In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yuryevich and the family name is Tsokov.
Oleg Tsokov
Tsokov in 2021
Native name
Олег Юрьевич Цоков
Birth name
Oleg Yuryevich Tsokov
Born
(1971-09-23)23 September 1971 Gʻazalkent, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union[1]
Died
(aged 51) Berdiansk, Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Cause of death
Killed in Action
Allegiance
Russia
Service/branch
Russian Ground Forces
Years of service
1990–2023
Rank
Lieutenant general
Commands held
205th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
810th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade
20th Guards Combined Arms Army
Battles/wars
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive †
Oleg Yuryevich Tsokov (Russian: Олег Юрьевич Цоков; 23 September 1971 – 11 July 2023) was an Uzbek-born Russian lieutenant general who served in the Russian Ground Forces as deputy commander of the Southern Military District. He was killed in 2023 by a missile strike during a Ukrainian counteroffensive against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Oleg Yuryevich Tsokov (Russian: Олег Юрьевич Цоков; 23 September 1971 – 11 July 2023) was an Uzbek-born Russian lieutenant general who served in the Russian...
have shot down at least one missile. On 11 July, Lieutenant-General OlegTsokov was killed in a Storm Shadow missile attack in the Zaporizhzhia region...
missile strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On 11 July, Lieutenant general OlegTsokov was killed by a missile strike during the Ukrainian counteroffensive...
Artillery Regiment 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Lieutenant General OlegTsokov from August 2022, (wounded September 2022) †, previously Major General...
strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive. OlegTsokov Lieutenant General Deputy Commander, Southern Military District 11 July...
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missile strike. Among those reportedly killed was Lieutenant-General OlegTsokov, the deputy commander of the Russian Southern Military District, making...
Donskikh (2012–2015) Colonel (promoted to Major General December 2016) OlegTsokov (2015–2018) Colonel Nikolay Lega (2018–2019) Colonel Dmitry Ovcharov...
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