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COMMANDER // b. 1961

Aleksandr Dvornikov

General of the armyRussiaSyrian Arab Republic1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1961 – c. 2021

197019801990200020102020Syrian Civil War · 2011Palmyra offensive — March 9, 2016 · Syrian Arab Republic · Syrian Civil War

Active service 2016 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 55.

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General of the Army Aleksandr Vladimirovich Dvornikov is a Russian retired military officer who was the first field commander of the Russian military intervention in Syria, from 2015 to 2016, and of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2022.

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Battles (1)

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