Security Service, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Federal Penitentiary Service and other structures has been stopped;
the existing unique museum of military veterinary medicine was temporarily transferred to the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine named after. KS. Scriabin, but the public has no guarantee of its continued safety.
With the disbandment of the Central Veterinary Epizootic Detachment, the methodological and laboratory base of the service for training specialists at the senior level of the veterinary service was lost.
We predict an outflow of specialists to other structures, where guaranteed wages will be two to three times higher than in veterinary organizations transferred to new staff and a different wage scheme. Naturally, in the absence of specialized professional training, their place will be taken by less qualified personnel who do not know the specifics of military service and most of the issues of veterinary and logistical support for troops. And no one has removed the tasks facing military veterinary medicine in the general scheme of logistics support for troops. Here is an incomplete list of them: to improve the system of veterinary and sanitary support for the RF Armed Forces by moving to a territorial principle, involving in the process state organizations and commercial enterprises that provide services on a contractual basis; create a system of reserves of materiel in the RF Armed Forces, taking into account the operational formation of troops and reduction in the number of troops (forces); maintain the technical equipment of the service at a level that makes it possible to guarantee the combat readiness of troops (forces) and the rear; ensure the effective functioning of the veterinary safety control system for food products and food raw materials, and prevent the supply of low-quality food (with expired shelf life) to the troops (forces); ensure the readiness of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces to carry out measures to prevent the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases common to humans and animals in the troops (forces); improve the regulatory framework relating to veterinary and sanitary support for the RF Armed Forces. as well as the VSS management system in the RF Armed Forces; develop skills and methods of work of management personnel and officials in the conditions of the new look of the Armed Forces; organize interaction in matters of mobilization preparation and mobilization with the federal executive authorities of the Russian Federation, the central military command bodies of the Russian Armed Forces, other troops, military formations and bodies.
Russian military veterinarians have always been distinguished by the highest professionalism, collective cohesion, and dedication to their work. Most officers of the veterinary (now medical) service are excellent organizers of military affairs. They know well the basics and subtleties of food, clothing, fuel supply, tactical and technical characteristics and capabilities of rear equipment. They understand the specifics of company farming, the life and everyday life of a soldier, food preparation technology, food processing rules, the organization of agricultural production and subsidiary plots and many other issues that are called in one word REAR.
Modernity dictates its own rules of the game. When analyzing the historical experience of our fatherland, the experience of foreign countries, as well as the processes taking place today in the construction of rear structures, there is hope that significant losses in military veterinary medicine can be avoided. The service structures have been preserved and, most importantly, people remain in service. In the ranks of the VSS Rear Armed Forces there are top-class specialists, one might say, the elite of domestic veterinary medicine. It is very important not to allow work in the reformed service to lose its material and moral attractiveness for them.
Life will tell you future decisions. Reforms require more than one year; significant amendments and changes are inevitable, incl. towards the established scheme of military veterinary affairs in Russia, which is now in its fourth hundred years!
The story of Vetrov Vitaly Petrovich, Chairman of the Interregional Public Organization "Council of Veterans of the Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the Armed Forces." The organization is part of the IGO "Council of Veterans of the Logistics of the Armed Forces."
Military rank: Major General of Veterinary Service.
Honorary titles, academic degrees:
- "Honored Veterinarian of the Russian Federation" (1994);
Honorary member of the All-Russian Heraldic Society (1990);
Honorary veteran of the city of Moscow;
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences, Academician of the International Academy of Informatization.
Field of activity:
Veterinary medicine and biology, organization, strategy and tactics of veterinary support. One of the main activities of V.P. Vetrov as a military veterinary specialist - protecting the territory of the USSR, CIS countries and the Russian Federation from the introduction of anthropozoonoses and eliminating infectious animal diseases.
Over a 52-year period of service and work in the Ministry of Defense, V.P. Vetrov went from a veterinary paramedic to the head of the country's Central Military Veterinary Authority, from a lieutenant to a major general of the veterinary service (the only one in the Russian Federation)
He has publications in the Libmonster digital library and other Internet portals.
Orders, medals and other awards:
Order of Courage (1998), Order of Honor (2008), 38 medals, including combat medals: “For Courage” (1979), “For Military Merit” (1987), “For Military Commonwealth” (1990). He has awards from foreign countries: the “Brotherhood in Arms” medal and the “XX Anniversary” commemorative medal (the storming of the Moncada barracks) Republic of Cuba. "Medal for Good Service to Afghanistan" medal "From the Grateful Afghan People" of the DRA, medal "60 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution" of the MPR, as well as "Internationalist Warrior" (1989), "Liquidator of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster" (1986), "Participant liquidation of the consequences of the Spitak and Okha earthquakes." "Combat Veteran" (2003). He has letters of gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation, Certificates from the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, his deputies, insignia from ministries and departments, as well as from public organizations and associations.
Credo, life position – Serve while awake.
Cuban period of activity:
Why are military veterinarians needed in war? History repeats itself many times; any military conflict, economic or other sanctions by states inevitably lead to the emergence of epidemics or epizootics.
In 1971, the Cuban state experienced an epizootic of African swine fever, which broke out in state farms in a number of provinces. Whether this was sabotage or an accidental introduction of the infectious agent with food remains unknown to a wide range of specialists, although the remaining samples of field strains in the current state of science could partly help establish the origin of the infectious agent.
The African swine fever virus, which is not found on the American continent, was used as a biological agent. In all likelihood, it could have been delivered by CIA agents from a secret testing station, a branch of the Dugway Chemical and Biological Test Site, from the Howard military base in the Panama Canal zone. The pathogen was used secretly in a landfill near the location of the Soviet training center; there was also a military unit's subsidiary farm, which was liquidated during the outbreak.
During the period of confrontation between the two world superpowers, the version about the occurrence of an epizootic of African plague in Cuba in the foreign media was professionally correctly fabricated and aimed, first of all, at discrediting the Soviet troops. They say that the Soviet military contingent brought swine fever to the Island with food, which caused irreparable damage to the Cuban people: it undermined the country’s economy, set agriculture back ten years, etc. But using the remaining samples of strains, our scientists established the origin of the infectious agent, which excluded accidental introduction of the virus with food. In addition, this infection was not recorded at all on the territory of the USSR during that period.
The political leadership of the Republic of Cuba, with the help of Soviet specialists, made the only right decision: to exterminate the pig population on farms affected by this disease and to carry out a set of strict anti-epizootic measures. In the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana, and Matanzas, about 500 thousand pigs were destroyed. At the same time, it was believed that the appearance of African swine fever on the Island was an economic war of the United States against Cuba. There is no doubt that there was a political background here.
In connection with these events, which caused significant economic damage to the economy of the young state, it was decided to strengthen the country’s veterinary service. At the same time, the position of head of the veterinary service was introduced into the staff of the Soviet contingent of troops in Cuba. These are the circumstances that preceded the arrival on Freedom Island in 1974 of senior lieutenant of the veterinary service Vitaly Petrovich Vetrov, a graduate of the special faculty of the Alma-Ata Zooveterinary Institute.
The main tasks facing the head of the veterinary service of the 12th training center were:
Carrying out service activities aimed at preventing diseases common to humans and animals among military personnel, workers and employees of the Soviet Army, members of their families, the crew of a separate squadron of Navy ships and civilian personnel performing national economic tasks, totaling several thousand people;
Ensuring epizootic well-being and proper veterinary and sanitary condition of areas and places of deployment of military units, institutions, individual commands and units, as well as places of residence of officers;
Ensuring the safety of food products supplied to the Soviet contingent.
II. Memories
Vetrov Vitaly Petrovich:
In 1974, I was sent to Cuba, where I performed multifaceted tasks in organizing veterinary and logistical support. Participated in eliminating the consequences of African swine fever in a number of provinces of the Republic of Cuba. Provided logistical support and veterinary and sanitary measures during the redeployment of Cuban troops to Angola by air and sea in 1975. He took part in hydrographic expeditions in the Caribbean, Sargasso Sea, Panama Canal, and other diverse logistics tasks. As part of providing assistance to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, he took part in the training and education of veterinary specialists from among Cuban officers.
Having arrived at the site and studied the epizootic situation and the veterinary and sanitary condition of the training grounds, areas of deployment and operation of troops, as well as the placement of PMTO (material and technical support point), and fleet forces (Seventh OPESK - operational squadron of the USSR Navy, designed to solve combat missions in the Atlantic Theater of Operations), and in addition to all military installations located in the Republic of Cuba, I reported to the SAF Logistics Command in Cuba on the state of affairs.
The corresponding chief made a decision to equip a veterinary and sanitary examination laboratory and a permanent veterinary and sanitary post at the Joint Logistics Warehouse near the port of Havana. I had to start from scratch. It was difficult to constantly argue with management, to prove that one was right and that veterinary influence was necessary on many areas of activity of an already well-functioning rear-facing organism.
Vetrova Galina Vladimirovna:
After a long sea passage on a motor ship, we finally found ourselves in the beautiful Havana, which we did not have time to really see. Then all the tedious formalities and an official meeting with the chief military adviser ended. All newly arrived officers and their families were brought to the training center, fed well, distributed among villages, and their husbands were put into service. All! The free life of the passengers ended, and combative and cheerful everyday life began. It’s bad that no one met us; my husband was the first of all Soviet military veterinarians in Cuba. But we had a great time, a couple of years later we met his replacement.
It was much more difficult to live in Cuba than in the Union during the first five-year plans and subsequent years. There is discipline and order, there are all-powerful organizations of the KZR (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution), vigilantly monitoring all the events taking place, including the village of Managua, where we were located. The life of Soviet military specialists and their families in the settlements was not very diverse. Officers and warrant officers lived according to the general routine of the combat unit, where all issues were outlined and verified to the smallest detail. All military families were tied and adapted to the same daily routine. The Russian village of Managua was located 14 km from the deployment of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade (7th separate motorized rifle brigade) in a semi-hilly and abandoned area, far from the central roads. True, 7 kilometers from the village there was a national park named after V.I. Lenin.
The village consisted of approximately 60 good-quality cottages (kas), a summer cinema club, a closed club, a Cuban security commandant's office with a canteen and a food warehouse ("dry rations"). Families of Cuban guards lived in 4 casas, and the commandant was Cuban sergeant Ramon. Water was supplied for 4 hours a day into five-cubic-meter asbestos-cement tanks placed on the roofs, and this amount was enough for two or three families. Electricity, by American standards, was 110 volts and was often absent due to tropical downpours and stormy weather conditions. The electric shower satisfied all hygienic needs. True, on the territory of the brigade there was a luxurious regular officer’s bathhouse with a steam room, but the inhabitants of the village of Managua did not go there, and it was so hot. Only husbands sometimes celebrated on Saturdays, to the “accompaniment” of the couple. External insulated wiring lay directly on the roofs and trees and amazed our electrician Vitaly, who installed an ownerless radio relay antenna on the roof, receiving a television program from the USA. Before the revolution, the American contingent was stationed in Managua, and then after 1962 there were Soviet missilemen and military motorized rifle regiments. In this village there were officers who were not directly subordinate to personnel influencing the combat readiness of the brigade. Motor transport (Gaz-51 cars - a version of cargo taxi) went according to a schedule between the village and the brigade: the first car arrived at 5 in the morning and the last at 1 in the morning. In the morning, the wives accompanied their husbands to work, at 11 o'clock they gathered at the dry ration station, at which time a car with food arrived. The lunch break was set from 14:00 to 17:00, i.e. during the hottest time, and work continued until 19:00. Then dinner and with the onset of darkness at 21:45 the cinema began every day, sometimes two or three films or episodes until one in the morning. And in the morning it all started all over again. At lunchtime, as a rule, there was a 30-minute downpour with a half-meter flow of water, and then within 20 minutes everything dried up and the bright sun shone again. The weather was always sunny with high air temperatures and humidity, only once during a dry period, at night the temperature once dropped to plus 14 degrees Celsius, then all Cubans wrapped themselves in blankets when they went outside. On Sundays, the families of officers and warrant officers were taken by buses and trucks to Guanabo Beach, a specially designated area of an excellent beach 60 km from Havana. There was a complex of cottages, a dining room and a bar for Sovetiko Militar, providing a comfortable rest.
Vetrov Vitaly Petrovich:
I will now add a little about the peculiarities of the work of specialists in the military veterinary service in the Republic of Cuba and in particular mine. I had to start everything from scratch. During the Cuban missile crisis, 42 thousand Soviet troops were deployed to Cuba, so veterinary property and equipment was supplied for an entire veterinary detachment and a field meat processing plant, but by 1974 it was gathering dust in warehouses and was practically ownerless. We had to return, also not without difficulty, the property and premises belonging to the service.
Having studied the situation, I decided to equip a veterinary laboratory and a veterinary specialist’s workplace in a food warehouse and military trade department in the Havana port area. I met the officials of the revolutionary Cuban armed forces, the sanitary, quarantine and phytosanitary service of the commercial port. Once I did not allow about 130 tons of fresh frozen flounder to be supplied. By decision of the command, this batch of fish had to be transferred to the Havana Zoo to feed crocodiles and other animals, and partially disposed of. My Cuban work colleagues were very wary of our offer to donate almost a dozen truckloads of fish to them. The specialists were terribly afraid of the introduction of infection - African swine fever was in everyone’s minds. Interestingly, this product was, in principle, of good quality, but it was defrosted twice and during heat treatment fell into small pieces, so that only fishmeal could be prepared from it.
With the permission of the unit’s logistics chief and former front-line soldier, Colonel Vasily Andreevich Chukov, I organized the construction of a base laboratory for veterinary and sanitary examination. One morning, the formation commander himself checked the progress of the work and, making sure that this was not empty talk, gave the command to increase the pace of construction. I did a tremendous job and within a month I delivered a turnkey building of two hundred square meters, equipping it with everything necessary. A team of internationalist soldiers and Cuban builders worked hard on the construction! Based on an application submitted to the Military Veterinary Department of the USSR Ministry of Defense, all laboratory equipment and property were received. Starting from this time, the service was able to carry out the tasks of veterinary support for the contingent of Soviet troops in full.
Since that time, the service has kept all incoming food under strict control, taking all spheres of veterinary influence into its own hands. Up to six non-staff veterinarians and paramedics served in responsible areas; at our request, the main department of the Ministry of Defense specially selected them in the Union, and, in particular, in the Leningrad region. I got a taste for the creative excitement and created a special construction team. Electric welders assembled typical poultry farm and rabbitry premises from metal. A small rabbit farm already existed at that time and had good economic results. Thus, the ideas of socialist construction were put into practice far from the Motherland with the practical development of production technology at the constructed facilities. To give credit where credit is due, there was plenty of building material, including hard-to-find materials.
But the Cuban comrades, seeing our economic zeal, delicately recommended: “You don’t need to raise animals and poultry, we will provide you with everything you need for free.” It was very correct and timely advice. In the Revolutionary Armed Forces and other armies of the world there were no subsidiary farms, as in the Soviet army. The “first” type that existed in our troops, a legal fund of any commander and superior, contributed to the possibility of additional food for personnel without any significant costs, but in the conditions of the host country this did not justify itself.
At the Soviet base, located on the territory of the port in Havana, leased from the Cuban authorities, a small veterinary laboratory was equipped with instruments and reagents, which made it possible to carry out the necessary volume of rapid research on food products. At the same time, the technical basis of the laboratory consisted of instruments available in the medical service, foreign-made equipment, as well as a regular military veterinary laboratory (standard set 14), which was used during direct visits to ships. The presence of a workplace for a veterinary and sanitary expert directly in the port, as well as free access to all berths of the port of Havana, made it possible to quickly solve the tasks of the veterinary service - to provide practical assistance in determining the quality of food products to battalions of arriving ships of the Soviet merchant fleet, while drawing up the relevant documents. Next to the laboratory, a place was equipped for storing fumigation and disinfection agents, which were supplied through the quarantine and sanitary service of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) of the Republic of Cuba.
Large reserves of flour were stored at the Soviet base, which were constantly refreshed, and the operation of two mechanized bakeries was ensured, baking 6-10 tons of bread per day. Control over this process by the military veterinary service was clearly established for the main reason - the massive development of flour pests in conditions of 95% air humidity and in particular the flour moth, the entire development cycle of which fit within a two-week period. To interrupt this cycle, under the guidance of a veterinary specialist, disinfestation work was regularly carried out in premises with a total area of up to 15 thousand square meters.
Four times a week, our veterinary fumigator went to Havana, to the port base, who, together with representatives of the sanitary and quarantine services of the RVS, poisoned billions of flour pest larvae with a special gas. Only such harsh methods were used to suppress grain pests; On the Cuban side, this problem did not exist, because all the flour from the “wheels” went into production.
The bakery was equipped with a laboratory assistant's workplace, and a full-time specialist carried out his activities under the constant and methodological guidance of the head of the veterinary service. The main scope of work was to conduct a veterinary and sanitary examination of food products, and, first of all, perishable ones. Every day, up to three tons of fresh pork were delivered to the base directly from a primitive slaughterhouse, where veterinary control took place only when preparing documents for the issuance of finished products. I have been convinced of this more than once, despite the high professional level of my Cuban colleagues. It’s just that the methodology for approaching the examination of products and raw materials was far from perfect. The European school of veterinary examination was the most rigid, principled and somewhat cumbersome. This was primarily due to the presence of a large number of infections and invasions on the Eurasian continent than in Latin America. For example, every week I conducted up to 60-80 different tests and laboratory studies. He even examined pork carcasses for trichinosis, beef for finosis, and selectively, when such invasions were practically not recorded in Cuba. But this was prescribed to us by the instructions for veterinary services, or rather the Veterinary Support Guidelines. Vegetables and fruits raised virtually no doubts; ensigns-forwarders and non-staff veterinarians could easily handle the vegetable depots.
One day, the head of the library of the 12th educational center approached me and explained that they had tried all the remedies for cockroaches, but they still terribly overcame the library.
Save! The main book fund is disappearing! - she said. - Cucarachis - large yellow cockroaches - literally devour the bindings of books and publications.
It turned out that during the rainy season, cockroaches, in search of food, found in the library ordinary wood glue, which is used to make book bindings. I remembered how I once treated sheep for scabies in Central Asia with hexachlorane, so I lit hexachlorane bombs in the library, in the smoke of which not only the cockroaches died, but also all the mosquitoes in the area.
Another problem was rats, which in large numbers inhabited all structures, communications and ships in the port of Havana. But not all baits used had an effect on them. Thus, zoocoumarin, as was experimentally established, had practically no serious effect on them. Therefore, the main means of combating rodents was the bait prepared by the service based on zinc phosphide. Objects of veterinary supervision were located in garrisons (so-called colonies), remote at a distance of up to 190 km, and therefore one veterinary specialist was physically unable to carry out the required volume of activities.
I must note that all non-staff veterinary service specialists worked conscientiously, and the volume of special activities they performed was very significant.
III. Photos:
(prepared by Sinelnikov Alexander Nikolaevich)
- Officers of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the headquarters of the GSVK carry out a task in the province of Oriente. Taking this opportunity, we went on an excursion to Casa Siboney, where the legendary Fidel Castro and his comrades began the assault on the Moncada barracks on June 26, 1953. Thus began the Great Cuban Revolution, which is already 65 years old. In the well on which V.P. sits. Vetrov, political worker Pyotr and the commander of the Il-14, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Ivanovich, Fidel Castro and his comrades hid their weapons. Santiago de Cuba, 1974.
- Main entrance to the former 7th separate motorized rifle brigade in Narocco, province of Havana, Republic of Cuba
- Head of the veterinary service of the 12th training center, senior lieutenant Vitaly Vetrov in Park 4 of the Motorized Rifle Brigade.
- Officers check the boat's motor before going out to sea. The goal is reconnaissance and study of the coastline in the theater of military operations, or the area of probable amphibious landing. Military veterinarian, senior lieutenant Vitaly Vetrov (right) studies, analyzes and predicts the epizootic situation, while simultaneously conducting veterinary, sanitary and epizootic reconnaissance of the area and its economic component.
- Laboratory of Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise of Food of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade. The head of the veterinary service of the brigade is V. Vetrov, the head of the food service of the brigade is A. Loginovsky. Narocco, 1975
- The work of brigade logistics officers in the province of Oriente. At the walls of the legendary Moncada barracks. Photo for memory. Vitaly Vetrov on the left. Santiago de Cuba, 1975
- The personnel of a separate automobile company of the brigade carried out long marches along Liberty Island. The picture shows senior lieutenant Vitaly Vetrov with smart military drivers. Highway Havana - Cumagüey. 1975
- At the location of a separate motorized rifle brigade, Vitaly Vetrov, with his daughter Svetlana, and the head of the field department of the State Bank, Alexey Fedorov, with his daughter. Narocco, 1974
- The Vetrov family and neighbors in the village of Managua, province of Havana at cash register No. 53. 1976.
- The daily journey to Havana exhausts the drivers, the drivers are tired. Small stop. Vitaly Vetrov is on the right. Ciego de Avila, 1975.
- Cuban New Year, meeting with one-barochniks (cabin neighbors), Galina Vladimirovna is busy with her son Shurik. 1976
- Part of the work of military veterinarian Vitaly Vetrov is related to the maritime component in the Republic of Cuba. With ships and support vessels of the Navy, and in particular, 7 OPEC of the Northern Fleet, which replenished supplies at the PMTO (material and technical support point) of the USSR Navy. The picture shows officers of BOD 290 off the far coast of Africa, 1975.
- A military veterinarian is a universal rear fighter and combines up to three dozen specialties and specializations. Along with the main areas of activity, Vitaly Vetrov in Cuba mastered a rare profession - taxidermist. Narocco, 1975
- Joint tactical and special exercises with our colleagues. And the veterinary service conducts a study and assessment of sea hydrobionts.
- Checking and actually testing the standards established for specialists, and more photos for memory. Vitaly Vetrov is on the right. 1975
- A team of ichthyologists and rear soldiers landed on the shore. Puerto Manati. One fighter caught a sand shark. Vitaly Vetrov is second from the right. 1976
- The officers and enlisted personnel of the brigade, in addition to service and work, had pleasant moments, such as excursions and visits to memorable and historical places in the Republic of Cuba. Medical soldiers on the ruins of a sugar (cane) factory. Vitaly Vetrov on the left.
- The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution in Cuba are a powerful and effective organization in terms of ensuring the Revolutionary order. Vigilant member of the KZR Jose checked the suspicious Sovetiko Militar car standing on the side of the highway. For excellent service he was awarded a mug of dry wine by Vitaly Vetrov. 1974
- Interacting services in all commissions are brigades, financiers, logistics officers, political workers, veterinarians and others. Vitaly Vetrov and head of financial service Vyacheslav Ivanchikov. Narocco, 1975.
- Head of the veterinary service of the 12th training center, senior lieutenant Vitaly Vetrov, commandant of the 12th center, lieutenant colonel N.V. Kruglov and the military conductor of the 12th training center, Major V.F. Generals. Conversation on a free topic. Brigade military band. 1975
- Very interesting, complex, unpredictable and responsible work of military veterinarian Vitaly Vetrov in a distant country. Which on special issues obeys only itself! And his main boss, Major General of the Medical Service Oleg Belenky, was far away in Moscow, on Red Square!
- Work card of the head of the veterinary service of the training center, senior lieutenant of the veterinary service Vitaly Vetrov, for working out special issues.
- 50 percent of military veterinarian Vitaly Vetrov’s working time was devoted to accepting general cargo from the Soviet Union and Commonwealth countries. A bulk carrier or ship with a displacement of up to 25 thousand tons was unloaded in no more than three days. Port of Cienfuegos. 1974 As a senior commander, Vitaly Vetrov serves borscht to his colleagues. Romantic and meaningful.
- The closed Cienfuegos Naval Base, at one time there was a floating dock here for nuclear submarines of the USSR Navy, which greatly worried the American military leadership. Far away is the exit to the Caribbean, officer Vitaly Vetrov worked here more than 30 times. 1974
- The ebb and flow of the tides in the Bahama Strait reaches two kilometers from the coast. It was very convenient to reload weapons and equipment, driving along the hard seabed, straight into the abyss. Ichthyopathologist Vitaly Vetrov in the center (biologists and veterinarians are involved in this fishery, in accordance with the Veterinary Charter of the USSR of 1968.) Old Bahama Strait. 1975
- Command of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade and officers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Republic of Cuba. Commander of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel Shevchenko in the center
- Officers and warrant officers of the Logistics Services of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade. Deputy brigade commander for logistics, Colonel V.A. Chukov in the center. The head of the brigade's veterinary service, senior lieutenant Vitaly Vetrov, is third from left, second row. Narocco, Republic of Cuba, 1976.
- Parking and maintenance day in the troops. This is equivalent to general cleaning carried out by any housewife at home. This day concerns all commanders, superiors and ordinary soldiers; it is held in parks, barracks, canteens, utility yards and other places. In the photo, soldiers of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade and 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade are restoring order in the barracks. 1976
- Vitaly Petrovich Vetrov – today.
IV. Video
(prepared by Sinelnikov Alexander Nikolaevich)
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“At the Soviet base, located on the territory of the port in Havana, leased from the Cuban authorities, a small veterinary laboratory was equipped with instruments and reagents, which made it possible to carry out the necessary volume of express research on food products. At the same time, the technical basis of the laboratory consisted of instruments available in the medical service, foreign equipment production, as well as a regular military veterinary laboratory (standard set 14), which was used during direct visits to ships. The presence of a workplace for a veterinary and sanitary expert directly in the port, as well as free access to all berths of the port of Havana, made it possible to quickly solve the problems of the veterinary service - provide practical assistance in determining the quality of food products to the battalions of arriving ships of the Soviet merchant fleet, while preparing the relevant documents. Near the laboratory, a place was equipped for storing fumigation and disinfectants, which were supplied through the quarantine and sanitary service of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (RAF) of the Republic Cuba".
Vitaly:
Dear Alexander, thank you for your wonderful review. Your time will soon come, passing on your vast experience to the younger generation. As far as I know, your service has been taking place for more than 25 years in the extreme conditions of the Far East and the Arctic, in permafrost and the polar night. This is not Crimea or the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Only people who are strong in spirit, dedicated to the cause and service of the Motherland, are capable of such deeds and feats! I wish you military happiness, promotion and success!