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Russian army officer (born 1956)
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Alexander Lentsov
Native nameАлександр Иванович Ленцов
Birth nameAlexander Ivanovich Lentsov
Born (1956-12-20) 20 December 1956 (age 67)
Kholmskaya, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union (1974–1991)
Russia Russia (1991–Present)
Service / branchRussian Airborne Forces
Russian Ground Forces
Years of service1978–present
RankColonel general
Battles / wars

Alexander Ivanovich Lentsov (Russian: Александр Иванович Ленцов; born 20 December 1956) is a Russian colonel general that held various senior positions, including deputy commander of the Russian Airborne Forces from 2009 to 2013 and deputy commander of the Russian Ground Forces from 2013 to 2020. He also had senior posts with Russian peacekeeping forces deployed abroad in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Syria, and commanded the 98th Guards Airborne Division from 1996 to 2009.

Biography

Lentsov was born on 20 December 1956 in Kholmskaya, Krasnodar Krai, in the Soviet Union. His military education includes graduating from the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School in 1978, from the Frunze Military Academy in 1989, and from the General Staff Academy in 2008. After 1978 he first served in command positions at the platoon, battalion, regimental, and division levels, and fought in the Soviet-Afghan War and the Chechen Wars.

He was promoted to lieutenant general in 2011 and colonel general in 2014.

Since 2020 he has served as an advisor to the Minister of Defence.

On April 25, 2023, he was appointed commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Чем известен Александр Ленцов" [What Alexander Lentsov is known for]. Kommersant (in Russian). 26 April 2023.
  2. kremlin.ru (22 January 2020). "Указ о назначении на должность в Вооружённых Силах". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. "Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh have a new commander". www.turan.az. 2023-04-26.
Military offices
Preceded byAndrei Volkov Commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno Karabakh
2023–present 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded by?? Deputy Commander of the Russian Ground Forces
2013–2020 		Succeeded byAlexander Matovnikov
Preceded by?? Deputy Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces
2009–2013 		Succeeded byAndrei Kholzakov
Preceded byAlexander Bespalov Commander of the 98th Guards Airborne Division
1996–2009 		Succeeded byAlexei Ragozin
Preceded byPosition created Commander of the 1st Separate Airborne Brigade
1996 		Succeeded bySergei Generalov
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