Oleg Salyukov


Oleg Leonidovich Salyukov is an Army General and the current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He was appointed to the post in May 2014. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Army in 2019.

Education

In 1977 he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command School with gold medal, in 1985 from the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy with high honours and in 1996 from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Career