In 1953 he entered Proskurovsk tank school, then he finished the Frunze Military Academy and the highest academical courses for the USSR leadership. He had served in Afghanistan, Somalia and Ethiopia. In 1992-97 he occupied different positions at the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, was the First deputy commander of Army. Since 1997 Anatoly Zinevich had been the deputy Minister of Defence of Armenia.
