Classify Russian Spetsnaz Veteran Anatoly Lebed

[Gospodine]

Served in Afghanistan, Dagestan, Chechnya, South Ossetia. 26 years of military service.
Wounded several times; lost a foot.
Awarded: Hero of the Russian Federation, Order of St. George, Order of the Red Star (x3), Order of Courage.

All-round badass. Killed in a motorcycle accident last year.

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[Gospodine]

And before anyone says it... yes, I can see that he's not ethnically Russian.

[Mans not hot]

Churkaoid.

[sevruk]

And before anyone says it... yes, I can see that he's not ethnically Russian.
his surname Ukrainian anyway :)

Pontid+CM

[Tanais]

Hyper South Baltid

[Gospodine]

He reminds me of this Puerto Rican/Chinese actor:

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20100000/Kirk-Acevedo-as-Agent-Charlie-Francis-in-a-Fringe-Promotional-Photoshoot-agent-charlie-francis-20170687-1066-1600.jpg
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[sevruk]

looks like Spalletti
http://img.championat.com/news/big/v/t/luchano-spalletti_13434820151095507637ti.jpg

[Sarmatian]

Pontid with minor hint of Dinaric. He most likely used to identify himself as Russian. But his surname is not Russian and I think it's unlikely to be Ukrainian either. Me think it's originated from a nickname Cossacks used 200-300 years ago. And there are plenty of types like him among Cossack population of Northern Caucasus.

[Kastrioti1443]

looks like Spalletti
http://img.championat.com/news/big/v/t/luchano-spalletti_13434820151095507637ti.jpg

he is really tanned here

[Ivan Kramskoï]

Quite odd look for a russian.
Pontid + sligh cm
Has quite a warrior look indeed, quite normal spetnaz training is for a machine ^^

[kvarc]

armeno-pontid

[Gospodine]

Has quite a warrior look indeed,

From what I've read of him, he was a born soldier and basically fought because he wanted to; never sought any material reward or gain from his service.

Despite being in the Russian Airborne (VDV) and later Spetsnaz, he lived in a military dormitory for most of his life and had virtually no money.

He also served in Kosovo during 1999 as a freelance volunteer, not with the Russian Peacekeepers. And again in Dagestan, purely on a voluntary basis.

This is what he said of his tour of duty in the 90's:

— And what did you do?

— I went to the war. The Balkans, Kosovo. They were bombing Belgrade when we arrived.

— You’ve quit the Army and went to war as a volunteer?

— Yes.

— Why?

— What do you mean why? One needed to help. Especially to the Orthodox people. Especially to the country, and not some persons or companies.

— It was your decisions or were you asked?

— No, it was ours. We do everything by ourselves.

— Who are “we”?

— Our military men, current or former, Russian officers. Or Airborne veterans.

— Probably many won’t understand you. No flat, family is living in the dormitory, and you didn’t try searching for a job, didn’t start your own business but went to a war for which you would not get anything.

— Yes, they wouldn’t give anything, also you had to make a foreign passport, get a visa, buy the tickets – all by yourself. But for the such reason I wasn’t thinking about money.

— You went to Dagestan later also as a volunteer?

— Yes. In ’99 Arabs went to Dagestan so I decided to go with my friend, with Igor Nesterenko. He is from Saratov. We were together in the Balkans. We thought that it’d take too long to sign up a contract when there, up in the mountains, **** was already being stirred, we were close to be late.

Full interview here (very interesting): http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?184277-Interview-with-Anatolij-Lebed

Hard as nails.
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[Gospodine]

Basically, the Russian Chuck Norris imo:
(Very first soldier on the first APC)
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