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Anatoly Borisovich Pekhterev was born in the town of Tutayev in the centre of Yaroslavl Region in the Soviet Union (24 February 1959). He attended School No. 4 in Tutayev (1965–76) and worked for one year as a mechanic (1976–77), before being called up for national service in the Soviet Armed Forces (1977). Anatoly Pekhterev served in the Parachute Regiment, where he distinguished himself as an e...