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{{Short description|Russian general (1973–2022)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev
| native_name = {{lang|ru|Яков Владимирович Резанцев}}
| image = Yakov Rezantsev.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date |1973|01|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Altai Krai]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| allegiance = {{USSR}}<br/>{{RUS}}
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'''Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev''' ({{lang-ru|Яков Владимирович Резанцев}}; 4 January 1973)
According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in [[Chornobaivka]] near [[Kherson]] (Ukraine) during the [[2022 Chornobaivka attacks]] of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]; Russian sources have not confirmed his death.
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Yakov Rezantsev was born on 4 January 1973,<ref name=mainMAGZDB/> in the village of Elbanka{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} in the [[Ust-Pristansky District]] of [[Altai Krai]].
He started his military service in 1990,
He passed the main command positions from the commander of a platoon of cadets to the commander of a motorized rifle brigade.<ref name=regnum2020/>
From 2010 to 2011 he served as commander of the 57th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade. From 2011 to 2013 he was the commander of the [[7th Military Base]]. In 2013 he was promoted to Major General. In 2018 he served as Chief of Staff of the [[20th Guards Combined Arms Army]] of the [[Western Military District]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riavrn.ru/news/vrio-gubernatora-voronezhskoy-oblasti-vozlozhil-tsvety-k-mogile-neizvestnogo-soldata/ |title=Врио губернатора Воронежской области возложил цветы к могиле Неизвестного солдата |date=22 February 2018 |trans-title=Acting Governor of the Voronezh Region laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier}}</ref><ref>{{Cite
From 2018 to 2022, he was the commander of the [[41st Combined Arms Army]] of the [[Central Military District]] (Novosibirsk).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.mail.ru/politics/35394173/ |title=Президент России Владимир Путин назначил нового командующего армией со штабом в Новосибирске |trans-title=Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new army commander with headquarters in Novosibirsk |website= news.mail.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044148/https://news.mail.ru/politics/35394173/ |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> From October 2020 he served as the commander of the [[49th Combined Arms Army]] of the [[Southern Military District]] (Stavropol).<ref name=regnum2020>{{Cite web|url=https://regnum.ru/news/3085160.html|title=В Ставрополе назначен новый командующий 49-й общевойсковой армией |trans-title=New Commander of 49th Combined Arms Army Appointed in Stavropol |website=ИА REGNUM}}</ref>
In 2021, he was promoted to lieutenant general.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-20 |title=Якова Резанцева с присвоением звания генерал-лейтенант поздравил глава Невинномысска |url=https://www.nevworker.ru/articles/society/yakova_rezantseva_s_prisvoeniem_zvaniya_general_leytenant_pozdravil_glava_nevinnomysska_/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Nevworker |language=ru}}</ref>
He was deployed in [[Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war|Russia's military intervention in Syria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rambler.ru/troops/41330983-rukovodyaschemu-sostavu-tsvo-predstavlen-novyy-komanduyuschiy-41-y-obschevoyskovoy-armiey/|title=Руководящему составу ЦВО представлен новый командующий 41-й общевойсковой армией |trans-title=The new commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army was presented to the leadership of the Central Military District |website=Рамблер/новости}}</ref>
According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed at the [[Kherson International Airport|Chornobaivka aerodrome]]<ref name=pol20220325/> in [[Chornobaivka]] near [[Kherson]] (Ukraine) during the [[2022 Chornobaivka attacks]] of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]];<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60807538 |title=Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine |first=Ben |last=Tobias |date=26 March 2022 |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> his death was confirmed by "a Western security source" but Russian sources had not confirmed his death as of 25 March. According to the Ukrainians, he would be [[List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine|Russia's seventh general officer to be killed]] in the invasion and one of the two most highly ranked casualties of the war.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Will |date=2022-03-25 |title='Another Russian general killed' in new blow for Vladimir Putin |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russian-general-killed-yakov-rezantsev-ukraine-airstrike-kyiv-moscow-putin-b990517.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=[[Evening Standard]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=pol20220325>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-25 |title=Russian brigade commander killed by his own forces |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-brigade-commander-killed-by-his-own-forces/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |work=POLITICO |quote=Ukrainian presidential spokesman Oleksiy Arestovych earlier named the lieutenant general as Yakov Ryazantsev, and said he had been killed at the Chernobaevka aerodrome outside the southern city of Kherson — where Russian forces have repeatedly suffered losses in their campaign to break out from the Crimean peninsula to the northwest.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220328-deaths-of-generals-expose-russia-s-troubles-in-ukraine|title=Deaths of generals expose Russia's troubles in Ukraine|website=France24|date=28 March 2022}}</ref>
The [[Nevinnomyssk]] mayor congratulated Rezantsev on his birthday on 17 June in a Telegram post.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Глава Невинномысска поздравил с Днем рождения Якова Резанцева |url=https://nevadm.ru/news/media/2022/6/17/glava-nevinnomyisska-pozdravil-s-dnem-rozhdeniya-yakova-rezantseva/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=nevadm.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
== Awards ==
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[[Category:Russian military personnel of the Syrian civil war]]
[[Category:Russian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
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