Early life Nikolai Rogozhkin was born in
Michurinsk on 21 June 1952. His father, Yevgeny, worked at the locomotive repair plant in Michurinsk, and was a participant in the
Great Patriotic War. His mother was the operator of the main post office in Michurinsk. He graduated from the 10th grade of secondary school in Michurinsk in 1969.
Military service in the Soviet Union In August 1969, Rogozhkin began his military service in the Soviet Army. He graduated from the Kharkov Guards Higher Tank Command School named after the
Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR in 1973, and the
Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy in 1980. Rogozhkin served in the 214th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the
75th Guards Heavy Tank Bakhmach Division of the
Kyiv Military District as a tank platoon commander, starting in 1975. In 1977 he was promoted to chief of staff, and in 1978, he was promoted to tank battalion commander in the 42nd Tank Regiment of the Kyiv Military District. After graduating from the academy in 1980, he was appointed to the
20th Guards Motorized Rifle Carpathian-Berlin Division of the
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, as the chief of staff of the
1st Guards Tank Chertkovsk Regiment named after Marshal of Armored Forces
Katukov. In 1984, he was the commander of the 40th Guards Tank Regiment, and in 1985, he was commander of the 1st Guards Tank Chertkovsk Regiment named after Marshal of Armored Forces Katukov. At the same time, he was appointed to the post of regiment commander with the military rank of major, and the rank of lieutenant colonel was awarded ahead of schedule in 1986. From 1986 to 1992 he was deputy commander and then commander of the
11th Guards Tank Carpathian-Berlin Division in the
Turkestan Military District in
Kushka), and the head of the district training center for junior specialists of motorized rifle troops in
Ashgabat from 1992 to 1993.
Military service in Russia Rogozhkin graduated the
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in 1995. After graduating, he was a senior lecturer in the military art department of the academy. In February 1996, he was Deputy Chief of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces, and in May 1998, he was promoted Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of the Ground Forces. In 1996 he took part in the planning and conduct of military operations in the
Chechen Republic. In 1996 to 1997 he was in
Tajikistan, and took part in hostilities on the
Tajik-Afghan border. On 3 July 2000, Rogozkhin was transferred to the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. He was also the Head of the Combat Training Directorate of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On January 15, 2001, he was made First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. On 10 April 2002, he was First Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and Chief of the General Staff of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. On 13 August 2004, Rogozhkin was promoted Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops. On 23 February 2007 by the decree of Russian President
Vladimir Putin, Rogozhkin was awarded the military rank of General of the Army. Subsequently, the status of the position of the Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was increased and from 11 January 2009, General Rogozhkin was the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, and Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. On 12 May 2014, Rogozhkin was discharged from military service to the reserve. ===Office of the Presidential Envoy to the
Siberian Federal District=== On 12 May 2014, Rogozhkin was the Presidential Envoy to the
Siberian Federal District. He was awarded Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class (2014). Commenting on the forest fires in Siberia in April 2015, Rogozhkin made unfounded allegations that they could have been started by saboteurs consisting of organized
opposition groups. He also advised the fire victims to start clearing the areas affected by the fires by their own hand over the unburned scrap metal.
Resignation On 28 July 2016, Rogozhkin decided to leave his post, and was replaced by
Sergey Menyaylo. After leaving the post of Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District, he joined the public sector. After leaving the reserve, he went to work as an assistant to the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the
Central Federal District on a voluntary basis. He is also the deputy chairman of the Dynamo society, the chairman of the
Moscow city organization of the Dynamo sports society and the deputy head of the
Proekt-Tekhnika concern. He is the organizer and curator of a traditional hockey tournament, which has been held for several years in a row in the Michurinsk District. Rogozkhin is a member of the Public Council under the
Investigative Committee of Russia. ==Residence==