Osvaldas Mikolovich Pikauskas (Russian: Освальдас Миколович Пикаускас; 1945–1995) was a Soviet and Russian military leader of Lithuanian origin who served as first deputy commander of the Airborne Troops from January 1991 to March 1995.[1]
Osvaldas Pikauskas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 July 1945 Duburiai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | March 1995 Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (1964-1991)  Russian Federation (1991-1995) |
| Service/ |  Soviet Army Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1964 - 1991 1991 - 1995 |
| Rank | Colonel-general |
| Commands held | 98th Guards Airborne Division |
Biography edit
Osvaldas Pikauskas was born in the village of Duburiai in Soviet Lithuania in 1945 and joined the Soviet Army in 1964 as a private. He graduated from an airborne troops officer school in Ryazan in 1969 and went on to study at the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow. He was promoted to major-general at age thirty-eight. He commanded the 98th Guards Airborne Division between 1982 and 1985.
Pikauskas was made deputy commander of the Soviet Airborne Troops (VDV) in January 1991 as a lieutenant-general. He continued his career in the Russian Federation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 as a colonel-general of the Russian Army.
He died in March 1995.
References edit
- ^ "The Commanders of Today's Russian Airborne Forces" (1 June 1995). Jane's Intelligence Review. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
External links edit
- "Ne izminivshy prisyage". Litovsky kuryer No. 32 (754).