Leb ‧ ed, Al ‧ ek ‧ san ‧ dr /ˈlebed, ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndəʳ $ -ˈzæn-/ BrE AmE
(1951–2002) a Russian army officer and politician who was in the news in the mid-1990s for his success in establishing peace between Russia and Chechnya, and for his disagreements with Boris ↑ Yeltsin about the way Russia should be governed