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Andrey Krasov | |
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| Андрей Красов | |
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| Member of theState Duma forRyazan Oblast | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | constituency re-established |
| Constituency | Ryazan (No. 156) |
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| In office 21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-01-27)27 January 1967 (age 58) Zemlyanka,Orenburg Oblast,Russian SFSR,USSR |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Education | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch/service |  Russian Airborne Forces |
| Years of service | 1988-present (on leave since 2011) |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 76th Guards Air Assault Division |
| Commands | 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment |
Andrey Leonidovich Krasov (Russian:Андрей Леонидович Красов; born 27 January 1967) is aRussian Airborne Forces Colonel and aHero of the Russian Federation. He is currently[as of?] the commander ofRyazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School. He was elected to theState Duma in 2011 as part of the United Russia list. In 2016 and 2021, he was elected to the State Duma in the Ryazan single member constituency.
Andrey Krasov was born on January 27, 1967, in Zemlyanka,Orenburg Oblast ofRSFSR. In 1988, he graduated from Ryazan Airborne Troops Institute. Andrey Krasov began his military service in the106th Guards Airborne Division, where he served until getting the position of commander of the airborne battalion.
After finishingFrunze Academy in 2005, Andrey Krasov became the commander of the 234th Guards airborne regiment. In 2008, he was deputy commander of the76th Airborne Division.
Colonel Krasov participated in combat operations during the2008 Georgian campaign. During the war, he was a commander of one of the battalion's tacticaltask forces. His battalion was in the vanguard of theGori offensive and engaged with theGeorgian 1st mechanized brigade. On August 13 they captured a Georgian military base near the city ofGori. On September 5, 2008, Andrey Krasov was awardedHero of the Russian Federation.
In January 2010 he became the commander ofRyazan Airborne Troops Command School.
In September–October 2010 Krasov was criticised by Russian Defence MinisterAnatoly Serdyukov for ordering the demolition of a small wooden church.[1][2]
