Ka cika wannan jumlar: An haifi Alexander Lebed a garin Novocherkassk na Cossack, a yankin Rostov, a shekara ta 1950. A lokacin da yake matashi ba shi da mummunan ɗalibi amma ya fi son dambe da chess. Ya yi girma cikin talauci. Mahaifinsa masassaƙi ne wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin shekara bakwai a sansanin Gulag saboda ya makara zuwa aiki sau biyu, kuma ya shaida
Kisan gillar Novocherkassk a shekarar 1962. A wannan lokacin yana aiki a ma'aikata. Ya ƙuduri aniya ya zama ɗan wasan parachute kuma ya shiga Makarantar Koyar da Jirgin Sama ta Ryazan a 1969, ya zama mai kula da rukunin cadet da kwamandan kamfani yayin da yake can. A cikin 1982, a matsayin jami'in Sojojin Sojojin Soviet, Lebed ya zama kwamandan bataliya a Afghanistan a lokacin yakin Soviet a can. A lokacin da yake Afghanistan, Lebed ya zama sananne ga sojojin da ke karkashin umurninsa. Ya riƙe wannan matsayin har zuwa 1982 lokacin da ya halarci Makarantar Soja ta Frunze. Daga cikin ayyukansa shi ne kasancewa memba na sashen jana'izar a lokacin da mutane da yawa suka mutu a cikin gwamnatin Soviet, ciki har da shugabannin Soviet uku.