Alexander Lentsov

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Alexander Lentsov
Native name	Александр Иванович Ленцов
Birth name	Alexander Ivanovich Lentsov
Born	(1956-12-20) 20 December 1956 (age 67) Kholmskaya, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1974–1991) Russia (1991–Present)
Service / branch	Russian Airborne Forces Russian Ground Forces
Rank	Colonel general
Battles / wars	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.