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COMMANDER // b. 1952

Vladimir Putin

reservistRussiaRussia7 battles5 wars

Lifespan

1952 – c. 2027

1960197019801990200020102020Second Chechen War · 1999-2009Georgian–Ossetian conflict · 1989Russo-Ukrainian War · 2014Syrian Civil War · 2011full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war · 2022Battle of Grozny — December 25, 1999 · Russia · Second Chechen WarRusso-Georgian War — August 8, 2008 · Russia · Georgian–Ossetian conflictRussian annexation of Crimea — January 1, 2014 · Russia · Russo-Ukrainian WarWar against the Islamic State — June 13, 2014 · CJTF–OIR · Syrian Civil Wareastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine — January 1, 2020 · Russia · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian warBattle of Starobilsk — February 25, 2022 · Russia · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian warfull-scale Russo-Ukrainian war — February 24, 2022 · Russia · Russo-Ukrainian War

Active service 1999–2022 — 7 battles across 5 wars; first command at age 47.

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Battles (7)

Last verified June 2026
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