Aleksandr Yevteyev

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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yevteyev (22 February 1953 – 27 March 2021) was a Soviet and Russian military officer who rose to the rank of general-lieutenant. He was born in Volsk, Saratov Oblast, and joined the army in 1971. He trained at the Omsk Higher Tank Command School (graduating in 1975) and later at the Malinovsky Military Armoured Forces Academy (1981–1984), where he earned a gold medal. He commanded at platoon and regimental levels, led the 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in 1989 and the Berlin garrison, and in September 1991 became commander of the 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division, a post he held until 1993. After the Soviet Union dissolved, he continued in the Russian Army and studied at the Military Academy of the General Staff, graduating in 1995. He headed the 38th Research Testing Institute, then held senior roles in the Ground Forces HQ and the Defense Ministry. From 2002 to 2005 he commanded the CIS Collective Peacekeeping Forces during the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict. In 2008 he became Chief of Staff and First Deputy Chief of Armaments of the Armed Forces, retiring in 2009. In retirement he served as Deputy Governor of Tula Oblast (2009–2011) and chaired the council of the Peacemaker veterans’ organization from 2012. Yevteyev died in 2021 after a long illness. His awards included the Order of Military Merit, the USSR’s Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces (Third Class), the Medal of Zhukov, the Medal “Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR,” the Medals for Impeccable Service (First–Third Classes), and the Abkhazian Order of Leon.