By Russian president’s decree Major-General Oleg Mityayev was appointed commander of the 201st Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan, replacing Colonel Denis Lyamin, according to the Russian Central Military District press center. 

Colonel Lyamin was reportedly appointed commander of the newly-formed 90th Tank Division deployed in Chelyabinsk.

Major-General Oleg Mityayev graduated from the Omsk Military School and the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.  

The Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan is Russia's largest non-naval military facility outside the country.  It was officially opened in Tajikistan in 2004 under a previous agreement, which was signed in 1993, and hosts Russia’s largest military contingent deployed abroad.

A total of some 7,000 Russian troops are now stationed at two military facilities collectively known as the 201st military base - in Dushanbe and Qurghon Teppa, some 100 kilometers from Dushanbe.