Alexander Korzhakov
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![Korzhakov in 2010](/Images/godic/202501/22/Korzhakov_in_Vologda4527.jpg")
![Korzhakov (second from left) stands with Boris Yeltsin (on the left) on a tank to defy the August coup on 19 August 1991.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Boris_Yeltsin_19_August_1991-14529.jpg")
Alexander Vasilyevich Korzhakov (Russian: Александр Васильевич Коржаков, born 31 January 1950 in Moscow) is a former KGB general who served as Boris Yeltsin's bodyguard, confidant, and adviser for eleven years. He was the head of the Presidential Security Service (PSB) in 1993–1996, State Duma deputy, and retired Lieutenant-general. Korzhakov had been Yeltsin's bodyguard since 1985, and on 19 August 1991, he stood next to his boss on top of a tank during Yeltsin's historic speech.