# Viktor Rodin

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**Viktor Semyonovich Rodin** (Russian: Виктор Семёнович Родин; 19 November 1928 – 17 September 2011) was a Soviet [Strategic Missile Forces](/source/Strategic_Missile_Forces) [colonel general](/source/Colonel_general). Rodin was the head of the Strategic Missile Forces Political Directorate between 1985 and 1992 and also a Candidate Member of the [Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union](/source/Central_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union) between 1986 and 1990.

## Early life

Rodin was born on 19 November 1928 to a peasant family in the village of Dubrovka in [Penza Oblast](/source/Penza_Oblast).[1] After graduating from seventh grade, he enrolled in the Bednodemyanovsky College of Agricultural Mechanization.[2] He became a Komsomol member in January 1944.[3] In 1947 he became secretary of the local [Komsomol](/source/Komsomol) District Committee.[4]

## Military service

In 1949, Rodin was drafted into the [Soviet Army](/source/Soviet_Army). He became Komsomol committee secretary of a military base in 1951. In 1954, he graduated from the [Leningrad Military-Political School](/source/Leningrad_Military-Political_School). He became political officer of a motor rifle regiment with the rank of captain. Rodin graduated from Distance Education courses at the [Military-Political School](/source/Military-Political_School) in 1964. After the end of the courses he became deputy political officer of a motor rifle division. In 1966 he became the political officer of the division. In 1967, Rodin was awarded a first [Order of the Red Star](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Star). In 1969, he graduated from the [Military Academy of the General Staff](/source/Military_Academy_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Russia). In 1975, he was awarded the [Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR](/source/Order_for_Service_to_the_Homeland_in_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_USSR) 3rd class. Rodin was head of the Political Directorate of the [Turkestan Military District](/source/Turkestan_Military_District), [Kiev Military District](/source/Kiev_Military_District) and the [South-Western Theatre of Military Operations](/source/South-Western_Theatre_of_Military_Operations) (TVD). In 1979, he was awarded a second Order of the Red Star. Rodin received the [Order of the Red Banner](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Banner) in 1980. He served with the [40th Army](/source/40th_Army_(Soviet_Union)) in the [Soviet–Afghan War](/source/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War).[3] In 1982 he was promoted to colonel general. On 14 December 1985 he became head of the Political Directorate of the Strategic Missile Forces. He was awarded the [Order of the October Revolution](/source/Order_of_the_October_Revolution). In 1990, Rodin was awarded the Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class. In November 1991 he transferred to the reserve.[1][4]

## Later life

Rodin lived in Moscow. He died on 17 September 2011 and was buried in the [Troyekurovskoye Cemetery](/source/Troyekurovskoye_Cemetery).[4]

## Personal life

Rodin married Nadezhda Semyonovna and had two daughters.[2]

## References

1. ["Родин Виктор Семенович"](http://encyclopedia.mil.ru/encyclopedia/dictionary/details_rvsn.htm?id=14495@morfDictionary) [Rodin Viktor Semyonovich] (in Russian). *encyclopedia.mil.ru*. Retrieved 2016-03-23.

1. Gorbovsky, N. ["Солдат Отечества"](http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/advice/item/12778-soldat-otechestva) [Soldier of the Fatherland] (in Russian). *www.redstar.ru*. [Krasnaya Zvezda](/source/Krasnaya_Zvezda). Retrieved 2016-03-23.

1. Kovtun, Viktor (19 November 2008). ["Лицом к человеку"](http://old.redstar.ru/2008/11/19_11/1_02.html) [Person to Person] (in Russian). *old.redstar.ru*. [Krasnaya Zvezda](/source/Krasnaya_Zvezda). Retrieved 2016-04-29.

1. ["Ушел из жизни бывший начальник политического управления Ракетных войск стратегического назначения генерал-полковник в отставке Виктор Семенович Родин"](http://mil.ru/elections/news/more.htm?id=10700027@egNews) [Former Head of the Strategic Missile Forces Political Directorate Retired Colonel General Viktor Semyonovich Rodin died] (in Russian). *mil.ru*. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-23.

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