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Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ле́бедь; 20 April 1950 – 28 April 2002) was a Soviet and Russian military officer and politician who held senior positions in the Airborne Troops before running for president in the 1996 Russian presidential election.
This report offers a detailed portrait of retired Russian Army Lieutenant General Aleksandr I. Lebed, who first rose to prominence in 1993 as the commander of Russia’s 14th Army in Moldova and later was appointed security advisor in 1996 by the reelected President Boris Yeltsin.
- Benjamin S. Lambeth
- Paperback
- 1996
May 21, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Alexander Lebed, a former paratrooper and national security chief in Russia. He was a popular and controversial politician who criticized corruption and fought in Chechnya.
Apr 28, 2002 · With his gravelly voice, trademark broken nose and tough-talking manner, Alexander Lebed was one of the most well-known public figures in Russia.
Jun 1, 2002 · A tribute to the late Russian general and politician who challenged Yeltsin and the oligarchs in 1996. The article recounts his military career, his political ambitions, his views on Russia's role and identity, and his tragic death in a helicopter crash.
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Oct 13, 1996 · ALEKSANDR LEBED, THE Russian peacemaker who has devoted his life to war, is rushing to Chechnya again, eager to conclude talks with his separatist adversaries and to end the searing...
Apr 29, 2002 · Aleksandr I Lebed, blunt-spoken Soviet paratroop commander who later played crucial supporting role in birth of Russian democracy, dies in helicopter crash in Siberia with six other people; was...
