(1962-04-05) April 5, 1962 (age 62) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance
Soviet Union (1980–1991) Russia (1991–2012)
Service/branch
Artillery, Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
Years of service
1980–2012
Rank
Colonel
Battles/wars
Soviet-Afghan War Second Chechen War Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Awards
Alma mater
Kalinin Military Artillery Academy
Andrey "Sedoi" Nikolaevich Troshev (born April 5, 1962) (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Трошев) is a Russian retired colonel, former agent for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a veteran of the Soviet-Afghan War, the Second Chechen War, and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war. He was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation, the highest honorary title in Russia for his service.
On July 14, 2023, Vladimir Putin announced that he wanted Troshev to replace Yevgeny Prigozhin as the leader of the Wagner Group following Prigozhin's brief rebellion the previous month.[1]
On September 29, 2023, he was tasked by Vladimir Putin to oversee volunteer units in Ukraine after a meeting.[2]
^Faulconbridge, Guy (2023-07-14). "Andrei Troshev: who is Wagner mercenary Putin wants to replace Prigozhin?". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
^AFP (2023-09-29). "Ex-Prigozhin Aide to Oversee Volunteer Fighters in Ukraine – Kremlin". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
Andrey "Sedoi" Nikolaevich Troshev (born April 5, 1962) (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Трошев) is a Russian retired colonel, former agent for the Ministry...
Federation, along with Alexander Kuznetsov, Andrey Bogatov [ru] and AndreiTroshev. Kuznetsov (alias "Ratibor") was said to be the commander of Wagner's...
around a Prigozhin-linked alternative to the Kremlin and MoD-backed AndreiTroshev, even if that alternative is not an independent organization". An ISW...
20 and 25 PMCs died in the strikes. On 17 February, a Wagner leader, AndreiTroshev, was quoted as saying 14 "volunteers" died in the battle. Three other...
estimates were exaggerations. On 19 February, one of Wagner's leaders, AndreiTroshev, was quoted as saying 14 "volunteers" died in the battle. Three other...
rebellion against the Russian military in June. They are being led by AndreiTroshev, a retired colonel and veteran of the Soviet-Afghan War, Second Chechen...
Russia, led Russian Army to Paris in the War of the Sixth Coalition Gennady Troshev, chief general during the Second Chechen War, Hero of Russia Mikhail Tukhachevsky...
local rebel fighters and their supporters among civilians. As Gennady Troshev, another Russian commander in Chechnya, wrote in his book My War, Shamanov...
General Troshev. In the ensuing four-hour battle the federal side lost 15 government soldiers, according to the Russian defence minister. General Troshev told...
Artur Sarkisov, soccer player Bekkhan Agayev, political figure Gennady Troshev, colonel general Israil Arsamakov, weightlifter Khassan Baiev, surgeon...
some question as to the involvement of his Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Kozyrev, who in August 1993 was painted by Lech Wałęsa as a saboteur of...
Alliance in Afghanistan. On 2 June 2001, it was reported General Gennady Troshev, then-commander-in-chief of Russian forces in Chechnya, had offered a bounty...
later identified. Independent analysts such as Moscow political commentator Andrei Piontkovsky said that Putin tried to minimise the number and scale of Chechen...
Nedoverie ("Disbelief") about the bombing controversy made by Russian director Andrei Nekrasov was premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. The film chronicles...
sided with Dokka Umarov on the decision. Prominent Radio Liberty journalist Andrei Babitsky reported in November 2007 that Umarov had again travelled to Kabardino-Balkaria...
Expands Jihad Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Smirnov, Andrei (2007-12-07). "Is the Caucasian Emirate a Threat to the Western World?"...
heaviness in their execution of the war. For example, Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev, who was generally regarded as a Western-leaning liberal, made the...
General Viktor Kazantsev May 2000 – December 2002 Colonel General Gennady Troshev December 2002 – July 2004: Army General Vladimir Boldyrev July 2004 – May...
about 130 hostages died during the raid or in the following days. Doctor Andrei Seltsovsky, Moscow's health committee chairman, announced that all but one...
of terror in Chechnya 1994–2004 (PDF). Médecins Sans Frontières. p. 83. Andrei, Sakharov (4 November 1999). "The Second Chechen War". Reliefweb. Retrieved...
asylum in Finland. Presentation of the book took place in the center of the Andrei Sakharov 30.05.2014. Politkovskaya described war as a journalist from the...
targets. MSNBC reported several statements made by Deputy Interior Minister Andrei Novikov to reporters in Nalchik. In particular Novikov announced that: Ilyas...
Global Information
Soviet Union (1980–1991)
Russia (1991–2012)
Colonel
