Alexander Pavlovsky

Alexander Pavlovsky
Аляксандр Паўлоўскі
Chairman of the State Border Committee
In office
4 September 1996 – 10 April 2007
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byVasily Morkovkin
Succeeded byIgor Rachkovsky
Personal details
Born (1950-02-14) 14 February 1950
Golitsyno, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materKazan Higher Tank Command School
Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Military service
AllegianceSoviet Union
Belarus
Branch/serviceSoviet Army
Armed Forces of Belarus
Border Guard Service of Belarus
Years of service1971–2007
RankLieutenant general
AwardsMedal "For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders"
Order of Friendship
Order "For Service to the Motherland"

Alexander Alekseyevich Pavlovsky (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Павловский; born 14 February 1950) is a Belarusian lieutenant general who served as chairman of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus from 1996 to 2007.

Born into a military family in Russia, Pavlovsky served in the Red Army, first in the Moscow Military District and, from 1979, in the Byelorussian SSR. He participated in the creation of the military of independent Belarus and was transferred to the border troops in 1996. After his dismissal in 2007, he served as the Belarusian ambassador to France from 2008 to 2012 and later worked as a consultant in the Belarusian military sector. Pavlovsky also appeared as an expert in Belarusian state media, where he commented on international affairs.

Early life and education

Alexander Pavlovsky was born on 14 February 1950 in Golitsyno, in the Moscow Oblast of the Russian SFSR.[1] He came from a military family with a history of service, including ancestors who fought in the Russo-Japanese War. His great-grandfather was the chief postmaster of the Grodno Governorate. Pavlovsky spent his childhood moving around, spending some of that time in Belarus. His brother also pursued a military career.[2]

In 1971, Pavlovsky graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School. He then graduated from the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy in 1978 and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia in 1996.[3]

In 2005, Alexander Pavlovsky received a Doctor of Sciences degree in military studies.[4]

Career

After his graduation in 1971, Pavlovsky served in tank forces in the Moscow Military District. He started as a platoon leader and rose to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff of a Tank Regiment.[4] In 1979, he was transferred to Belarus,[1] where his service was interrupted by a period as a military adviser in Algeria from 1981 to 1984. In Belarus, he rose to the position of Commander of a Tank Division in Grodno.[4] He was the first in Belarus to reorganize a division into a brigade, a reform that served as a model for other Belarusian military units.[5]

Pavlovsky's experience in military reform led to his appointment as Border Guard chairman on 4 September 1996. As an outsider to the field, he was forced to learn on the fly.[5][6] In 1998, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and received the banner of the Soviet Western Border District, which had been centered in Kiev during the Soviet era.[4][7] Under his leadership, Belarus began the demarcation of its borders with Latvia and Lithuania.[8] Part of the funding for this project was obtained from the European Union via the TACIS program; Pavlovsky explicitly linked the funding with Belarus preventing refugees from passing into Europe.[5][9] In 2004, the Border Guard opened a memorial complex to border troops in Grodno, which as of 2016 was unique in Belarus. It was funded by contributions from border troops, without government funding.[10] In 2003, the Belarusian border guard signed a cooperation agreement with the Belarusian Orthodox Church.[11]

Pavlovsky was dismissed from his position on 10 April 2007. According to the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, this came as a surprise to him.[12] In 2008, he was appointed as the Belarusian ambassador to France and the Belarusian representative at UNESCO.[13] In the same year, he received a concurrent appointment as ambassador to Spain and Portugal.[14] He was dismissed from all these positions in 2012 and returned to Belarus.[15]

Pavlovsky then began work as a chief consultant in an LLC enterprise connected to the military sector.[15] He gave interviews to Belarusian media, commenting on issues such as the Zapad 2017 military exercise[16] and the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, which he claimed were due to an information war waged by the West against Belarus.[17] On the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he stated that Russia had no option but to invade but must now fight until Ukraine's unconditional surrender.[18][19]

Personal life

Pavlovsky is married and has a son and a daughter.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Pashkov, G. P. (2001). Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. Т. 12: Палікрат — Праметэй [Belarusian Encyclopedia: In 18 volumes. Vol. 12: Pali'krat — Prame'tsei] (in Belarusian). Minsk: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя імя Петруся Броўкі. p. 208. ISBN 985-11-0198-2.
  2. ^ "50 вопросов "СБ"" [50 questions from "SB"]. Belarus Today (in Russian). 28 May 2004. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Пасол Беларусi ў Францыi" [Ambassador of Belarus to France] (in Belarusian). The Embassy of Belarus in France. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "Список почетных граждан г. Гродно" [List of Honorary Citizens of the City of Grodno]. grodno.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Пограничник с закалкой танкиста" [A border guard with the toughness of a tanker]. Belarus Today (in Russian). 24 May 2003. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
  6. ^ "уководители пограничного ведомства Республики Беларусь" [Chairmen of the Border Agency of the Republic of Belarus] (in Russian). State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Органы пограничной службы Республики Беларусь - продолжатели традиций пограничников" [The Border Service agencies of the Republic of Belarus are the successors to the traditions of border guards] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Национальная безопасность. Пограничная служба" [National Security. Border Service]. Belarus Today (in Russian). 10 April 2020. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Белорусско-балтийская граница: последний пограничный знак" [The Belarusian-Baltic Border: The Last Border Sign]. Deutsche Welle (in Russian). 4 October 2006. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025.
  10. ^ "В конференц-зале "СБ" дискутировали о памяти и памятниках" [In the conference hall of "SB," they held a discussion about memory and monuments]. Belarus Today (in Russian). 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Национальная безопасность. Пограничная служба. Часть 2-я" [National Security. Border Service. Part 2]. Belarus Today (in Russian). 10 April 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Главный пограничник Беларуси отправлен в отставку" [Belarus's top border official has been dismissed]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 10 April 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Александр Павловский назначен послом Беларуси во Франции" [Alexander Pavlovsky has been appointed Ambassador of Belarus to France]. naviny.by (in Russian). 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008.
  14. ^ "У Беларуси появились новые послы в Иране, Испании и Португалии" [Belarus has new ambassadors to Iran, Spain, and Portugal]. naviny.by (in Russian). 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008.
  15. ^ a b "Чем сейчас занимается бывший главный пограничник и экс-посол Павловский?" [What is former top border official and ex-ambassador Pavlovsky doing now?]. news.21.by (in Russian). 4 March 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019.
  16. ^ Pavlovsky, Alexander (20 September 2017). "Opinion: Zapad 2017 has shown a high level of military training and openness". Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Лущ: западные соседи Беларуси хотят одного - жить рядом со слабой и управляемой страной" [Lushch: Belarus's western neighbors want one thing—to live next to a weak and controlled country]. Belarus Today (in Russian). 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
  18. ^ "«Россия обязана решить свои геополитические проблемы». Военный эксперт — о специальной военной операции" ["Russia is obliged to solve its geopolitical problems." A military expert on the special military operation] (in Russian). minsknews.by. 16 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Военный эксперт заявил, что Украина за 8 лет не смогла найти путь мирного урегулирования в стране" [A military expert stated that in 8 years, Ukraine was unable to find a path to a peaceful settlement in the country]. Belarus Today (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 31.08.1998 г. № 1023" [ecree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1023 of 31 August 1998]. kremlin.ru (in Russian). President of Russia. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17.01.2003 г. № 42" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 42 of 17 January 2003]. kremlin.ru (in Russian). President of Russia. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018.
  22. ^ "Председатель Госкомитета погранвойск Беларуси А. Павловский освобожден от должности" [Chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus, A. Pavlovsky, was dismissed from his post]. naviny.by (in Russian). 10 April 2007. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009.
  23. ^ "О награждении А.А.Павловского Почетной грамотой Национального собрания Республики Беларусь" [On the Awarding of A.A. Pavlovsky with an Honorary Certificate of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus]. etalonline.by (in Russian). National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. 12 May 2003. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024.
  24. ^ "Аб узнагароджанні Ганаровай граматай Савета Міністраў Рэспублікі Беларусь" [On the awarding of an Honorary Certificate of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus] (PDF). pravo.by (in Belarusian). Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus. 25 February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021.

List of works by Pavlovsky at the National Library of Belarus

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