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 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. The primary responsibilities 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.

Biography

Born on 23 September 1953 in Panskoye, Kursk region, Alexey Maslov was educated at the

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, 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 The Central Group of Forces (Russian: Центральная группа войск) was a formation of the Soviet Armed Forces used to incorporate Soviet troops in Central Europe on two occasions: in Austria and Hungary from 1945 to 1955 and tr ...

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. From 1990 to 1994, General Maslov served as deputy division commander,

Volga-Ural Military District Idel-Ural ( tt-Cyrl, Идел-Урал, translit=Idel-Üral, russian: Идель-Урал), literally Volga-Ural, is a historical region in Eastern Europe, in what is today Russia. The name literally means ''Volga-Urals'' in the Tatar language. T ...

and, in 1994, assumed command of 15th Guards 'Mozyr' Tank Division, at

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within the same district. 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 The Transbaikal Military District (russian: Забайкальский военный округ) was a military district of first the Soviet Armed Forces and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the ...

. 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 The 36th Combined Arms Army is a combined arms ( field) army of the Russian Ground Forces, part of the Eastern Military District (Military Unit Number 05776). History The army was formed in 1997 from the 55th Army Corps at Borzya in the Siberi ...

within the Siberian Military District. From June 2001 to 2003, General Maslov served as commander of 57th Army Corps in the Siberian Military District. On 22 March 2003 he was appointed chief of staff & First Deputy Commander,

North Caucasus Military District The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, ...

. He later became First Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the

Ground Forces An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

. 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 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

. He was replaced by General of the Army Vladimir Boldyrev, former Commander of the Volga-Urals Military District. 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.

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