Igor Sergun
Igor Sergun | |
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Игорь Сергун | |
Official portrait, 2015 | |
| Director of Russian Military Intelligence | |
| In office 26 December 2011 – 3 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Shlyakhturov |
| Succeeded by | Igor Korobov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1957 Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Died | 3 January 2016 (aged 58) Moscow, Russia |
| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation Order of Military Merit Order of Honour Medal for Battle Merit Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Medal "For Impeccable Service" |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union (before 1991) Russia (after 1991) |
| Branch/service | Armed Forces of the Russian Federation |
| Years of service | 1973–2016 |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Battles/wars | Cold War First Chechen War Kosovo War Second Chechen War Annexation of Crimea Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War |
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Igor Dmitrievich Sergun (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Сергун, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ sʲɪrˈɡun]; 28 March 1957 – 3 January 2016) was a Russian military officer who was a director of GRU, Russia's military intelligence service, from 2011 until his death in January 2016. He was promoted to colonel general on 21 February 2015.