[1] Sergei Vasilyevich Kuralenko was born in Rathenow, East Germany, on December 21, 1961, into a military family.

From 1979 to 1983, cadets attended Kharkov Guards High Command Tank School, located in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

He served as the Head of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Federation's Armed Forces from September 16, 2016, to November 2017.

146, appointing him to the position of Chief of the Main Directorate of Military Police at the Russian Ministry of Defense.

This includes claimed beatings and attempts to recruit into the Wagner PMC, which is well known for its involvement in many global conflicts.