Alexander Lentsov

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.

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Alexander Lentsov
Lentsov in 2015
Native name	Александр Иванович Ленцов
Birth name	Alexander Ivanovich Lentsov
Born	(1956-12-20) 20 December 1956 (age 68) Kholmskaya, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union (to 1991)  Russia
Service / branch	Soviet Airborne Forces Russian Airborne Forces  Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1978–2023
Rank	Colonel general
Battles / wars	Soviet–Afghan War First Chechen War Bosnian War (IFOR) Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Russo-Ukrainian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War (peacekeeping) Syrian Civil War (expeditionary force)

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