Alexei Kim

This article is about the Russian colonel general. For the Soviet-born South Korean chess player, see Alexey Kim (chess player).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Rostislavovich and the family name is Kim.

Alexei Rostislavovich Kim
Алексей Ростиславович Ким
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Personal details
Born	21 September 1958 (1958-09-21) (age 65)
Alma mater	Moscow Higher Military Command School Frunze Military Academy Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Profession	Soldier
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (3) Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of Kutuzov Order of Courage (2) Order of Military Merit Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" Honored Military Specialist of the Russian Federation
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union Russia
Branch/service	Soviet Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1979–present
Rank	Colonel general
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War Tajikistani Civil War Second Chechen War Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine

Alexei Rostislavovich Kim (Russian: Алексей Ростиславович Ким; born 21 September 1958) is a Russian Ground Forces colonel general. He is Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

On 11 January 2023, Kim was appointed deputy commander of all Russian forces in Ukraine, along with Sergey Surovikin and Oleg Salyukov, with the head commander becoming Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.