Top 10 Valentin Varennikov Quotes

Горбачев сказал нам: "Действуйте, как хотите"

The reason for the collapse of the USSR was only the betrayal of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, who were led by the United States. The American administration has always, all the years, strived to destroy the USSR, and now Russia, and take advantage of our wealth.

Under Stalin, we were not buying wheat from the West, we were selling it on international markets. We didn’t go around the world asking for humanitarian aid and loans, we were granting them. That is the paradox.

In August 1991 I confronted another enemy, the far more dangerous disguised enemy who wanted to destroy my motherland. I have no regrets about what I did, but I have a bitter feeling that we failed to save our country.

"Герой Советского СоюзаНа 86-м году жизни в Москве скончался генерал армии Валентин Варенников" (7 May 2009)

Two years after the introduction of our troops in Afghanistan, it became clear to the General Staff that we were at an impasse.

"Ушёл из жизни Герой Советского Союза, генерал армии Валентин Варенников" (6 May 2009)

I am a military man. It is usually believed that a military man means that there must be a war. But I have been in many wars. And I think that that humanity in general, in principle, should not be engaged in collisions and dismantling these collisions, but should be engaged in saving our planet, our home where we live. no one will encroach, no one will destroy. We need to think about it.

"Валентин Варенников: я счастлив, что вместе с народом добился победы" (6 May 1945)

I am happy because I, together with my fellow soldiers, with all the soldiers, with our people, achieved victory. When our consolidated regiments stood on Red Square, each of us was filled with this happiness and joy that we lived to see victory.