Chechevatov was born in Russian peasant family in village Mordovskiy Belyi Klyuch, Ulyanovsk Oblast in Midstream Volga region.

[4][1] In January 1992 for refusal to accept oath of allegiance to Ukrainian people, Chechevatov was removed from command and has requested to be transferred to Russia.

[1][2] Earlier in 1995 there was information that he was offered a post of First Deputy Commander of Russian Ground Forces in place of the sacked Eduard Vorobyov.

[2] Following the presidential elections in July 1996 President of Russia Boris Yeltsin personally has invited Chechevatov to Kremlin when an issue has been raised about appointing a candidate to the post of Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation after dismissal of Pavel Grachev due to the First Chechen War.

[1][2] In his letter to Yeltsin, Colonel General Chechevatov stated that bombing of Yugoslavia may turned out in the near future to be just a rehearsal of similar strikes on Russia.

[1] In 2005–06 he actively was involved in public life and held number of office in various public organizations such as "Nakaznoy Ataman" of the "Far Eastern Military Cossack District" as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, under the auspices of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, a head of House of Romanov and Foundation of the Cavaliers Duma of the Imperial Military Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.