caption serviceyears branch commands birth_place battles birth_date rank image article_title birth_name
georgy shpak before boarding an aircraft 1966 -- 2003 25px russian airborne forces 350th volga military district russian airborne forces guards airborne regminet 6th army turkestan military district osipovichi , mogilev , ussr soviet war in afghanistan yugoslavia wars first chechen war 08 september 1943 15px general georgy shpak before boarding the aircraft.jpg georgy shpak
 georgy i. shpak
georgy shpak

georgy ivanovich shpak was the governor of ryazan oblast , russia from 2004 to 2008 .
he was the commander of russian airborne troops from 1996 to 2003 .
