Aleksandr Postnikov

{{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Aleksandr Postnikov | honorific_suffix = | image = Alexander Postnikov.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Postnikov in 2011 | native_name = Александр Николаевич Постников-Стрельцов | native_name_lang = ru | birth_name = Alexander Nikolayevich Postnikov-Streltsov | other_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|02|23}} | birth_place = Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | death_date =  | death_place = | burial_label = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates =  | allegiance = {{flag|USSR}} (to 1991) {{flag|Russia}} | branch = {{army|USSR}} {{army|Russia}} | service_years = 1978–2014 | service_years_label = | rank = Colonel General | rank_label = | service_number =  | unit = | commands = Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Siberian Military District 20th Combined Arms Army | battles_label = | battles = | awards = | memorials = | spouse =  | relations = | children = | other_work = | signature = | alma_mater = Kiev Higher Combined Arms Command School Frunze Military Academy Russian General Staff Academy }} Colonel General '''Aleksandr Nikolayevich Postnikov-Streltsov'''{{efn|{{langx|ru|Александр Николаевич Постников-Стрельцов}}}} (born 23 February 1957) is a retired Russian military officer. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces from 2010 to 2012 and a Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces from 2012 to 2014. Commissioned in 1978, he served in several military districts and with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Postnikov-Streltsov graduated from the Frunze Military Academy and the Russian General Staff Academy. His senior commands included the 20th Combined Arms Army from 2000 to 2002 and the Siberian Military District from 2007 to 2010.

==Military career== Aleksandr Nikolayevich Streltsov was born on 23 February 1957 in Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. While studying at the Kiev Higher Combined Arms Command School, he married the daughter of the Soviet general Stanislav Postnikov, and changed his last name to Postnikov-Streltsov.<ref name="Vedomosti">{{Cite web |title=Генерал Постников-Стрельцов уволен с должности замначальника Генштаба |trans-title=General Postnikov-Streltsov resigned from the role of General Staff deputy chief |lang=ru |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=23 February 2026 |work=Vedomosti |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2014/02/19/general-postnikov-strelcov-uvolen-s-dolzhnosti-zamnachalnika }}</ref> He graduated and was commissioned in the Soviet Army in 1978.<ref name="RIA">{{Cite web |title=Александр Николаевич Постников. Биографическая справка |trans-title=Aleksandr Nikolayevich Postnikov. Biographic information |lang=ru |work=RIA Novosti |date=13 January 2010 |access-date=23 February 2026 |url=https://ria.ru/20100113/204238299.html }}</ref>

After commissioning, he held commands at the platoon and company levels in the Kiev Military District and at the battalion level with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Postnikov-Streltsov graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1988 and held commands in the Odessa and Far Eastern military districts. As of 1998, he was chief of staff of the Tamanskaya Division in the Moscow Military District. He later attended the General Staff Academy, graduating in 2000.<ref name="Vedomosti" />

From his graduation at the General Staff Academy until August 2002, he was the chief of staff of the 22nd Combined Arms Army. Postnikov-Streltsov was then the commander of the 20th Combined Arms Army in the Moscow Military District until November 2004. He was made the chief of staff and first deputy commander of the North Caucasus Military District. In December 2006 he was transferred to the same post in the Siberian Military District, and on 19 April 2007 he succeeded Colonel General Nikolai Makarov as the district commander.<ref name="Vedomosti" />

On 11 January 2010 Postnikov-Streltsov became the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. On 26 April 2012 he became Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.<ref name="Vedomosti" /> He resigned from his post and retired in February 2014.<ref name="Vedomosti" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gavrilov |first=Yuri |title=Решения об увольнении замначальника Генштаба примет президент |trans-title=The president will decide on resignation of General Staff deputy chief |date=5 February 2014 |access-date=23 February 2026 |work=Rossiyskaya Gazeta |lang=ru |url=https://rg.ru/2014/02/05/zamnachalnik-site.html }}</ref>

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== External links == * {{Cite web |last=Hertling |first=Mark |date=2022-04-11 |title=I Commanded U.S. Army Europe. Here's What I Saw in the Russian and Ukrainian Armies |url=https://www.thebulwark.com/i-commanded-u-s-army-europe-heres-what-i-saw-in-the-russian-and-ukrainian-armies/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=The Bulwark |language=en-US}} - General Mark Hertling's interactions with Postnikov-Streltsov

{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} |- {{s-bef|before=Sergey Makarov}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of the 20th Combined Arms Army|years=2000–2002}} {{s-aft|after=Andrey Ivanayev}} |- {{s-bef|before=Nikolai Makarov}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of the Siberian Military District|years=2007–2010}} {{s-aft|after=Vladimir Chirkin|rows=2}} |- {{s-bef|before=Vladimir Boldyrev}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces|years=2010–2012}} |- {{s-bef|before=Valery Gerasimov}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces|years=2012–2014|with=Oleg Salyukov}} {{s-vac}} {{s-end}} {{Leadership of the Russian Ground Forces}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Postnikov, Alexander}} Category:Russian colonel generals Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:People from Labinsk Category:Frunze Military Academy alumni Category:Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni Category:Soviet Army officers