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Oleg Salyukov

Colonel General
Oleg Leonydovych Salyukov
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Colonel General Oleg Leonydovych Salyukov
Олег Леонидович Салюков
Commander in Chief of Russian Ground Forces as of May, 2014
Native name Russian: Олег Салюков
Born (1955-05-21) May 21, 1955 (age 61)
Saratov, USSR
Allegiance  Soviet Union
 Russia
Service/branch Coat of arms of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Army
Medium emblem of the Сухопутные войска Российской Федерации.svg Russian Ground Forces
Years of service 1977 to present
Rank Colonel General
Commands held Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army

Oleg Leonydovych Salyukov (Russian: Олег Леонидович Салюков; born 21 May 1955) is a Colonel General and the current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He was appointed to the post in May 2014.

In 1977 he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command School with gold medal, in 1985 from the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy with high honours and in 1996 from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.



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