Global InformationValery Asapov information
Lieutenant General Valery Grigorievich Asapov | |
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 Asapov in 2013 | |
| Native name | Валерий Григорьевич Асапов |
| Nickname(s) | Primakov (according to Ukraine) |
| Born | 1 January 1966 Kalinino, Malmyzh Raion, Kirov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
| Died | 23 September 2017 (aged 51)[1] Deir ez-Zor, Syria |
| Buried | Federal Military Memorial Cemetery, Moscow Oblast |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russian Federation |
| Service/ |  Russian Ground Forces Russian Airborne Forces |
| Years of service | 1987–2017 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant general |
| Commands held | 68th Army Corps 5th Red Banner Army 5th Corps of the Syrian Army |
| Battles/wars | 1991–1992 South Ossetia War First Chechen War 2001 Kodori crisis Second Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian War (claimed by Ukraine) Russian military intervention in Syria
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| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class Order of Courage Order of Zhukov (posthumously) Order of Military Merit |
| Relations | Vyacheslav Asapov (brother) Olga Petrovna (wife)[2] |
Valery Grigorievich Asapov (Russian: Валерий Григорьевич Асапов; 1 January 1966 – 23 September 2017) was a Russian military leader who last served as the Lieutenant General of Russian Ground Forces. According to the Russian Defence Ministry,[3] he was killed on 23 September 2017 by mortar fire from ISIL terrorists near the city of Deir ez-Zor during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War making him the most senior Russian officer killed in action to date in the course of the Syrian Civil War. Asapov's position in Syria was described by the Ministry of Defence as the chief of the group of Russian military advisers in Syria.[4][3]
- ^ "Russian army general, ex-commander of "DPR" militants, killed in Syria – media". UNIAN. 24 September 2017.
- ^ "На Сахалине почтили память погибшего в Сирии генерала Асапова". ria.ru. 26 September 2017.
- ^ a b Российский генерал погиб в Сирии в результате обстрела террористами RIA Novosti, 25 September 2017.
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