Back فيتالي جيراسيموف Arabic فيتالى جيراسيموف ARZ Vitalij Gerasimov Czech Witali Petrowitsch Gerassimow German Vitaly Gerasimov Spanish Vitali Gerassimov Estonian Vitali Gerasimov Basque ویتالی گراسیموف Persian Vitali Guerassimov French Vitalij Gerasimov Italian
Vitaly Gerasimov | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Виталий Петрович Герасимов |
| Birth name | Vitaly Pyetrovich Gerasimov |
| Born | 9 July 1977 Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
| Service/ |  Russian Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1995–present |
| Rank | Major general |
| Commands held | Chief of Staff, 41st Combined Arms Army |
| Battles/wars | |
Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov (Russian: Виталий Петрович Герасимов; born 9 July 1977[1]) is a Russian Ground Forces major general (one-star rank), the chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army.
On 7 March 2022, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence announced that Gerasimov was killed in Kharkiv Oblast during the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[2][3] but Gerasimov was confirmed to be alive by BBC Russian when he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky on 23 May 2022.[4][5]
- ^ Назначения в Вооруженных Силах России [Appointments in the Armed Forces of Russia] (PDF). Российское военное обозрение [Russian Military Review] (in Russian). 9 (185). Russian Ministry of Defence: 78. September 2019. ISSN 0134-921X. OCLC 913825191. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ Massie, Graeme (7 March 2022). "Ukraine claims it has killed another Russian general during fighting in Kharkiv". The Independent. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Під Харковом ліквідовано генерал-майора російської армії [A major general of the Russian army was liquidated near Kharkiv]. Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (in Ukrainian and English). Government of Ukraine. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ Smirnova, Yuliana (23 May 2022). Воскрес "убитый" генерал ВС РФ Герасимов. Pravda.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Груз 200: что известно о потерях России в Украине к середине июня. BBC News Russian. 10 June 2022.
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