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Sergei Surovikin

Also known as Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin

Head of the CIS' Coordinating Committee for Air Defence

Key facts

President: Vladimir Putin
Preceded by: Viktor Bondarev
Succeeded by: Viktor Afzalov
Born: ( 1966-10-11 ) 11 October 1966 (age 59) , Novosibirsk , Soviet Union
Awards: Hero of the Russian Federation Order of St. George Order of Courage (3) Order of Military Merit Order of the Red Star
Nickname s: General Armageddon , Butcher of Syria
Allegiance: Soviet Union Russia
Branch service: Soviet Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces Russian Aerospace Forces
Years of service: 1987–present
Rank: General of the Army
Commands: 34th Motor Rifle Division , 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division , 20th Guards Army , Eastern Military District , Group of Forces in Syria, Russian Aerospace Forces
Battles wars: Soviet–Afghan War August Coup Tajikistani Civil War Second Chechen War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Instance of: human
Given name: Sergey
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Novosibirsk
Occupation: military officer
Position held: Commander of the Aerospace Forces
Languages spoken: Russian
Participant in: Wagner Group rebellion
Conflict: Tajikistani Civil War
Military branch: Wagner Group
Military rank: General of the army
Image: Sergey Surovikin on December 16, 2022 - from, Visit to joint staff of military branches involved in special military operation 02 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 4

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date of birth: 1966-10-11
commander of (DEPRECATED): Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
Commons category: Sergey Surovikin
allegiance: Russia
P10632: Sergei Surovikin
member of: Wagner Group
start of work period: 1987-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin (born 11 October 1966) is a Russian military officer who has served as head of the Coordinating Committee for Air Defence under the Council of Defence Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since September 2023.

From 2017 to August 2023, Surovikin was the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces from 2017 until he was reportedly sacked by Vladimir Putin for an alleged involvement with the Wagner Group rebellion. A veteran of the Soviet–Afghan War, Tajikistani Civil War, Second Chechen War, and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, he was from October 2022 to January 2023 the commander of all Russian forces in the Russo-Ukrainian war and deputy commander from January 2023 to August 2023.

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