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Sergey Kisel
Sergey Aleksandrovich Kisel (, born 27 March 1971) is a Russian Ground Forces officer who commanded the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, Russian Armed Forces Operational Group in Syria from 2023 to 2024. Previously, he was the commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army from 2018 to 2022, and was relieved of command after the failure to capture Kharkov at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kisel was sent to Syria in May 2022, and was appointed commander of the Russian Operational Group in Syria in November 2023, replacing Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov. Biography Kisel was born in 1971 and is a graduate of the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School, the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the General Staff Academy (Russia), General Staff Academy. He held commands at levels from a platoon to a motor rifle brigade. In the early 2010s he commanded the 19th Motor Rifle Division, 19th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade of the 58t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general. In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general (or colonel general) and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral, and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal. In the United States, a lieutenant general has a three star insignia and commands an army corps, typically made up of three army divisions, and consisting of around 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers. The seeming incongruity that a lieutenant general outranks a major general (whereas a major outranks a lieutenant) is due to the derivation of major general from sergeant major general, which was a rank subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |