[Death to be confirmed by independent sources!]

Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev - Russian military leader. Commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District since August 2020, Lieutenant General (2021).

Born on June 17, 1973 in the village of Kolovy Mys in the Ust-Pristan region. In military service since 1990.

He graduated from the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School named after Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky (1994), the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2002) and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2008).

He graduated from all military universities with gold medals.

He passed the main command positions from the commander of a platoon of cadets to the commander of a motorized rifle brigade.

From 2010 to 2011 - commander of the 57th separate guards motorized rifle Krasnograd Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Brigade.

From 2011 to 2013 - commander of the 7th Krasnodar Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and the Red Star of the military base.

In 2013 he was awarded the military rank of Major General.

From 2013 to 2016 - Chief of Staff of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army of the Western Military District.

From 2018 to August 2020 - Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (Novosibirsk).

Since August 2020 - Commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (Stavropol)

In 2021, he was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general.

Performed special tasks in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Married.

“According to preliminary data, the advanced command post of the 49th Russian army in the south was destroyed,” said Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President’s office.

It is known that the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District is based in Stavropol

Awards

• Order of Military Merit (2020)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2019)
• Order of Alexander Nevsky
• Suvorov medal
• Medal "Participant of the military operation in Syria"
• Order of Courage "Afyrkhaharazy aorden" (December 8, 2016, Abkhazia) - for the exemplary performance of peacekeeping tasks to ensure the security and inviolability of the state border of the Republic of Abkhazia[5]
• Medal "For military valor" (Abkhazia)
• Medal "For Combat Commonwealth" (Abkhazia)[6]
• RF medals