Born October 25, 1938 in Voronezh, Russian.
Graduated from Civil Engineering in 1961 graduated with a gold medal Baku Higher Military Command School. In 1971 he graduated from the Military Academy. M. V. Frunze, in 1981 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff.
In the army since 1957. He commanded the army, was deputy commander of the Turkestan Military District, Commander of the Central Group of Forces.
. He participated in the events of 1968 in Czechoslovakia, then - in the withdrawal from Czechoslovakia, the Central Army Group.
. October 27, 1988 rank of colonel general.
. In 1989 was elected deputy of the USSR.
. In 1992 was commander of peacekeeping forces in Transnistria.
. The last months of 1992 participated in the fighting in Tajikistan.
. In 1992 - 93 - Deputy Commander of Allied Ground Forces of the CIS for combat training.
. From 1993 to January 1996 - first deputy commander of Forces of Russia Federation.
. December 22, 1994, resigned.
. December 24, 1994 the newspaper Izvestia published an article alleging that Vorobyov refused to lead operations for the disarmament of armed gangs in Chechnya. "
. 17 December 1995 was elected to the State Duma of the second convocation.
. From October 1999 to March 2000 - member of the board of the electoral bloc "Union of Right Forces (SPS).
. 19 December 1999 was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation
. Member of the parliamentary faction of the Union of Right Forces.
. Awarded the Order of the Red Star, Order of Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR "II and III degrees, medals.
. He is married and has two children.
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