Alexander Lentsov

Alexander Lentsov
Native name
Александр Иванович Ленцов
Birth nameAlexander Ivanovich Lentsov
Born (1956-12-20) 20 December 1956 (age 67)
Kholmskaya, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union (1974–1991)
Russia Russia (1991–Present)
Service/branchRussian Airborne Forces
Russian Ground Forces
RankColonel general
Battles/warsSoviet–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.