Uali Elamanov
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Kazakhstan (1992–2011)
Major General Uali Bisakanovich Elamanov | |
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 Elamanov in May 2010 | |
| Native name | Уәли Бисақанұлы Еламанов |
| Born | June 15, 1952 Akzhaik District, West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR |
| Died | May 27, 2023 (aged 70) |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union (until 1991) Kazakhstan (1992–2011) |
| Branch | Soviet Airborne Forces Kazakh Ground Forces |
| Service years | 1974–2011 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | 105th Guards Airborne Division 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade 1318th Separate Airborne Assault Regiment |
| Commands | Kazakh Mobile/Air Assault Forces (2001–2003), 1st Army Corps (1997–1999), 2nd Army Corps (1999), Southern Military District (2003–2004) |
| Alma mater | Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (1974), Frunze Military Academy (1985), Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2001) |
Major General Uali Bisakanovich Elamanov (Kazakh: Уәли Бисақанұлы Еламанов, Uäli Bisaqanūly Elamanov; 15 June 1952 – 27 May 2023) was a Kazakh general. He was the first commander of the Kazakh Air Assault Forces of the Kazakh Ground Forces.[1]
Uali Elamanov was born on 15 June 1952 in the Akzhaik District of the West Kazakhstan Region in the Kazakh SSR. In 1970, he graduated from high school in the village of Dzhambeyty in the Syrym District. In 1974, he graduated from the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School. He began his officer service as the commander of an airborne platoon of the 105th Guards Airborne Division in the city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan. Subsequently, he served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany in the 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade as commander of an airborne battalion. He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1985. In 1985, he was appointed deputy commander of the 1318th Separate Airborne Assault Regiment in the Belarusian Military District.[2] From the period from 1987 to 1988 he was a military adviser at the training center for the training of airborne forces in the Republic of Mozambique.