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Anatoly Lebed
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Anatoly Vyacheslavovich Lebed (Russian: Анатолий Вячеславович Лебедь; 10 May 1963 – 27 April 2012) was a Russian military officer and paratrooper. He was a recipient of the Hero of the Russian Federation and was a lieutenant colonel in the elite Russian Guards unit in the Special Airborne Forces, as well as an officer of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Regiment.
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Born | Anatoly Vyacheslavovich Lebed Анатолий Вячеславович Лебедь (1963-05-10)10 May 1963 Valga, Estonia |
Died | 27 April 2012(2012-04-27) (aged 48)[1] Moscow, Russia |
Nationality | Russian |
Profession | Paratrooper |
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Branch/service | Soviet Army Russian Army Russian Airborne Forces |
Years of service | 1981–1994 1999–2012 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Commands | 45th Guards Spetsnaz Regiment |
Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War Kosovo War War in Dagestan Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War |
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