Yakov Rezantsev Explained
Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev (Russian: Яков Владимирович Резанцев; 4 January 1973) is a Russian lieutenant general (two-star rank). He commands the 49th Army of the Southern Military District.
According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in Chornobaivka near Kherson (Ukraine) during the 2022 Chornobaivka attacks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russian sources have not confirmed his death.
Biography
Yakov Rezantsev was born on 4 January 1973, in the village of Elbanka in the Ust-Pristansky District of Altai Krai.
He started his military service in 1990, graduating from the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School (1994), the Combined Arms Academy (2002) and the Military Academy of the General Staff (2008). He graduated from all military universities with gold medals.[1]
He passed the main command positions from the commander of a platoon of cadets to the commander of a motorized rifle brigade.
From 2010 to 2011 he served as commander of the 57th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade. From 2011 to 2013 he was the commander of the 7th Military Base. In 2013 he was promoted to Major General. In 2018 he served as Chief of Staff of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District.[2] [3]
From 2018 to 2022, he was the commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (Novosibirsk).[4] From October 2020 he served as the commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (Stavropol).[5]
In 2021, he was promoted to lieutenant general.[6]
He was deployed in Russia's military intervention in Syria.[7]
According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed at the Chornobaivka aerodrome in Chornobaivka near Kherson (Ukraine) during the 2022 Chornobaivka attacks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine;[8] his death was confirmed by "a Western security source" but Russian sources had not confirmed his death as of 25 March. According to the Ukrainians, he would be Russia's seventh general officer to be killed in the invasion and one of the two most highly ranked casualties of the war.[9] [10] [11]
The Nevinnomyssk mayor congratulated Rezantsev on his birthday on 17 June in a Telegram post.[12]
Awards
- Order of Military Merit (2020)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree[1]
- Order of Alexander Nevsky[1]
- Suvorov medal
- Medal "Participant of the military operation in Syria"
- Order of Courage "Afyrkhaharazy aorden" (December 8, 2016, Abkhazia) - for the exemplary performance of peacekeeping tasks to ensure the security and inviolability of the state border of the Republic of Abkhazia[13]
- Medal "For military valor" (Abkhazia)
- Medal "For Combat Commonwealth" (Abkhazia)[14]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Резанцев Я. В.: биографическая справка. // Армейский сборник. — 2021. — № 1. — С.21. . Rezantsev Ya. V.: biographical information. // Army collection. - 2021. - No. 1. - P.21..
- Web site: Врио губернатора Воронежской области возложил цветы к могиле Неизвестного солдата . 22 February 2018 . Acting Governor of the Voronezh Region laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
- News: Александр Гусев: "Верность долгу, честь всегда были присущи нашим военным" . VRN.kp.ru - . 27 February 2018 . Alexander Gusev: "Fidelity to duty, honor have always been inherent in our military".
- Web site: Президент России Владимир Путин назначил нового командующего армией со штабом в Новосибирске . Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new army commander with headquarters in Novosibirsk . news.mail.ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044148/https://news.mail.ru/politics/35394173/ . 6 March 2019 . dead.
- Web site: В Ставрополе назначен новый командующий 49-й общевойсковой армией . New Commander of 49th Combined Arms Army Appointed in Stavropol . ИА REGNUM.
- Web site: 2021-02-20 . Якова Резанцева с присвоением звания генерал-лейтенант поздравил глава Невинномысска . 2023-07-06 . Nevworker . ru.
- Web site: Руководящему составу ЦВО представлен новый командующий 41-й общевойсковой армией . The new commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army was presented to the leadership of the Central Military District . Рамблер/новости.
- News: Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine . Ben . Tobias . 26 March 2022 . 5 April 2022 . . BBC.
- Web site: Stewart . Will . 2022-03-25 . 'Another Russian general killed' in new blow for Vladimir Putin . 2022-03-25 . . en.
- News: 2022-03-25 . Russian brigade commander killed by his own forces . 2022-03-26 . POLITICO . Ukrainian presidential spokesman Oleksiy Arestovych earlier named the lieutenant general as Yakov Ryazantsev, and said he had been killed at the Chernobaevka aerodrome outside the southern city of Kherson — where Russian forces have repeatedly suffered losses in their campaign to break out from the Crimean peninsula to the northwest..
- Web site: Deaths of generals expose Russia's troubles in Ukraine. France24. 28 March 2022.
- Web site: Глава Невинномысска поздравил с Днем рождения Якова Резанцева . 2023-07-06 . nevadm.ru . ru.
- Web site: Президент вручил государственные награды ветеранам миротворческих сил Российской Федерации . The President presented state awards to veterans of the peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation . presidentofabkhazia.org.
- Web site: Фотография Я. Резанцева с планками абхазских наград (снизу) . Photo of Y. Rezantsev with bars of Abkhaz awards (bottom) . redstar.ru.
