Fanil Sarvarov
Fanil Sarvarov | |
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| Native name | Фанил Фанисович Сарваров |
| Birth name | Fanil Fanisovich Sarvarov |
| Born | 11 March 1969 Gremyachinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 22 December 2025 (aged 56) Moscow, Russia |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Allegiance | Russia |
| Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Operational Training Directorate |
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Fanil Fanisovich Sarvarov (Фанил Фанисович Сарваров; 11 March 1969 – 22 December 2025) was a Russian lieutenant general who served as chief of the Operational Training Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. Sarvarov was part of combat operations in the East Prigorodny conflict and of the Second Chechen War in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He led the Russian operations in the Syrian civil war between 2015 and 2016.
Sarvarov, aged 56, was killed by a car bomb on Yasenevaya Street in Moscow on 22 December 2025.