Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev
Native name
Яков Владимирович Резанцев
Born(1973-01-04)4 January 1973
Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Service/branch Soviet Army
 Russian Ground Forces
Years of service1990–present
RankLieutenant general
Unit49th Combined Arms Army
Battles/wars

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,[1] in the village of Elbanka[citation needed] 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

From 2018 to 2022, he was the commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (Novosibirsk).[5] From October 2020 he served as the commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (Stavropol).[2]

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[8] in Chornobaivka near Kherson (Ukraine) during the 2022 Chornobaivka attacks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine;[9] 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.[10][8][11]

The Nevinnomyssk mayor congratulated Rezantsev on his birthday on 17 June in a Telegram post.[12]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Резанцев Я. В.: биографическая справка. // Армейский сборник. — 2021. — № 1. — С.21" [Rezantsev Ya. V.: biographical information. // Army collection. - 2021. - No. 1. - P.21.] (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "В Ставрополе назначен новый командующий 49-й общевойсковой армией" [New Commander of 49th Combined Arms Army Appointed in Stavropol]. ИА REGNUM.
  3. ^ "Врио губернатора Воронежской области возложил цветы к могиле Неизвестного солдата" [Acting Governor of the Voronezh Region laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]. 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Александр Гусев: "Верность долгу, честь всегда были присущи нашим военным"" [Alexander Gusev: "Fidelity to duty, honor have always been inherent in our military"]. VRN.kp.ru -. 27 February 2018.
  5. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Якова Резанцева с присвоением звания генерал-лейтенант поздравил глава Невинномысска". Nevworker (in Russian). 20 February 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b "Russian brigade commander killed by his own forces". POLITICO. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022. 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.
  9. ^ Tobias, Ben (26 March 2022). "Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  10. ^ Stewart, Will (25 March 2022). "'Another Russian general killed' in new blow for Vladimir Putin". Evening Standard. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Deaths of generals expose Russia's troubles in Ukraine". France24. 28 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Глава Невинномысска поздравил с Днем рождения Якова Резанцева". nevadm.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Фотография Я. Резанцева с планками абхазских наград (снизу)" [Photo of Y. Rezantsev with bars of Abkhaz awards (bottom)]. redstar.ru.
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