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Alexander Chaiko

Russian military officer · Russia · On the map · Born 1971 · age 55

Commissioned in 1992 from Moscow's combined arms school, Chayko climbed through tank and combined-arms commands before the General Staff Academy in 2012. When Russia entered Syria in 2015 he ran logistics and liaison as chief of staff, then cycled through multiple stints leading the force there between 2019 and 2024.

Alexander Chaiko is read about 414 times a day, in 10 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 17 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class with Swords
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class with Swords
Order of Suvorov
Order of Military Merit
Zhukov Medal
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "For Military Valour", 1st class
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Medal for distinguished military service, 1st class
Hero of the Russian Federation
Medal to Participant in Military Operations in Syria
Syrian-Russian Military Commonwealth medal
Medal for distinguished military service, 2nd class
Medal for distinguished military service, 3rd class
Medal "For Military Valour", 2nd class
Medal for Military Valour
Medal for Distinguished Military Service
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
Order of Alexander Nevsky
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About this person

He held the Eastern Military District in 2021-2022, a window that covered the invasion's launch. Ukraine named him responsible for the killings around Kyiv - Bucha among them - that brought the first war-crimes spotlight. Named Hero of the Russian Federation in 2020, he took the Aerospace Forces in 2026.

Country
Russia
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Status
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Dates
Born 1971 · age 55

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