Yakov Rezantsev

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Yakov Rezantsev
Birth name	Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev
Born	(1973-01-04)4 January 1973 Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russia
Service/branch	Soviet Army  Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1990–present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Unit	49th Combined Arms Army
Battles/wars	Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Chornobaivka attacks

Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev (Russian: Яков Владимирович Резанцев; 4 January 1973) was a Russian lieutenant general (two-star rank). He has commanded the 49th Army of the Southern Military District.

According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in Chornobaivka near Kherson (Ukraine) during the 2022 Chornobaivka attacks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russian sources have not confirmed his death.