Jump to content

Oleg Mityaev (general): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
confirmed alive
(40 intermediate revisions by 31 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Expand Ukrainian|date=March 2022}}
{{Expand Ukrainian|topic=bio|date=March 2022}}
{{Short description|Russian major-general}}
{{Short description|Russian major-general (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
{{Infobox military person
| name = Oleg Mityaev
| name = Oleg Mityaev
| image = Mityaev_O_Y.jpg
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1974
| birth_date = {{birth year|1974}}
| birth_place = [[Orenburg]], [[Russian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date =
| birth_place =
| death_place =
| placeofburial =
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial_coordinates =
| nickname =
| nickname =
| birth_name = Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev
| birth_name = Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev
Line 18: Line 13:
| branch = {{army|RUS}}
| branch = {{army|RUS}}
| serviceyears =
| serviceyears =
| rank = [[Major general]]
| rank = [[Lieutenant general]]
| servicenumber =
| servicenumber =
| unit =
| unit =
| commands = [[150th Rifle Division|150th Motorised Rifle Division]]
| commands = [[150th Guards Motor Rifle Division]]
| battles = {{tree list}}
| battles = {{tree list}}
*[[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
*[[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
**[[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
**[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
***[[Siege of Mariupol]]
***[[Siege of Mariupol]]<ref name=":0" >{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Larisa |last2=Rose |first2=David |date=16 March 2022 |title=Fourth Russian general killed, claims Ukraine |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fourth-russian-general-killed-claims-ukraine-fkfs7pwnb |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 March 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title=War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60767664 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>
{{tree list/end}}
{{tree list/end}}
| battles_label =
| battles_label =
Line 31: Line 26:
}}
}}


'''Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev''' ({{langx|ru|Олег Юрьевич Митяев}}; (born c. 1974) is a Russian [[lieutenant general]] who according to Ukrainian officials was killed during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] on 15 March 2022. His death, however, has not been confirmed, and in December 2024 it was revealed that he is alive and still in service.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-12-09 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 09.12.2024 № 1060 "О присвоении воинских званий высших офицеров, специальных званий высшего начальствующего состава и высших специальных званий" |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 09.12.2024 No. 1060 "On conferring military ranks of higher officers, special ranks of higher officers and higher special ranks" |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202412090018?index=1 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=pravo.gov.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
'''Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev''' ({{lang-ru|Олег Юрьевич Митяев}}, 1974 – March 15, 2022) was a Russian [[Major general#Russia|major-general]] who according to Ukrainian officials was killed during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] on 15 March 2022.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
From 2013 to 2015 Mityaev was commander of the [[11th Guards Air Assault Brigade]]. Between December 2016 and November 2018 he ran the [[Russian 201st Military Base]] in [[Tajikistan]]. He was one of the leaders of the [[Russian intervention in Syria]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Troianovski |first1=Anton |last2=Schwirtz |first2=Michael |title=As Russia Stalls in Ukraine, Dissent Brews Over Putin's Leadership |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/world/europe/putin-russia-military-planning.html |access-date=24 March 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=22 March 2022}}</ref> From 2020 Mityaev was the commander of Russia's [[150th Guards Motor Rifle Division|150th Motor Rifle Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Will |date=16 March 2022 |title=Russia 'loses another General' and elite SWAT fighters in Ukraine |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russia-general-killed-oleg-mityaev-swat-fighters-ukraine-war-kremlin-putin-b988348.html |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>


From 2013 to 2015 Mityaev was commander of the [[11th Guards Air Assault Brigade]]. Between December 2016 and November 2018 he ran the [[Russian 201st Military Base]] in [[Tajikistan]]. He was one of the leaders of the [[Russian intervention in Syria]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Troianovski |first1=Anton |last2=Schwirtz |first2=Michael |title=As Russia Stalls in Ukraine, Dissent Brews Over Putin's Leadership |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/world/europe/putin-russia-military-planning.html |access-date=24 March 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=22 March 2022}}</ref> From 2020 Mityaev was the commander of Russia's [[150th Rifle Division|150th Motorised Rifle Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Will |date=16 March 2022 |title=Russia 'loses another General' and elite SWAT fighters in Ukraine |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russia-general-killed-oleg-mityaev-swat-fighters-ukraine-war-kremlin-putin-b988348.html |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in a Ukrainian ambush while taking part in a "combat mission" (according to Russian reports) during the [[Siege of Mariupol]] at the [[Illich Steel and Iron Works]] during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], reportedly by the [[Azov Regiment]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title=War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60767664 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Larisa |last2=Rose |first2=David |date=16 March 2022 |title=Fourth Russian general killed, claims Ukraine |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fourth-russian-general-killed-claims-ukraine-fkfs7pwnb |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 March 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> According to the Ukrainians, he was the [[List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine|fourth Russian general killed]] during the 2022 invasion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breaking: 4th Russian army general Oleg Mityaev killed in Ukraine - P.M. News |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/03/16/breaking-4th-russian-army-general-oleg-mityaev-killed-in-ukraine/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> Western sources believe 20 major-generals were deployed to Ukraine.<ref name=":0" />


On 9 December 2024 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.<ref name=":2" />
According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in a Ukrainian ambush while taking part in a "combat mission" (according to Russian reports) during the [[Siege of Mariupol]] at the [[Illich Steel and Iron Works]] during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], reportedly by the [[Azov Battalion]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Larisa |last2=Rose |first2=David |date=16 March 2022 |title=Fourth Russian general killed, claims Ukraine |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fourth-russian-general-killed-claims-ukraine-fkfs7pwnb |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 March 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title=War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60767664 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=16 April 2022 |title=Russia finally recovers the body of one of its seven dead generals a MONTH after he was killed in Mariupol steel factory |language=en |url=https://news.knowledia.com/GB/en/articles/russia-recovers-the-body-of-dead-general-a-month-after-he-was-killed-in-1235bbb4665b80ff5ac12ad67ea03bc821482988 |access-date=16 April 2022 }}</ref> According to the Ukrainians, he was the [[List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine|fourth Russian general killed]] during the 2022 invasion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breaking: 4th Russian army general Oleg Mityaev killed in Ukraine - P.M. News |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/03/16/breaking-4th-russian-army-general-oleg-mityaev-killed-in-ukraine/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> Western sources believe 20 major-generals were deployed to Ukraine.<ref name=":0" /> A Ukrainian official posted an unverified image of Mityaev's body. Mityaev's body was recovered on 13 April by soldiers of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] from where he was killed in the Illich Steel and Iron Works on 15 March after, according to the pro-Moscow Wargonzo [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] channel, Ukrainian marines of the {{ill|36th Separate Marine Brigade|ru|36-я отдельная бригада морской пехоты|uk|36-та окрема бригада морської піхоти (Україна)}} allegedly cooperated to show a safe route to Mityaev's body to recover it. Mityaev's body had lain right where he was killed for almost a month before recovery.<ref name=":2" />{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2022}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine]]
* [[List of Russian generals killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]


== References ==
== References ==
Line 46: Line 42:


{{2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|state=collapsed}}
{{2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|state=collapsed}}
{{Mariupol in the Russo-Ukrainian War}}

{{Navboxes
|title = Offices and distinctions
|list1 =
{{s-start}}
{{s-mil}}

{{s-bef|before=[[Vladimir Khazretovich Elkanovs]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Commander of the [[150th Rifle Division]]|years=2020-}}
{{s-aft|after=Killed In Action}}

{{s-bef|before=Unknown}}
{{s-ttl|title=Commander of the [[Russian 201st Military Base]]|years=2016–2018}}
{{s-aft|after=Unknown}}


{{s-bef|before=[[Mikhail Nikolaevich Ugolyov]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Commander of the [[11th Guards Air Assault Brigade]]|years=2013–2015}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Ruslan Leontyevich Evkodimov]]}}
{{s-end}}
}}



{{DEFAULTSORT:Mityaev, Oleg}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mityaev, Oleg}}
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Possibly living people]]
[[Category:People from Orenburg]]
[[Category:People from Orenburg]]
[[Category:Russian major generals]]
[[Category:Russian major generals]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Courage]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of Zhukov]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of Zhukov]]
[[Category:Russian military personnel killed in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
[[Category:Siege of Mariupol]]
[[Category:Siege of Mariupol]]



{{russia-bio-stub}}{{Military-stub}}
{{russia-mil-bio-stub}}

Revision as of 01:06, 10 December 2024

Oleg Mityaev
Birth nameOleg Yuryevich Mityaev
Born1974 (1974)
Orenburg, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russia
Service / branch Russian Ground Forces
RankLieutenant general
Commands150th Guards Motor Rifle Division
Battles / wars

Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev (Russian: Олег Юрьевич Митяев; (born c. 1974) is a Russian lieutenant general who according to Ukrainian officials was killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 15 March 2022. His death, however, has not been confirmed, and in December 2024 it was revealed that he is alive and still in service.[1]

Biography

From 2013 to 2015 Mityaev was commander of the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade. Between December 2016 and November 2018 he ran the Russian 201st Military Base in Tajikistan. He was one of the leaders of the Russian intervention in Syria.[2] From 2020 Mityaev was the commander of Russia's 150th Motor Rifle Division.[3]

According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in a Ukrainian ambush while taking part in a "combat mission" (according to Russian reports) during the Siege of Mariupol at the Illich Steel and Iron Works during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reportedly by the Azov Regiment.[4][5] According to the Ukrainians, he was the fourth Russian general killed during the 2022 invasion.[6] Western sources believe 20 major-generals were deployed to Ukraine.[5]

On 9 December 2024 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 09.12.2024 № 1060 "О присвоении воинских званий высших офицеров, специальных званий высшего начальствующего состава и высших специальных званий"" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 09.12.2024 No. 1060 "On conferring military ranks of higher officers, special ranks of higher officers and higher special ranks"]. pravo.gov.ru (in Russian). 9 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  2. ^ Troianovski, Anton; Schwirtz, Michael (22 March 2022). "As Russia Stalls in Ukraine, Dissent Brews Over Putin's Leadership". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ^ Stewart, Will (16 March 2022). "Russia 'loses another General' and elite SWAT fighters in Ukraine". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. ^ "War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky". BBC News. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b Brown, Larisa; Rose, David (16 March 2022). "Fourth Russian general killed, claims Ukraine". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Breaking: 4th Russian army general Oleg Mityaev killed in Ukraine - P.M. News". Retrieved 16 March 2022.


Flag of RussiaSoldier icon

This biographical article related to the Russian military is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oleg_Mityaev_(general)&oldid=1262180887"