Alexander Lentsov Explained

Native Name:Александр Иванович Ленцов
Native Name Lang:Russian
Birth Name:Alexander Ivanovich Lentsov
Birth Date:20 December 1956
Birth Place:Kholmskaya, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance: Soviet Union (1974–1991)
Russia (1991–Present)
Branch:Russian Airborne Forces
Russian Ground Forces
Rank:Colonel general
Battles:Soviet-Afghan War
First Chechen War
Bosnian War (SFOR)
Second Chechen War
Russo-Georgian War
Russo-Ukrainian War
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War (peacekeeping)
Syrian Civil War (expeditionary force)

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 (2009–2013) and deputy commander of the Russian Ground Forces (2013–2020). He also had senior posts with Russian forces deployed abroad in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Syria.

Military career

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.[1]

On April 25, 2023, he was appointed commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: kremlin.ru. Указ о назначении на должность в Вооружённых Силах. kremlin.ru. 22 January 2020. 22 January 2020.
  2. Web site: en. Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh have a new commander. www.turan.az. 2023-04-26.