Anatoly Lebed

Anatoly Lebed
Anatoly Lebed
	Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly Lebed
Personal details
Born	Anatoly Vyacheslavovich Lebed; Анатолий Вячеславович Лебедь; 10 May 1963; Valga, Estonia
Died	27 April 2012 (aged 48); Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Profession	Paratrooper
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Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Russia
Branch/service	Soviet Army; Russian army; Russian Airborne Troops
Years of service	1981–1994; 1999–2012
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Commands	45th Guards Spetsnaz Regiment
Battles/wars	Afghan War; Kosovo War; War in Dagestan; Second Chechen War; South Ossetia war

Anatoly Vyacheslavovich Lebed (Russian: Анатолий Вячеславович Лебедь; 10 May 1963 – 27 April 2012), was a Hero of the Russian Federation, Guards lieutenant colonel in Special Airborne Forces, and an officer of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Regiment.