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Alexander Lentsov | |
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Native name | Александр Иванович Ленцов |
Birth name | Alexander Ivanovich Lentsov |
Born | Kholmskaya, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 20 December 1956
Allegiance | Soviet Union (to 1991) Russia |
Service | Soviet Airborne Forces Russian Airborne Forces Russian Ground Forces |
Years of service | 1978–2023 |
Rank | Colonel general |
Battles / wars |
Alexander Ivanovich Lentsov (Russian: Александр Иванович Ленцов; born 20 December 1956) is a retired Russian Airborne Forces colonel general that held various senior positions, including Deputy Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces from 2009 to 2013 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief 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.