Vladimir Selivyorstov

Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Selivyorstov (Russian: Владимир Вячеславович Селивёрстов; born 1 August 1973) is a Russian Airborne Forces major general who served as commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division between 2021 and 2023. He received the award Hero of the Russian Federation in 2014.

Hero of the Russian Federation Major General Vladimir Selivyorstov
Born	(1973-08-01) August 1, 1973 (age 52) Stanki, Vladimir Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russia
Branch	Russian Airborne Forces
Years of service	1992–present
Rank	Major general
Commands	106th Guards Airborne Division 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade 331st Guards Airborne Regiment
Battles / wars	Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Russian annexation of Crimea Russo-Ukrainian War

Biography

He was born on 1 August 1973 in the village Stanki, in Vyaznikovsky District, Vladimir Oblast in Russia.^[1] He completed his secondary education in 1990 and graduated from an agricultural college in Suzdal in 1992. That same year he entered the Russian military, and in 1997 he graduated from the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School.^[2]

Selivyorstov was deployed as a member of the Russian military contingent in Kosovo in 1999,^[2] and later took part in the Second Chechen War and the Russo-Georgian War.^[3] He graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2010. Selivyorstov was later the deputy commander of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, and for his role in the Russian annexation of Crimea, on 25 December 2014 he was awarded the title-medal Hero of the Russian Federation.^[2]

On 15 July 2023, during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Selivyorstov was dismissed as commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division by the Russian military command. The dismissal of Selivyorstov, who was noted for being protective of his troops, came after he had appealed to the Russian military command for better conditions for his men. The 106th was tasked with the protection of the northern flank of Bakhmut around Soledar.^[4]

Awards and decorations

• Hero of the Russian Federation (25 December 2014)^[2]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class^[2]
• Order of Alexander Nevsky (2023)^[2]
• Order of Courage (2004 and 2006)^[2]
• Order of Military Merit (2022)^[2]
• Medal "For Courage" (2000)^[2]
• Other medals^[2]