Anatoly Kontsevoy

Anatoly Kontsevoy
Kontsevoy in 2024
Native name
Анатолий Георгиевич Концевой
Born (1968-09-08) 8 September 1968
Gomel Oblast, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union (to 1991)
Russia
Branch
Soviet Airborne Forces
Russian Airborne Forces
Service years
1989–present
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade
Education

Lieutenant General Anatoly Georgiyevich Kontsevoy[a] (born 8 September 1968) is a Belarusian-born Russian Airborne Forces officer who has served as a deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces since 2025. He was previously the Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces from 2022 to 2025, and the Deputy Commander and from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and education

Kontsevoy was born in 1968 in Gomel Region, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union. He graduated from the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School in 1989.[1]

Military career

Kontsevoy at the Ryazan Airborne Command School, 2013
Kontsevoy with President Vladimir Putin, 2022

Between 1989 and 2001 he held commands at the platoon, company, and battalion level, before being appointed as the commander of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, a post he held from 2002 to 2006. Kontsevoy graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2008.[1]

Kontsevoy was the deputy director of the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School from 2008 to 2012, and from 14 September 2012 until 2 September 2017, he was the director of the school. Starting in 2017 he attended the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.[2]

Kontsevoy became the deputy commander of the Airborne Forces in 2019, after graduating from the General Staff Academy,[1] and in June 2022 became the chief of staff and first deputy commander.[3][4][5] As of November 2025, he was serving as a deputy chief of the General Staff,[6] and had been succeeded as Airborne Forces chief of staff by Aleksandr Kornev.[7]

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Анатолий Георгиевич Концевой

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Концевой Анатолий Георгиевич, генерал-майор" [Kontsevoy Anatoly Georgiyevich, Major General] (in Russian). Ryazan Oblast Portal.
  2. ↑ "Генерал-майор Концевой покинул пост начальника РВВДКУ имени Маргелова" [Major General Kontsevoy leaves post of director of RVVDKU named after Margelov]. Novaya Gazeta - Ryazan (in Russian). 4 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Экс-заместителя комдива 76-й дивизии назначили командующим ВДВ". pln-pskov.ru (in Russian). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Военнослужащим ВДВ вручили государственные награды в зоне спецоперации" [VDV servicemen received state awards in the special operation zone]. TASS (in Russian). 2 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Алексей Наумец назначен заместителем командующего ВДВ России" [Alexei Naumets designated deputy commander of VDV of Russia]. Argumenty i Fakty - Pskov (in Russian). 21 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Panyutina, Maria (18 November 2025). "В российской армии утвердили новые воинские специальности для операторов БПЛА" [The Russian army has approved new military specialties for UAV operators]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Десантно-штурмовому Кавказскому казачьему полку вручили орден Кутузова" [Air Assault Caucasus Cossack Regiment awarded Order of Kutuzov]. TASS (in Russian). 4 October 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
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