Aleksandr Baranov (general)
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Aleksandr Baranov | |
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 Barabanov in 2019 | |
| Native name | Александр Баранов |
| Born | 13 May 1946 Kegeyli, Karakalpak ASSR, Uzbek SSR, USSR |
| Died | 12 March 2025 (aged 78) Samara Oblast, Russia |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (to 1991) Russia |
| Service | Soviet Army Russian Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1963–2008 |
| Rank | Army general |
| Battles / wars | Second Chechen War |
| Alma mater | |
Aleksandr Ivanovich Baranov (Russian: Александр Иванович Баранов; 13 May 1946 – 12 March 2025) was a Russian Ground Forces army general who commanded the Volga–Ural Military District from 2001 to 2004 and the North Caucasus Military District from 2004 to 2008. He was a recipient of the title Hero of the Russian Federation.
Yandiev case
[edit]In July 2006, the European Court of Human Rights found the government of Russia guilty of the failure to protect from ill-treatment and a violation of the "right to life" of an alleged Chechen rebel fighter, Khadzhi-Murat Yandiev. Key evidence in the case, according to court documents, was video footage filmed by a reporter for NTV and CNN television showing an army officer, later identified as Aleksandr Baranov, ordering soldiers to "finish off" and "shoot" Yandiev after an argument between the two. Yandiev was then separated from the other prisoners and has not been seen since.
Baranov, who was questioned twice over the matter, denied he sent Yandiev to his death. He argued that his "intervention" had been meant to calm Yandiev down, and that the soldiers were not his direct subordinates and therefore could not have taken orders from him.[1]
Death
[edit]Baranov died in Samara Oblast, Russia on 12 March 2025, at the age of 78.[2][3]
Honours and awards
[edit]- Hero of the Russian Federation (5 May 2000)
- Order of the Red Star
- Order of Military Merit
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Russia loses its first case in Strasbourg over disappearances in Chechnya". Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "В Самаре ушел из жизни почетный гражданин и Герой России Александр Баранов" [Honorary citizen and Hero of Russia Aleksandr Baranov passed away in Samara]. volga.news (in Russian). 12 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "В Самаре ушел из жизни почетный гражданин и Герой России Александр Баранов". Волга Ньюс. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- European Court Sides With Chechen Mother Moscow Times
- European Court Orders Russia to Compensate Chechen Mother for Loss of Son[usurped]
- Video Footage of the event from CNN on YouTube
- 1946 births
- 2025 deaths
- People from Karakalpakstan
- Frunze Military Academy alumni
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
- Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School alumni
- Heroes of the Russian Federation
- Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Generals of the army (Russia)
- People of the Chechen wars
- Soviet major generals