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 |
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Native name | Russian: Олег Салюков |
Born |
Saratov, USSR |
May 21, 1955
Allegiance |
Soviet Union Russia |
Service/branch |
Soviet Army 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.