Alexey Fyodorovich Maslov (Russian: Алексей Фёдорович Маслов; 23 September 1953 – 25 December 2022) was a Russian General of the Army who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He was a graduate of the Tank Troops Military Academy and in the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
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| Native name | Алексей Фёдорович Маслов |
| Born | 23 September 1953 Panskoye, Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 25 December 2022 (aged 69) Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (until 1991) Russia |
| Branch | Soviet Army (until 1991) Russian Ground Forces |
| Years of service | c. 1972 ─ 2011 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces |
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Biography
editBorn on 23 September 1953 in Panskoye, Kursk region, Alexey Maslov was educated at the Kharkiv Higher Tank Command School. His first service tours were in the Carpathian Military District, where he served as tank platoon, company, and battalion commander. In 1984, he earned a degree at the Tank Academy and was appointed regiment commander (1986) and, later, deputy division commander within the Central Group of Forces in Czechoslovakia. From 1990 to 1994, General Maslov served as deputy division commander, Volga-Ural Military District and, in 1994, assumed command of 15th Guards 'Mozyr' Tank Division, at Chebarkul within the same district.[1]
In 1998, General Maslov graduated from the General Staff Academy and took up the post as deputy commander for training, within the then Transbaikal Military District.
In 1999, he became Chief of Combat Training in the Siberian Military District. In March 2000, he was appointed chief of staff and first deputy army commander of 36th Combined Arms Army within the Siberian Military District.
From June 2001 to 2003, General Maslov served as commander of 57th Army Corps in the Siberian Military District.[2] On 22 March 2003 he was appointed chief of staff & First Deputy Commander, North Caucasus Military District. He later became First Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces.
By a Presidential Decree of 5 November 2004 Alexey Maslov assumed the duties of Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief, succeeding General Nikolai Kormiltsev. As Commander-in-Chief, he started to increase the number of contract soldiers in the Russian Ground Forces. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Army on 15 December 2006.
In August 2008, he stepped down from the position of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, then moved to the Russian Military Representative to NATO.[3] He was replaced by General of the Army Vladimir Boldyrev, former Commander of the Volga-Urals Military District.[4] He retired from active duty in October 2011.
Maslov died unexpectedly on 25 December 2022, at the age of 69. His death has been regarded as suspicious.[5][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kommersant, https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/548978.
- ^ Federation of American Scientists, North Caucasus MD Archived 17 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ".Kommersant, July 23, 2008". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
- ^ [1] Archived 5 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Умер экс-главком сухопутных войск Алексей Маслов". RBC. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ Quinn, Allison (29 December 2022). "Second Russian Defense Sector Bigwig Dies in Two Days". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
Further reading
edit- Scott & Scott, Russian Military Directory 2004, p. 67
- Biography at peoples.ru (in Russian)
- Генералы: харьковский биографический словарь / Авт.-сост., вступ.ст. А.В. Меляков, Е.В. Поступная ; Под ред. В.И. Голик, Сергій Іванович Посохов ; Редкол.: В.Г. Бульба, В.Г. Коршунов, Н.А. Олефир, др. . – Харьков : Издательство "Точка", 2013 . – 497 с. : портр. - Библиогр.: с.486-487 (40 назв.) . – На рус. яз. - ISBN 978-617-669-133-4. — С. 274.