Lapin Alexander Pavlovich Syria. New appointments to senior positions in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Lieutenant General Alexander Lapin was appointed Commander of the Central Military District, he was presented with a standard by Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov. "Decree of the President Russian Federation dated November 22, Lieutenant General Alexander Pavlovich Lapin was appointed to the military post of commander of the troops of the Central Military District," Bulgakov said. According to him, the new commander is an experienced leader and a skilled organizer, practical application interspecies connections.

"Heading the headquarters of the Eastern Military District, the military training science Center ground forces, showed his best qualities leader. High moral and professional qualities allowed him to successfully command two operational groups in separate directions, and then to perform the duties of chief of staff of the group of troops in the Syrian Arab Republic," Bulgakov added. At the same time, today the troops of the Central Military District are entrusted with complex tasks for the preparation and use of troops in the Central Asian strategic direction, including as part of the rapid reaction forces and operational deployment of the Central Asian region of collective security.

Alexander Pavlovich Lapin was born in Kazan in 1964. Graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School, military academy armor tank troops, Military Academy of the General Staff. Passed all command positions. Prior to his appointment, he headed the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Military Internet voenternet.ru presents: Major General Alexander Pavlovich Lapin,
Commander of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army
It is not easy to deal with a sincere interlocutor. The main truths of life are so simple that only truly strong man.

Discourses about God, love, duty to the Fatherland, gratitude to the mother and the need for humility in our time sound so out of date and even old-fashioned that even seasoned intellectuals try to avoid them. But when this is done by Major General, commander of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army, largest association ground forces, which includes, for example, the Taman and Kantemirovskaya divisions, you don’t even understand, but you feel that in the armed forces of the country there is still some kind of violent force that is pointless to fight, that you can never defeat.

Alexander Pavlovich Lapin was born on January 1, 1964 in Kazan. He graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School, the Military Academy of the Armored Forces, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces. He began his service in 1982 as a conscript gunner, then held various command and staff positions in the Leningrad Military District, the Northern Fleet and the North Caucasus Military District. After the Academy of Armored Forces, he commanded a tank battalion, a motorized rifle regiment, a motorized rifle brigade, and a motorized rifle division in the North Caucasus Military District. After graduating from the General Staff Academy, he served as deputy commander of the 58th Army (Vladikavkaz). By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 2, 2012, he was appointed commander of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army. Read what General Alexander Lapin says about the very simple things that make our life so unforgivably complicated.

About life
My life does not belong to me. And I myself do not belong to myself - ever since I went to serve the Motherland, the Fatherland, the people. For some, this may be high words. But for me, it is something essential, in which you need to be clearly aware of. I remember my life with early childhood. Was born in working family in a barrack on the outskirts of Kazan. They lived very poorly. Even in distant relatives there was no one with higher education. I lost my father early and, accordingly, before many thought that I should take everything into my own hands, work, study ... But, as far as I can remember, I always raved about war, adventures. When they played Cossack robbers with the boys in the yard, I tried to lead. And even then I began to understand that there are forces and circumstances in the world that are greater than me, above my own interests. At first, however, I took a step aside - I passed the exams at the Institute of Chemical Technology, but quickly realized: not mine. And he went into the army for military service. I ended up in Kazakhstan, in the very wilderness, 200 kilometers from the nearest town. The hazing in the unit was terrible. For the first six months, they beat me severely, several times a day. But I am convinced that it was the Lord God who taught me humility. They beat me, and I thought: I will become an officer and I will lay down my whole life so that there is no non-regulation in the army. This thought helped me. When for the first time eight months later I wrote a report that I wanted to enter a military school, the old-timers beat me, they said: you won’t be an officer. And I became. He served 22 months and entered the Kazan Tank School. Why exactly there? After the film "Officers" was released, tankers, one might say, were in vogue. I reviewed the picture many times and memorized three main phrases for me: “There is such a profession - to defend the Motherland”, “Discipline is the first law of military service” and “The commander must think, not wave his saber.” These three postulates became the starting points for my whole life.

About mother
When I think about my mother, the first thing I worry about is how much I can give her - with my support, word, deeds. For me, love for my mother is, first of all, taking care of her. I guess I'm keeping her in this life. I tell her: you must live. Now she has a task plan: to wait for my grandson or granddaughter. And the thought that she is in demand helps her not feel her age so sharply.

Love is the daily work of caring for a person. Love is first and foremost work.

About wives
Officers' wives are a special caste. The main feature of an officer's wife is the ability to wait for her husband. There are times when you have to wait weeks, months, six months. Service separates the husband from his wife, and the wife from acquaintances, from habitual life. All the time fees, moving. Where? What for? How will life be there in the new place? An ordinary woman will not cope with this if she does not learn humility in the face of hardships. If she does not understand: her husband belongs to the state. The family for an officer is second. And Motherland is the first. To dedicate oneself to such a husband means to dedicate oneself to the Fatherland. Say, "There aren't many women like that." Right. But there are few of us.

About tanks
They say the time for tanks is running out, grandiose tank battles no longer. But I'm convinced that for many more decades the tank will remain the main striking force of the ground forces. As military technology reaches new frontiers, the tank will of course change. It will be different. Maybe a multifunctional combat robotic system invisible to the enemy, capable of moving over great distances, with new capabilities, tasks and functions. But its main advantages are firepower, mobility, security - will still remain unchanged. They say that humanity is approaching the sixth generation of wars. We, tankers, believe: there will be tanks in any generation.

Here, the pilots believe that they can master the tank, but the tankers never do the plane. Once I commanded a regiment in Mozdok, an acquaintance, a squadron commander, came to me: “Palych! Tank! All my life I dreamed. Roll!". I put him in a tank, he says: “Dear mother, how do you manage it? Yes, you have to study here for three years! I say four. He got used to it a little, rolled and came out indescribably pleased. What does it say? Pilots love tanks so much and rejoice in them, just as I do not rejoice in airplanes.

But seriously, I'll tell you this: if the tank is adjusted, brought to normal combat, it is like sniper rifle. Only with a powerful fire system. Today, while checking one of the tank crews, I tore my trouser leg. And I don’t think it’s shameful for the army commander to climb into a tank that has become dusty at the training ground and take a seat in the fighting compartment. Because a tank deserves more respect than a general's torn trousers.

About war
War is inevitable. She was, is and will be. This is a disaster, the cross of our civilization. But when you think about life and death, about creation and destruction, you find a relationship in all of this. This is what war is. It cleanses from the accumulated evil, allows you to destroy the old and build a new one. But you will be able to know its meaning, its power and significance only when you understand that the sacrifices made to it are not in vain.

The main lesson that the war taught me personally is this: take care of the people for whom you are responsible. And how to save? First of all, teach them how to do it. combat mission skillfully and competently. Didn't save? So he didn't teach. And behind each fighter is not a medallion with a name, not a line in the report, but whole life, his relatives, his future, unborn children. The loss of each subordinate is a tragedy for me.

About the feat
Sometimes they say: the feat of a soldier is the result of a commander's mistake. Strongly disagree! A feat is a reflection of the hero's inner content. Only those who are spiritually rich are capable of a feat. And who prepares for it all his life. Recently, in fire training classes, a grenade fell into the mitten of a camouflage suit for a reconnaissance soldier. His commander, senior lieutenant Kiryanov, had a second to make a decision, and two more to implement it: at the fourth second, the grenade explodes. Can you imagine? One second to decide, two to execute. And this time was enough for him to grab a grenade and throw it over the parapet. He rushed to the soldier without hesitation: he was inwardly ready for this feat. This is a great officer! We presented him to the Order of Courage, but I think he deserves more.

Such actions are necessary for our spiritual, moral "I". In order to take an example from them, not to squint, not to harden.

About defeats
For me, to win means to force the enemy to do our will. And loss, defeat is, first of all, a lesson that allows you to rethink what happened and move forward in order to come to victory. The world is created in such a way that there is no stopping, it does not exist in nature. You are alive when you take a step forward every day on the path God has set.

About purpose
If life is lived aimlessly, it is a disaster. Every day before going to bed I ask myself: what did you do today to add kindness to this world? The scale of this kindness can vary. For example, today you got the guardsmen of the 20th Army to show the command that they can carry out the assigned combat missions. Or you, passing a checkpoint, saw that the traffic controller was sweating because of the heat, and gave him a drink cold water. Or just stroked the cat, brought a piece of bread to the dog. Can you tell yourself that this was your step forward? So there is hope.

About meaning
AT last years more and more often I began to ask myself questions, to analyze: why did everything happen to me like this? For what? I remember a film from my childhood about a boy who accomplishes a feat - saving the banner. When I watched it, I clearly understood: I want to live the life of this boy, I want to die saving the banner. It turns out that the meaning of my life was to get a huge experience and, without hesitation, give it to the world. That is, I have to prepare for the main exam, which is called death. But I believe death is only the beginning. I look around me and see so much beautiful, infinite, alive, and I believe that God could not create so much beauty for a one-time and finite life. Everything in the world is harmoniously connected and all this is infinite perfection.

About the mat
Every word has energy. A kind word - good energy, an evil word - vice versa. I try to eradicate the mat in myself, although I am sinful. But, firstly, I don’t send very far, and if it happens, gently. And then I stop myself: “I apologize, of course, that it escaped.” If an executive officer, responsible, performs all assigned tasks unquestioningly, accurately and on time, I will treat him with the deepest respect. But sometimes you feel: the task reaches a specific officer slowly. You start to get nervous, you try to convince, but again he does not react! Well, then it happens and you can’t resist, of course.

About positions
Any position is the most difficult. When I was a company commander, I thought: well, nothing can be harder. Then he received a regiment - dear mother! Just a few hours of relaxation! Then he commanded a brigade of constant combat readiness. He lived only at the training grounds and thought that this was the edge, there is nothing more difficult. Now I am an army commander and I remember the times when I was a division commander - I could at least raise my head sometimes ...

The higher the management hierarchy, the more difficult. In my subordination today is the largest association of the Russian Ground Forces, including the famous Taman and Kantemirovskaya divisions. This is about 25 thousand military personnel. I am personally responsible for their readiness to successfully complete any combat mission at any time of the day or night, in any situation. If you are a responsible person, you involuntarily worry about the assigned area of ​​work. Sometimes you come home, you fall without legs and feelings. But when failures happen, when things don't add up, you can't sleep. You understand: get up soon, you need to somehow replenish your energy, but you can’t fall asleep. Then I ask my wife to drip Corvalol - it helps.

About officers
It seems to me that in the Russian army the spirit of the officers was higher than that of many of us. "Soul - to God, life - to the Fatherland, honor - to no one." Officers were brought up on these principles, became generals and led troops to death in the name of victory. They performed miracles of courage. Remember: 50 generals died on the Borodino field! This is courage, this is valor.

About authority
Article 43 of the charter of the internal service reads: "The order must be executed unquestioningly, accurately and on time." The serviceman who received the order answers "Yes!" and executes it. All. If an officer doubts even for a microsecond the validity of this principle, he should take off his shoulder straps. But a charter is a law that people follow. For this to happen, for the military team subordinate to you to complete the task, the commander needs something more than a charter: authority. Winning it is hellish daily work, and losing it is nothing easier. Any commander, including myself, cannot afford a single action that will hit his authority. It's not easy to live like this, of course. But everyone has a choice. I chose this service myself and do not regret it.

About the general's career
To become a general, a graduate of a military school must, firstly, fully devote himself to the service. Secondly, to be able to refuse the many temptations that surround us. Understand that this is not the main thing. In our today material world money, I think, is an absolute evil. Thirst for profit, the pursuit of profit do not bring - they deprive of happiness. Third: move towards excellence every day. It is in the pursuit of excellence and the acquisition of experience that the key to moving forward career ladder. All the difficulties that fall on the shoulders of an officer are like tests in a computer game: there are also obstacles and barriers. If you were able to pass them, albeit stumbling, but found the strength in yourself to get up and go, you go out on new level. Approximately the same is true in our officer service. The only difference is that you have, as opposed to computer game, only one life.

About the army
An army for a boy is an opportunity to temper his will, shape his character and gain invaluable experience that you won’t get anywhere else. This is an opportunity to learn how to overcome any difficulties that may be encountered on life path. To withstand any blows of fate. A person, having served in the army, will learn not only to protect his people, his land, but also his family. And this is one of the callings of every man - to be able to protect his home and his loved ones.

About happiness
Everyone talks about this subject in their own way. For me, happiness is certainly not the general's stars on shoulder straps. This is an opportunity to be useful country and the people. This is the meaning of my life. Deprive me of this meaning, I will be lost. I remember how one night I checked the outpost on the dominating height near Buynaksk. There were shortcomings. He built all the soldiers in two lines, and asked the officers to move away. I ask: "Which of you is ready to die, doing your duty?". Silence. 5, 10, 20 seconds. A storm rises in my soul: is it really no one ?! And suddenly a soldier takes a step forward from the first line, I didn’t even see his face in the darkness. And behind him the whole system steps forward. For this, I think it's worth living.

Recorded by Mikhail Kozhukhov, Sergey Mostovshchikov

Photo by Dmitry Belyakov

A new commander of the Central Military District, the largest in Russia, took office in Yekaterinburg, a 53-year-old lieutenant general of tank troops. Alexander Lapin. The general was promoted after he successfully completed his duties in the Middle East, where he served as chief of staff of the Russian Armed Forces grouping in the Syrian Arab Republic.

The standard of the commander of the troops of the district was presented to Lapin the day before by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Dmitry Bulgakov. “By a decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated November 22, Lieutenant General Alexander Pavlovich Lapin was appointed to the military post of commander of the Central Military District,” he announced.

The appointment of Lapin completed the rotation of district chiefs: now all four military formations are headed by military personnel with experience of the war in Syria.
Former commander of the Central Military District, 59-year-old Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitskyout of this range: his business trip to Syria lasted three days, after which the President of this country, Bashar al-Assad, asked the Russian leadership to return Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, whom Zarudnitsky had flown in to replace, to the headquarters.

You can learn about who General Lapin is from his frank story about himself.
Born on January 1, 1964 in Kazan. After school, he entered the Institute of Chemical Technology, in 1982 he was drafted into the army and served in a remote garrison in the Kazakh steppe. According to Lapin, there was very strong hazing in the unit. The old-timers beat him and the rest of the young every day and more than once.“They beat me, and I thought: I will become an officer and I will put all my life so that there is no non-regulation in the army.This thought helped me. When for the first time after 8 months I wrote a report that I wanted to enter a military school, the old-timers beat me, they said: you won’t be an officer. And I became. He served 22 months and entered the Kazan Tank School. Why exactly there? After the film “Officers” was released, the tankers, one might say, were in vogue,” Alexander Lapin recalled in an interview.
After the military school, Lapin went from lieutenant to general. He served as the commander of a tank platoon, company, battalion. He held various positions in the Leningrad Military District and in the Northern Fleet. After graduating from the Military Academy of Armored Forces, he was sent to the 58th Combined Arms Army of the North Caucasian Military District, where he served as commander of a separate tank battalion.Since 1999 - chief of staff, then commander of a separate 429th motorized rifle regiment 19th motorized rifle division in Mozdok. In the early 2000s, he served as chief of staff of the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division in Volgograd. In 2003-06 he commanded the 205th separate motorized rifle brigade in Budyonnovsk Stavropol Territory, in 2006-07 - the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division.
After graduating from the General Staff Academy, he served as deputy commander of the 58th Army. In 2012, he became commander of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District. In 2014, he was appointed to the post of Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military District, Colonel General Sergei Surovikin.It must be said that Lapin and Surovikin crossed their official paths more than once. Both served in the North Caucasus and took part in the Chechen wars. Both served in the 20th Army, where in different years Surovikin was the deputy commander, and Lapin commanded her. Later they served together in the Eastern District and in Syria. Moreover, Lapin became known for regularly flying to the front lines in Syria.

General Lapin has no illusions about the future and believes that Russia needs to prepare for war: “War is inevitable. She was, is and will be. This is a disaster, the cross of our civilization.”
He considers the main quality of a true officer to be the readiness to die at any moment in the interests of the Motherland. He considers it a model of selflessness battle of Borodino, in which 40 Russian and 49 French generals were killed.

Lapin was appointed to command the key, largest military district in Russia. It is located on an area of ​​7.06 million square meters. km - more than 40% of the country's territory, and includes 29 subjects of the federation. The Central Military District also includes the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan, the Kant airbase in Kyrgyzstan, military units and facilities on the territory of Kazakhstan.The district is armed with all types of weapons existing in the country. There are bases on the territory of the Central Military District long-range aviation, however, subordinated directly to Moscow. On the territory of the Central Military District there are two central bases of the tank reserve - in Verkhnyaya Pyshma in Sverdlovsk region and Kozulka in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The exact numbers of storage units for tanks and other armored vehicles are classified. But, according to experts, no less equipment is deployed there than is currently in service with the army. Having such power under his command, Lapin's task is to maintain the troops in a state of combat readiness, especially against the background of the current aggravation of international relations.

“There are only two states in the army: either it is fighting, or it is preparing for war,” said military expert, retired colonel Viktor Litovkin. - It must be admitted that Syria has given the country a unique experience of warfare in the most difficult conditions. Not only generals, but also our pilots and sailors went through this military conflict. In fact, we tested the modern Russian technology and she performed very well. That is why today people with experience in real combat operations are worth their weight in gold. We are well aware that we live in a very turbulent time: in addition to Syria, the conflict with Ukraine has not been exhausted, the aggravation of relations with the West continues. Russia must be ready for any challenges and threats. I guess that those military leaders who refused to go to Syria have their further careers suspended».

Lieutenant-General Alexander Lapin has been appointed new head of the Central Military District. The officer came to Yekaterinburg straight from Syria, where he headed Russian troops. Immediately upon returning from hostilities, the military was promoted to commander of the district. Little is known about the general himself. Like all military most of the life of Alexander Pavlovich is classified. Former colleagues only dryly say: "A responsible, very honest and worthy person, the best tanker." In official sources, there is only a brief biographical note.

To get to know the new head of the military district better, Komsomolskaya Pravda publishes the most interesting quotes General Alexander Lapin.

"MY FAMILY LIVED VERY POORLY"

My life does not belong to me ever since I went to serve the Motherland, the Fatherland, the people. I remember my life from early childhood. Born into a working-class family in a barracks on the outskirts of Kazan. They lived very poorly. Even in distant relatives there was no one with a higher education. I lost my father early and thought early that I should take everything into my own hands, work, study. When I think about my mother, I first of all worry about how much I can give her with my support, word, deeds. Love for my mother for me is first of all taking care of her. I guess I'm keeping her in this life. I tell her: "You must live."

“IN THE ARMY I WAS BEATHERLY BEAT”

For as long as I can remember, I have always raved about war and adventure. At first, however, I took a step aside - I passed the exams at the Institute of Chemical Technology. But I quickly realized: not mine. Went into the army for military service. I ended up in Kazakhstan, in the wilderness, 200 kilometers from the nearest town. The hazing in the unit was terrible. For the first six months, they beat me severely, several times a day. But I am convinced that it was the Lord God who taught me humility. They beat me, and I thought: I will become an officer and I will lay down my whole life so that there is no non-regulation in the army. This thought helped me. When I wrote a report that I wanted to enter a military school, the old-timers beat me, they said - you won’t be an officer. And I became. He served 22 months and entered the Kazan Tank School. Why go there? After the movie "Officers" tankers were in vogue. I reviewed the picture many times and remembered three main phrases: “There is such a profession - to defend the Motherland”, “Discipline is the first law of military service” and “The commander must think, not wave his saber.” These three postulates became the starting points for my whole life.

"MY WIFE DEDICATED HIMSELF TO THE FATHERLAND" The main feature of an officer's wife is the ability to wait for her husband. Sometimes you have to wait weeks, months, six months. The service separates the husband from his wife, and the wife from acquaintances, from her usual life. All the time fees, moving. Where? What for? How will life be in the new place? An ordinary woman will not cope with this if she does not learn humility. If she does not understand: her husband belongs to the state. The family for an officer is second. And Motherland is the first. To dedicate oneself to such a husband means to dedicate oneself to the Fatherland. Say, "There aren't many women like that." Right. But there are few of us.

"DON'T SAVE A SOLDIER IN THE WAR - IT MEANS DIDN'T TEACH" War is inevitable. She was, is and will be. This is the misfortune and cross of our civilization. The main lesson that the war taught me personally is to take care of the people for whom you are responsible. First of all, to teach them to perform a combat mission skillfully and competently. If you didn't save it, you didn't teach it. Behind each fighter is not a medallion with a name, not a line in the report, but a whole life, his relatives, his future, unborn children. The loss of everyone is a tragedy for me.

"THE EXPLOITATIONS ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO DO NOT DROP"

Sometimes they say: the feat of a soldier is the result of a commander's mistake. Strongly disagree! A feat is a reflection of the hero's inner content. Only those who are spiritually rich are capable of a feat. Who prepares for it all his life. Recently, in fire training classes, a grenade fell into the mitten of a camouflage suit for a reconnaissance soldier. His commander, senior lieutenant Kiryanov, had a second to make a decision, and two more to implement it: at the fourth second, the grenade explodes. Can you imagine? One second to decide, two to execute. And this time was enough for him to grab a grenade and throw it over the parapet. He rushed to the soldier without hesitation: he was inwardly ready for this feat. This is a great officer! We presented him to the Order of Courage, but I think he deserves more. Such actions are necessary for our spiritual, moral "I". In order to take an example from them, not to squint, not to harden.

“THOUGHT: BRIGADE COMMANDER IS THE END!”

Any position is difficult. When I was a company commander, I thought: nothing could be harder. Got a regiment - dear mother! Just a few hours of relaxation! Then he commanded a brigade of constant combat readiness. He lived on the landfills and thought that this was the edge! Now he is the commander of the army. I remember the times when I was a divisional commander, then I could at least raise my head sometimes. The higher, the more difficult. If you are a responsible person, you worry about the assigned area. Sometimes you come home, you fall without legs and feelings. When failures happen, when things don't add up, you can't sleep. You understand: you need to get up soon, you need to somehow replenish your energy - but you can’t fall asleep. Then I ask my wife to drip Corvalol - it helps.

"It's WORTH LIVING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTRY"

For me, happiness is certainly not a general's stars. This is an opportunity to be useful to the country and people. This is the meaning of my life. Deprive me of this meaning - I'm lost. I remember one night I was checking out the outpost. There were shortcomings. He built the soldiers in two lines, and asked the officers to move away. I ask: "Which of you is ready to die, doing his duty?" Silence. 5, 10, 20 seconds. I have a storm in my soul: is it really no one ?! And suddenly a soldier takes a step forward from the first line, I didn’t even see his face in the darkness. And behind him the whole system steps forward. This is worth living for, - the general told the project of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and Voenternet.

Help "KP" Alexander Lapin was born on January 1, 1964 in Kazan. military service on conscription, he began in 1982 as a shooter. After graduating from the tank command school, he served in the Leningrad Military District, the Northern Fleet and the North Caucasian Military District. After graduating from the armored academy, he was commander of a separate tank battalion, then chief of staff and commander of a separate tank regiment of the 19th motorized rifle division of the 58th army. From 2003 to 2006 - commander of a separate motorized rifle brigade, from 2006 to 2007 - commander of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division. Since 2009, he served as deputy commander of the 58th Army in Vladikavkaz. In 2014 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Eastern Military District. Until recently, he served as chief of staff of the grouping of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria. Married, has a son. Awarded the Order of Military Merit.

Colonel General (2019).

Alexander Pavlovich Lapin
Date of Birth	1st of January(55 years)
Place of Birth	Kazan, TASSR, RSFSR, USSR
Affiliation	USSR→Russia
Type of army	Tank troops of the Russian Federation Motorized rifle troops
Years of service	- n. in.
Rank
commanded
Battles/wars	Second Chechen War; Military operation of the Russian Federation in the SAR
Awards and prizes

Biography

Born on January 1, 1964 in a family of workers. After graduation high school studied at the Kazan Institute of Chemical Technology (1981-1982). From 1982 to 1984 he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army in the Air Defense Forces. After military service, he entered the Kazan Higher Tank Command School named after the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, from which he graduated in 1988. After graduating from college, he served as commander of a tank platoon and tank company in the Leningrad Military District and in the Coastal Troops of the Northern Fleet.

From April 2012 to July 2014 - Commander of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army. In 2014, he was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general. From 2014 to 2017 - Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military District.

In 2017, he was chief of staff of the group of troops (forces) of the Russian Federation in the Syrian Arab Republic.

From September to November 2017 - Head of the Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Ground Forces "Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation".

From October 2018 to January 2019 - Commander of the grouping of troops (forces) of the Russian Federation in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Married, has a son.

Awards

• Order of St. George IV degree (2017);
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree with swords;
• Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree;

Literature

• Gorbachev A.N. 10,000 generals of the country: Brief bio-bibliographic reference book. M., Infogans, 2017

Notes

Links

• Interview with General Alexander Lapin / Novaya Gazeta, 09/18/2013

20th Guards Motor Rifle Carpathian-Berlin Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division - military unit(motorized rifle division) of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the USSR.

During the Great Patriotic War- mechanized corps. After the war, the division was part of the 1st Guards tank army GSVG.

Since 2009, it has been transformed into a motorized rifle brigade with the preservation of regalia, with deployment in the city of Volgograd.

Conditional name - military unit field mail (V/Ch PP) 58550. Abbreviated name - 20 Guards. msd.

The 20th Guards Red Banner Army is a combined arms formation (association, army) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as part of the Western Military District.

Management (headquarters) is located in the city of Voronezh. Conditional name - Military unit No. 89425.

The 205th separate motorized rifle Cossack brigade is a motorized rifle formation of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The formation is part of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District. Point of permanent deployment - Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Territory.

Conditional name - Military unit No. 74814 (military unit 74814). Abbreviated name - 205th Omsbr.

Formed in 1995 on the basis of the 167th motorized rifle brigade and the 723rd motorized rifle regiment during the first Chechen campaign.

The brigade is under the care of the St. George diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. The unit, having a "Cossack" status, selects Cossacks into its ranks from the Don, Kuban and Terek Cossack troops. Cossack troops arrange patronage over the battalions assigned to them. Assistance is provided in maintaining discipline, humanitarian aid is sent. The brigade is a unit of constant combat readiness.

Orders of Lenin, twice Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov Eastern Military District - formation, military administrative unit (military district) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Designed to protect the eastern part of the country, unites military units stationed in Transbaikalia and in Far East. The headquarters is located in Khabarovsk, on the street. Serysheva, 15.

The abbreviated name is BBO.

Lapin, Alexander

Lapin, Alexander Alekseevich (born 1952) - Russian writer, publicist, public figure.

Lapin, Alexander Albertovich (1920-1998) - scientist in the field of applied mechanics, developer of inertial navigation systems for rocket and space technology, doctor technical sciences, Professor.

Lapin, Alexander Iosifovich (1945-2012) - Soviet and Russian photographer, photography researcher, teacher.

Lapin, Alexander Kondratievich (1894-1937) - Soviet scientist, director of the Pushkin Experimental Station All-Union Institute crop production.

Lapin, Alexander Nikolaevich (1923-2001) - Soviet military man, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero Soviet Union, colonel.

Lapin, Alexander Pavlovich (born 1964) - Russian military leader, commander of the troops of the Central Military District since 2017, Colonel General.

Combined Arms Orders of Lenin and October revolution, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Zhukov Academy named after M. V. Frunze of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - state military educational institution higher vocational education since August 1998.

Since December 2008 - Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Ground Forces "Combined Arms Orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation." Abbr. - VUNTS SV "OVA RF Armed Forces".

The Order of St. George is the highest military award of the Russian Federation since August 8, 2000.

The list contains, in order of awarding, holders of the modern Russian Order of Alexander Nevsky. The list was compiled according to officially published decrees of the President of the Russian Federation. Separately, a list of cavaliers is presented, the awarding of which is known from open sources, but the decrees on the awarding of which have not been published.

The list includes the commanders of the military districts and fleets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, since 1991.

List of Soviet and Russian colonel generals - a list of military personnel of the Armed Forces serving law enforcement, military personnel of state security agencies and other power structures of the USSR and the Russian Federation, who were awarded the military rank of colonel general and military ranks equal to it (colonel general of aviation, etc.) and special (colonel general of the internal service, colonel general of militia, colonel-general of police, colonel-general of justice) ranks. The list does not include military personnel who were subsequently awarded higher military ranks(general of the army, marshal and chief marshal of the armed forces, forces and special forces) and special ranks (general of police, general of justice, actual state adviser to the customs service).

The positions held are indicated at the time the rank of Colonel General was awarded.