Oleg Leonidovich Salyukov (russian: Олег Леонидович Салюков; born 21 May 1955) is an
Army General
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In countries that adopt the general officer four rank system, it is rank of genera ...
and the current
Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian Ground Forces
The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска ВSukhoputnyye voyska V}), also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
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. He was appointed to the post in May 2014. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Army in 2019.
Education
In 1977, he graduated from the
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population:
The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...
Guards Higher Tank Command School, in 1985 from the
Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy
The Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy (Военная академия бронетанковых войск имени Маршала Советского Союза Р. Я. Малиновского) was one of the Soviet military academ ...
and in 1996 from the
.
Career
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
In February 2022 Salyukov was added to the European Union
sanctions list for being "responsible for actively supporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as the stability or security in Ukraine".
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Commanders-in-chief of the Russian Army
Generals of the army (Russia)
1955 births
Living people
Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni
Russian individuals subject to the European Union sanctions
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