Yan Petrovsky

Yan Petrovsky
Yan Petrovsky
Nickname(s)	"Slavyan", "Veliky Slavyan"
Born	1987 (age 36–37); Irkutsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Luhansk People's Republic (2014–2015); Russia (2015–present)
Service/branch	Rusich Group
Commands held	DShRG "Rusich"
Battles/wars	Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas; 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; ; Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war;

Yan Igorevich Petrovsky (Russian: Ян Игоревич Петровский, born 1987), also known by his nom de guerre "Slavyan" (Russian: Славян, lit. 'Slav') and his new legal name Voislav Torden (Russian: Воислав Торден), is a Russian Neo-nazi and militant, known as one of the leaders of the Rusich Group paramilitary unit.

Yan Petrovsky is presumably designated as the commander of the Zimargl detachment of the Rusich Group, "one of the special separate units formed for operational and reconnaissance tasks on the territory of Ukraine".^[1] According to the US Department of the Treasury, in 2022 he took over as commander of the Group after the leader Alexey Milchakov was wounded near Kharkiv.^[2]

^ "Финляндия может выдать Украине командира ДШРГ "Русич" Петровского". Газета.Ru (in Russian). 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
^ "Treasury Targets Additional Facilitators of Russia's Aggression in Ukraine". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-08-25.

[:0-1] "Финляндия может выдать Украине командира ДШРГ "Русич" Петровского". Газета.Ru (in Russian). 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2023-08-25.

[2] "Treasury Targets Additional Facilitators of Russia's Aggression in Ukraine". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-08-25.

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