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Valery Asapov

Russian lieutenant general · Russia · On the map · Lived 1966 to 2017 · aged 51

Valery Grigorievich Asapov was a Russian military leader who last served as the Lieutenant General of Russian Ground Forces.

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Awards

Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords
Order of Military Merit
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Order of Courage
Hero of the Russian Federation
Order of Zhukov
Medal for distinguished military service, 1st class
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Military Valour", 1st class
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Medal "Army General Margelov"
Defence Ministry's 200 year medal
Medal for distinguished military service, 2nd class
Awards of the Committee on the Affairs of Soldiers-Internationalists
Wound stripe
Academic badge
Guards unit
Hero of the Republic
Medal for distinguished military service, 3rd class
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service", 1st class
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service", 2nd class
Medal "200 Years of the MIA of Russia"
Medal "For Military Valour", 2nd class
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service"
Medal for Military Valour
Medal for Distinguished Military Service
Guards Badge

About this person

According to the Russian Defence Ministry, he was killed on 23 September 2017 by mortar fire from ISIL militants near the city of Deir ez-Zor during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War making him the most senior Russian officer killed in action to date in the course of the Syrian Civil War. Asapov's position in Syria was described by the Ministry of Defence as the chief of the group of Russian military advisers in Syria.

Country
Russia
Type
Other
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1966 to 2017 · aged 51

The same award as Valery

Roman FilipovBoth received Guards BadgeAlexey EfentievBoth received Medal "For Distinction in Military Service", 1st classRustam MuradovBoth received Awards of the Committee on the Affairs of Soldiers-InternationalistsLeonid KhabarovBoth received Medal "For Distinction in Military Service", 1st class