Oleg Leontievich Makarevich

Oleg Leontyevich Makarevich (; born 30 December 1962) is a Russian Ground Forces colonel general who until October 2023 commanded the Dnieper Grouping of Forces in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Biography Oleg Leontyevich Makerevich was born on 30 December 1962 in Kuznetsk. In 1984 he graduated from the Moscow Higher Military Command School. From 1984 to 1989 he served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany as a platoon commander, company commander, and battalion chief of staff in a tank division. Makarevich was accepted to the Frunze Military Academy in 1989 and after his graduation in 1992 served in the Far Eastern Military District as a battalion commander, motor rifle regiment chief of staff and deputy commander, and motor rifle regiment commander. In 1998 he was transferred to the North Caucasus Military District, serving as chief of staff and deputy commander of a motor rifle division and commanding that motor rifle division.

According to information provided by GUR, Makarevitch is deployed to Venezuela to head a Russian military advisory mission to the FANB as of November 2025.

Russo-Ukrainian War

In early 2023, there was speculation that he replaced Mikhail Teplinsky as airborne forces commander. and by April commanded the Dnieper Grouping of Forces in the Kherson sector.

Decorations

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class with swords Order of Zhukov Order of Courage Order of Military Merit Order of Honour Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd class with swords