Andrey Krasov

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Andrey Krasov
Андрей Красов
Member of the State Duma for Ryazan Oblast
Incumbent
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 57) Zemlyanka, Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political party	United Russia
Education	RVVDKU OVA RF Armed Forces VAGSh RF Armed Forces RANEPA
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russia
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 a Russian Airborne Forces Colonel and a Hero of the Russian Federation. He is currently^{[as of?]} the commander of Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School. He was elected to the State 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 of RSFSR. In 1988, he graduated from Ryazan Airborne Troops Institute. Andrey Krasov began his military service in the 106th Guards Airborne Division, where he served until getting the position of commander of the airborne battalion.

After finishing Frunze Academy in 2005, Andrey Krasov became the commander of the 234th Guards airborne regiment. In 2008, he was deputy commander of the 76th Airborne Division.

Colonel Krasov participated in combat operations during the 2008 Georgian campaign. During the war, he was a commander of one of the battalion's tactical task forces. His battalion was in the vanguard of the Gori offensive and engaged with the Georgian 1st mechanized brigade. On August 13 they captured a Georgian military base near the city of Gori. On September 5, 2008, Andrey Krasov was awarded Hero of the Russian Federation.

In January 2010 he became the commander of Ryazan Airborne Troops Command School.

In September–October 2010 Krasov was criticised by Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov for ordering the demolition of a small wooden church.^[1][2]