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Alexander Lebed
Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed was a Soviet and Russian military officer and politician who held senior positions in the Airborne Forces before running for president in the 1996 Russian presidential election. He did not win, but placed third behind incumbent Boris Yeltsin and the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, with roughly 14% of the vote nation-wide. Lebed later served as…
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politics · Soviet and Russian military officer and politician (1950–2002) · politician · military officer · statesperson · also Alexander Lebed, Aleksandr Ivanovich Lebed, Aleksander Lebed, Lebed
Born 20 April 1950 · Died 28 April 2002 · Q295898
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I never defended the White House. I defended common sense. They tried to push me, a Russian general, to shoot my own people in the capital of my own state. No such force exists that would compel me to do this. I'm not a policeman. My job is to deal with external enemies. Build up a national guard or whatever you want to deal with domestic problems, but leave the armed forces out of it!
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2002· 2 entries
Died 2002-04-28.
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“I never defended the White House. I defended common sense. They tried to push me, a Russian general, to shoot my own people in the capital of my own state. No such force exists that would compel me to do this. I'm not a policeman. My job is to deal with external enemies. Build up a national guard or whatever you want to deal with domestic problems, but leave the armed forces out of it!”
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2000· 3 entries
With Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov being projected as his main opponent at that time
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Campaign: 2000 presidential election speculation.
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Lebed decided against running for president because he was satisfied with his position as the governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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1998· 3 entries
Awarded Peace Prize of Hesse (1998).
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The general decided to run for governor of the Krasnoyarsk Krai (the second largest region in Russia), wanting to get out of the politics in Moscow after his ouster from the Yeltsin administration
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With strong support from Anatoly Bykov, however, he decided to stay in that position and did not run for president, despite calls for him to do so
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1996· 1 entry
Career landmark: Secretary of the Security Council of Russia (1996–1996).
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1995· 4 entries
To enter politics, Lebed was also regarded as being charismatic by the public, in contrast to other Russian politicians in the 1990s, with polls showing his popularity being ahead of Yeltsin's for some time
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In order to enter politics and won a State Duma seat in December of that year
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Believed both countries would become part of a new state, on a confederal basis with the Russian Federation, at the end of the 20th century
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Career landmark: Participated in Odin na odin (tournament / event).
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1992· 2 entries
The general came to be perceived as being an honest, anti-establishment patriot who stood against government corruption and wanted to restore order
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As the commander of the Russian 14th Guards Army, which intervened in favor of the former and occupied the region
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1988· 1 entry
Lebed became the commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division
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1982· 1 entry
As an officer of the Soviet Airborne Forces, Lebed became a battalion commander in Afghanistan during the Soviet war there
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1969· 1 entry
Becoming a cadet platoon and company commander while he was there
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-04-20.
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