Alexander Ivanovich Lebed (April 20, 1950, Novocherkassk - April 28, 2002) was a Russian Lieutenant General and popular politician, who was killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash. Alexander Lebed was the commander of the 106th Airborne Division from 1990 to 1991. Lebed had come to national attention after the Soviet Coup of 1991, in which a conspiracy of old-guard Communist hard-liners sought to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev's government and reverse his reforms. Wikipedia
Lebed has participated in most of the former Soviet Union's and Russia's military conflicts for the last fifteen years. He fought in Afghanistan in 1981-82. He was part of the forces that quelled unrest in the Caucasus: after the anti-Armenian pogrom in www.cs.indiana.edu/~dmiguse/Russian/albio.html
Alexander Lebed and Suitcase Nukes By Carey Sublette Last changed 18 May 2002 For discussion of the technical feasibility of Lebed's suitcase bombs see Are Suitcase Bombs Possible? nuclearweaponarchive.org/News/Lebedbomb.html
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for Alexander Lebed. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lebed
