Editing Gennady Zyuganov (section)

==Early life and education==
Zyuganov was born in [[Mymrino]], a farming village in [[Oryol Oblast]], on 26 June 1944. The son and grandson of schoolteachers, he followed in their footsteps. His father fought at the Soviet-German front of WWII and returned home with serious injuries. After graduating from a secondary school, his first job was working there for one year as a physics teacher in 1961.<ref name="scilla.ru">{{Cite web |url=http://www.scilla.ru/works/pret08/zyuganov.html |title=Зюганов Геннадий Андреевич |access-date=2021-09-18 |archive-date=2021-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918194744/http://www.scilla.ru/works/pret08/zyuganov.html  }}</ref><ref>[https://novostivl.ru/msg/7401.htm Зюганов получил от Путина манифест] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129220356/https://novostivl.ru/msg/7401.htm}} ''Новости Владивостока''</ref>

In 1962, Gennady enrolled into the Department of Physics and Mathematics of the [[Orel State University|Oryol Pedagogical Institute]]. From 1963 to 1966, he served in a Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Intelligence unit of the [[Group of Soviet Forces in Germany]]. Zyuganov joined the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mk.ru/politics/interview/2012/08/09/735222-gennadiy-zyuganov-nasha-vlast-k-slozhnoy-politike-ne-gotova.html|title=Геннадий Зюганов: "Наша власть к сложной политике не готова"|author=Марина Озерова.|publisher=«[[Московский комсомолец]]» № 26011|date=2012-08-10|accessdate=2012-09-12 <!--DUPLICATE|title=Лидер КПРФ пророчит очень непростую осень и сложную зиму--> |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130417044635/http://www.mk.ru/politics/interview/2012/08/09/735222-gennadiy-zyuganov-nasha-vlast-k-slozhnoy-politike-ne-gotova.html|archivedate=2013-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kprftula.ru/photo/715/ |title=КПРФ Тула — Коммунисты провели стол по поддержке пчеловодства, на котором выступил Г. А. Зюганов. Фоторепортаж<!-- Заголовок добавлен ботом --> |access-date=2020-07-27 |archive-date=2020-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727181404/http://kprftula.ru/photo/715/}}</ref>

He returned to the teachers' college in 1966. Three years older than most members of his class, he was already a party member and a popular college athlete. On his return, he married his wife, Nadezhda. He completed his degree in 1969.<ref name="scilla.ru" /><ref name="ria.ru">[http://ria.ru/culture/20081107/154601602.html Выпускники КВН: от Зюганова до Пельша] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809091311/http://ria.ru/culture/20081107/154601602.html}} // [[РИА Новости]], 07.11.2008</ref>