Aleksandr Postnikov
Aleksandr Postnikov | |
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Postnikov in 2011 | |
| Native name | Александр Николаевич Постников-Стрельцов |
| Birth name | Alexander Nikolayevich Postnikov-Streltsov |
| Born | February 23, 1957 Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union (to 1991) Russia |
| Branch | Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces |
| Service years | 1978–2014 |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Siberian Military District 20th Combined Arms Army |
| Alma mater | Kiev Higher Combined Arms Command School Frunze Military Academy Russian General Staff Academy |
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Postnikov-Streltsov (born 23 February 1957) is a retired Russian colonel general. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces from 2010 to 2012 and a Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces from 2012 to 2014. Commissioned in 1978, he served in several military districts and with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Postnikov-Streltsov graduated from the Frunze Military Academy and the Russian General Staff Academy. His senior commands included the 20th Combined Arms Army from 2000 to 2002 and the Siberian Military District from 2007 to 2010.