<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1988, u-Lebed waba umkhuzi we-106th Guards Airborne Division. Yena namabutho akhe babambe iqhaza ekucindezelweni kokuvukela kulo lonke elaseSoviet Caucasus, eGeorgia 1989  <response>: ne-Azerbaijan 1990, lapho enqaba khona ukusebenzisa ubudlova ukuze acindezele ababhikishi. Ngo-1991, u-Lebed wayesesikhundleni sokuba ngumphathi-jikelele futhi waba ngowesibili olawula amabutho ase-Airborne. Ngesikhathi sokuzama ukuvukelwa kombuso ngo-1991 ngamaSoviet aqinile ngokumelene nohulumeni omusha waseRussia, wathola udumo ngokwenqaba ukulandela imiyalo yokuhola amabutho akhe ngokumelene noBoris Yeltsin e-Russian White House, okwanikela ekuwohlokeni kokuvukelwa kombuso. Kwakuphakathi nalesi sikhathi futhi lapho u-Lebed aba ngumphikisi kaJenene Pavel Grachev, umlawuli we-Airborne Troops kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseRussia wesikhathi esizayo, ngenxa yalokho u-Lebed ayekubheka njengezinguquko zakhe zempi ezingalungile. Ngakho uGrachev wayezoba imbangi yakhe eyinhloko. Kubikwa ukuthi kwakungenxa kaGrachev ukuthi uLebed wazithola ethunyelwe eMoldova ngo-1992, njengomkhuzi we-14th Guards Army. Lapho, lapho kunengxabano phakathi kwamaqembu aseRussia nawaseRomania, wangenela futhi wasebenzisa isikhundla sakhe ukuze abe umlamuli esivumelwaneni sokuthula, futhi wavikela nabantu baseRussia. Naphezu kwalokhu, u-Lebed wahlala enobutha kubaholi be-separatist, ayebabheka njengabaxhwalile futhi wathi ugula futhi ukhathele ukuqapha ubuthongo nokuphepha kwabaphangi. Noma kunjalo, wahlala ephikisana nesinqumo sikaMongameli Boris Yeltsin sokukhipha iningi le-14th Army eMoldova, njengoba esaba ukuthi kuzobuyisa isiyaluyalu esifundeni. 