Marines who died on the First Chechen 165th regiment of the 55th division of the MP Pacific Fleet
Our fallen, they will not leave us in trouble,
Our fallen, like sentries...
V. Vysotsky
This material is dedicated to the unfairly forgotten Marines who fell in the line of duty.
In 2010, the anniversary of the Victory of our people in the Great Patriotic War is celebrated, you realize with bitterness that not everyone understands and realizes what kind of Victory it was and at what cost it was achieved. Not all are buried yet, not all are still identified. Although late, the country's authorities rushed to eliminate the shortcomings of their predecessors. And this is good.
But victims of recent conflicts, not even Soviet Russia, and already, like, democratic, forgotten. They are remembered only by those close to them. Really, in thirty years, the authorities and the public will also plug their gaps in relation to these people? I would like to live, at least until then, but it is better to start now. Let's remember them by name, let's remember, even if we never knew them. They gave their lives for us, so let's appreciate the greatness of their death.
Everlasting memory!
All materials of the Book of Memory of Primorsky Krai are collected and processed by Sergey Kondratenko. The material was compiled by Arkhipov Kirill, the Book of Memory of the Primorsky Territory was provided by Oleg Borisovich Zaretsky, a photo of Yuri Lysenko from a personal file was provided by Seryoga.
165th Marine Regiment, 55th Marine Division, Pacific Fleet
The attack of militants on a convoy of communication vehicles 165 PMP near the village of Samashki on January 30, 1995. 4 Marines were killed.
1. Andrey Vladimirovich Konoplev, born in 1970, Volgograd, midshipman, head of the communications equipment group of the 165th Marine Regiment. On the night of January 30-31, 1995, a convoy of communication vehicles was ambushed at locality Samashki. Got a concussion. Got captured. subjected to cruel torture. A medical examination established that death allegedly occurred on February 6-7, 1995. He was buried in the city of Volgograd.
Afterword.
Andrey from the age of eleven was fond of technology, at first it was a hobby for modeling aviation equipment, then, when his older brother went into the army and ended up in tank forces, switched to armored vehicles. The result of technical hobbies was admission to the engineering college. After being drafted, he joined the Pacific Fleet, where he remained after the end of his service, in 1992 he received the rank of midshipman.
2. Antonov Vladimir Anatolyevich, born in 1976, sailor, driver-electrician of the communications group of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died on January 30, 1995, when militants destroyed a convoy of communication vehicles that were ambushed near the village of Samashki. He was buried at home in the village of Hornozary, Vurnarsky district of the Republic of Chuvashia.
Afterword.
The date of death is approximate.
3. Kandybovich Nikolai Evgenievich, born in 1972, sailor, signalman of the communications group of the 165th Marine Regiment, orphan. He died near the village of Samashki on January 30, 1995 during an attack by Chechen fighters on a convoy of communication vehicles. He was buried by the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet at the Marine Cemetery in Vladivostok.
Afterword.
Orphan. The date of death is approximate.
4. Sergey Vasilyevich Ipatov, born in 1975, Krasnoobsk village Novosibirsk region, sailor, driver of the communications group of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died near the village of Samashki on January 30, 1995 during an attack by Chechen fighters on a convoy of communication vehicles. He was buried at home in the village of Krasnoobsk.
Afterword.
The date of death is approximate, he was in a group with Konoplev and Chistyakov.
Battle of the reconnaissance group 165 PMP, ambushed by militants in the southern suburbs of Grozny on February 7, 1995. 4 Marines were killed.
5. Sergey Alexandrovich Firsov, born in 1971, Serebryanyye Prudy, Moscow Region, senior lieutenant, deputy commander of the reconnaissance company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died in a street fight on February 7, 1995 in Grozny. Awarded the title Hero of Russia (posthumously). He was buried in the city of Silver Ponds.
6. Vyzhimov Vadim Vyacheslavovich, born in 1976, drafted to the Pacific Fleet from Altai Territory, sailor, driver of the reconnaissance company of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died in a street fight on February 7, 1995 in Grozny. He was buried in the city of Novoaltaisk, Altai Territory.
7. Yury Vladimirovich Zubarev, born in 1973, Ulyanovsk region, sergeant, squad leader of the reconnaissance company of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died in a street fight on February 7, 1995 in Grozny. Buried in Dmitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region.
8. Soshelin Andrey Anatolyevich, born in 1974, Nizhny Novgorod, senior sailor, radiotelephonist-reconnaissance company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. Killed in action on February 7, 1995 in Grozny. Buried in Nizhny Novgorod.
Afterword.
From a letter from the only survivor of the Malina group, sailor Andrey Serykh:
“... At the beginning of the letter, briefly about myself. I work at a woodworking plant, I got married, I live separately from my parents. We often meet with Romka Chukhlov, he was recently awarded the medal "For Courage". I haven’t seen Seryoga Volkov for a year, he and his wife went to Irkutsk. I have not seen anyone else, no one writes ...
I don't know how to begin to describe that day. On February 7, we crossed the bridge over the river, met our guys from the air assault battalion, they said that everything was calm here. We went further, reached the factory, left a platoon there, and then went on as a reconnaissance group. When we were going up to the bus station, we were fired on from the left. We launched a green rocket, they finished shooting at us. After passing the bus station, we went to the right. When we reached the high curb (where the boys died), they opened fire on us from a five-story building. Firsov, Zubarev and the young Vyzhimnov were in front of the curb, Soshelin and I covered them a little behind. Tooth sniper wounded to death immediately. We also opened fire on the enemy. Then the young man was wounded, and Firsov ordered to retreat. I was the first to leave, but Soshelin was delayed for some reason ...
And I didn't see anything else...
OK it's all over Now. Every year, Romka and I commemorate the guys ... "
The battle of units of the 1st Airborne Battalion on the southern outskirts of Grozny in the area of the Railway Hospital during the ceasefire concluded with the militants on February 18, 1995. 4 Marines were killed.
9. Borovikov Vladimir Valerievich, born in 1973, lieutenant, platoon commander of the 1st airborne assault company of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died in a street battle on February 18, 1995 on the southern outskirts of Grozny in the area of the Railway Hospital, covering the retreat of an ambushed unit with fire. Awarded the title Hero of Russia (posthumously). Buried in the cemetery of St. Pivan, Komsomlsk-on-Amur.
Afterword.
“... They ran into an ambush suddenly - ambushes are always sudden. And when the submachine guns and machine guns of the militants began to work, Lieutenant Borovikov managed to shout to his soldiers to retreat, and he himself tried to cover them with fire. Such a battle is fleeting, Vladimir Borovikov was one of the first to die. How many lives did you save - two, three, five? Who will count, - the logic of war cannot be taken into account ... "
Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Lyubetsky: "There was still a search for such officers as Borovikov ...".
Captain Vadim Chizhikov: “If it weren’t for him, then we would all have been mowed down ...”
10. Vladimir Anatolyevich Zaguzov, born in 1975, the village of Bondari, Tambov Region, junior contract service sergeant, commander of the airborne assault battalion of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died in a street fight on February 18, 1995 on the southern outskirts of Grozny in the area of the Railway Hospital. He was buried in the village of Bondari, Tambov Region.
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From a letter from Maria Mikhailovna Zaguzova:
“I am very grateful for your concern for our sons, in particular for my dear son Volodya. You ask to send a photograph of your son, preferably in military uniform. I will definitely send, only a little later, you have to wait. The thing is this: in the form I have left the only photograph of him, and, to tell the truth, somehow his face is thin; Apparently the shadow fell so that dark circles appeared under the eyes. It’s not about some special beauty, don’t get me wrong, but I want the army soldier to look like a soldier, and he wasn’t bad-looking - forgive me for such words, but I can’t do otherwise ...
Thank you for your condolences, for sharing with us the bitterness of loss. My pain will always stay with me. It will soon be five years since Volodya has been gone, but there has not been a day, and probably not even an hour, that his image did not rise before me - both in a boy playing in the sand, and in a guy walking with a girl, and even a young man, leading a son or daughter by the hand. I see - and my heart shrinks, turns to stone ... Something I was so open, I usually try not to show my grief, I don’t consider it necessary, but here you go, opened it on a piece of paper, maybe because I write late at night. My hair has turned gray, it has become completely white, my health is undermined, and White light darkened without a son ... "
11. Akhmetgaliev Robert Balzitovich, sailor, grenade launcher of the 3rd airborne assault company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on February 18, 1995 in a street fight in Grozny on Nakhimov Street. He was buried in the village of Kushmanovka, Buraevsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan.
Strokes for the portrait.
From my father's letter:
“...Robert grew up as a kind, cheerful boy, he is still remembered with a smile on his face. He was very hardworking, loved village life, was fond of beekeeping and wanted to take up this business closely after the army. His openness and sociability made it possible to quickly find mutual language. You can write a lot about your son, but I don’t know if anyone but me needs it ...
Robert's mother, my wife, could not endure this terrible grief, she only lived for six months after the death of her son.
I turned 60 at the end of July. I am very ill, the disease worsened after Robert's death. They offered disability of the 2nd group, I refused. I recently got out of the hospital with a heart attack.
You are asking about perks. This is the situation for me and all other parents who have lost their sons. Since May 1999, we have canceled benefits for medicines, do not pay for travel tickets for local communications and urban transport - all this is due to the difficult situation of the republic. Before I retired, I received a pension for my son of 269 rubles, now it has been cut to 108 ... I have to give up expensive medicines ...
You probably already understood: do the local authorities and the draft board help?
I wish everyone in the world good health and that no one experiences such grief as has fallen to my lot ... "
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12. Semenyuk Vladimir Yuryevich, born in 1975, Moscow, sailor, crew commander of the 3rd airborne assault company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on February 18, 1995 in a street fight in Grozny on Nakhimov Street. Buried in Moscow.
Afterword.
He died together with Akhmetgaliev, during the "truce", together they moved away from the checkpoint on Nakhimov Street in Grozny, 50 meters, and were shot at close range.
13. Betcher Evgeny Pavlovich, sailor, orderly gunner of the 5th company of the 165th Marine Regiment, called up from Tomsk region. He died on January 26, 1995 in a street fight in the city of Grozny. He was buried in the town of Strezhevoy, Tomsk Region.
Afterword.
Killed in one of the first battles, in the southern part of Grozny. The group, which included Evgenia, covered the tank on the territory of the carbide plant, the tank fired at the points of the militants, and then retreated. On one of these wastes, a grenade from an RPG, which did not hit the tank, struck a Marine, practically nothing was left of him. According to eyewitnesses, a woman fired from a grenade launcher.
14. Brovkin Igor Anatolievich, born in 1975, Tula region, Aleksin, sailor, gunner-crew number of the 6th company of the 165th Marine Regiment. On January 29, 1995, he was mortally wounded in a street fight in the city of Grozny. He died of wounds in the Vladikavkaz hospital on February 4, 1995. He was buried in the town of Aleksin, Tula region.
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From a letter from Nina Ivanovna and Anatoly Ivanovich Brovkin:
“... It is difficult to write about your own son. Igor was born on July 16, 1975 in the city of Aleksin, Tula Region. After graduating from 9 classes, he entered a vocational school, where he received the specialty of an electric and gas welder. He was accepted to the mechanical plant as an electric and gas welder of the 3rd category. But he did not have time to work for long - on December 14, 1993 he was drafted into the army, to the Pacific Fleet. He began his service on Russian Island, then he was transferred to Vladivostok, where he stayed until about December 25, 1994 - his last letter was from that date. We received no more letters. From official documents, we only know that on January 29, in a battle in Grozny, he was seriously wounded and died on February 4 in a hospital in Vladikavkaz. And on February 13, this terrible news overtook us ...
The last letter we received was signed by the deputy commander of the company in which Igor served, Andrei Alexandrovich Samoylenko: “...I would very much like you to know how your son served. Igor came to our company shortly before being sent to North Caucasus, but immediately quickly and easily entered the team, won the respect of his comrades. His voice was one of the decisive in the opinion of the company, colleagues, sometimes even with a long service life, listened to him ... You can be proud of such a son, man, citizen, warrior ... "
What can be added? He treated us in such a way that the words “later”, “once”, “no” did not exist for his parents. He had a special friendship with his grandfather, a participant in the war. He knew where his grandfather fought, for which he had awards, how many times he burned in a tank. And like any boy, he was very proud of this friendship ... "
15. Bugaev Vitaly Alexandrovich, born in 1975, Vladivostok, sailor, radiotelegraph operator-machine gunner of the communications platoon of the 2nd Battalion of the 165th Marine Regiment. Killed in action April 26, 1995 at the height of Goyten Court. He was buried in the cemetery of Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai.
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From a letter from Ekaterina Platonovna's mother:
“My son Vitaly Alexandrovich Bugaev was born on October 7, 1975 in Vladivostok. Then by family circumstances We moved to Dalnerechensk, where we still live. My son graduated from the eight-year school, entered the vocational school, where he received the specialty of a gas and electric welder. In his free time, he always worked for railway or unloaded wagons at our plant. It was not easy - because he grew up without a father ...
Since childhood, I wanted to serve in the army. After college, I quickly passed the exams, and on December 28, 1994, I took my son to work. He dreamed of serving as soon as possible and going to work to help his family. When the regiment was being recruited for Chechnya, it was on the lists, I didn't know about it. Yes, and from Chechnya he wrote letters to relatives, he didn’t write to me, he was afraid that I would not stand it ...
Mom, Ekaterina Platonovna.
16. Golubov Oleg Ivanovich, sailor, machine gunner of the 8th Marine Corps of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died on April 8, 1995 near the village of Germenchuk. He was buried at the Gonzha station of the Magdagachinsky district of the Amur region.
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From a letter from Nina Petrovna Golubova:
“... Oleg had to go to work early before the army, he decided to help me, since he was the eldest, and he had two more brothers. I raised them alone, my father died. He loved to draw, he was very good at drawing. He drew a picture for me and burned it, now it hangs on the wall. And he sent drawings from the army. He had one friend; he believed that a friend should be alone, but real.
He helped both me and my grandmother in everything and kept saying: I’ll be back from the army, and we will break out of this poverty ...
In 1994 I got married - he wanted it that way. And he really wanted to have a sister. His wish came true, but he never saw her. She was born on January 23, 1995, and on April 8 he was killed.
Excuse me for writing so torn, I'm very worried, it's hard for me to write ...
How did he serve? Back in March, Oleg was awarded the medal "For Courage", and letters of gratitude came to me from part of him with gratitude for such a son.
Are you asking if the local authorities are helping? Yes, they helped us buy a house. And I don’t want to talk about the military registration and enlistment office. I asked them to help with a monument and a fence - they refused ... It's good that in Blagoveshchensk there is an organization of former Afghan soldiers, they help as best they can. There is a monument to the Afghans in Blagoveshchensk, and our guys who died in Chechnya were also recorded there...
That's all. Sorry, I can't write more...
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17. Dedyukhin Igor Anatolyevich, born in 1976, shooter of the 5th company of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died on April 15, 1995 at a checkpoint near the settlement of Belgotoy. Buried in the city of Angarsk, Irkutsk region.
Afterword.
He died absolutely ridiculous. In April, after the fighting in Grozny, Syurin-Kort and Goiten-Kort, there was a respite, the Marines were waiting to be sent home. The 5th company was located at checkpoints along the Argun-Gotein-Kort road. The platoon of senior lieutenant Gordienko blocked the Rostov-Baku highway. On April 15, by means of warning fire, a car was stopped at a checkpoint internal troops. After checking the documents of the older car, Gordienko sent her back, not missing on the route. After the car disappeared into the nearest copse, a burst of machine-gun fire was heard from there, one of the bullets of which hit Igor. The investigation yielded no results.
Checkpoint of the Marine Corps in the Goyten Court area
18. Andrey Vladimirovich Dneprovsky, born in 1971, warrant officer, commander of a grenade-machine-gun platoon of the 8th Marine Corps of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died in battle on March 21, 1995 at the foot of the Goyten-Kort height. Awarded the title Hero of Russia (posthumously). Buried in Vladikavkaz.
Afterword.
In the armed forces since May 1989, he remained after military service. He served on Russian Island, lived on Zelenaya Street. He flew to Chechnya as part of the 8th company of the 165th regiment.
On March 21, 1995, in conditions of dense fog, the company took the dominant height of Goyten Kort. When moving along the eastern slope, he was the first to detect and destroy the militant, then a group of outgoing spirits was discovered, which, under fire from the Marines, fell into the grass near the oil pumping unit. Considering them dead, Dneprovsky, together with Sorokin and another sailor, went down for weapons and to check the results of the battle. Andrei was the first to notice that the militants were alive and managed to warn the others, which saved them from the fire, he himself took it upon himself. With the help of Captain Barbaron's Shilka, Dneprovsky's body was evacuated and the battle ended with the destruction of three militants.
19. Zhuk Anton Alexandrovich, born in 1976, Vladivostok, sailor, senior gunner of the 9th company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on March 23, 1995 at the crossing over the Argun. He was buried at the Marine Cemetery in Vladivostok.
Afterword.
In the Book of Memory of Primorsky Krai, the following fact is recorded in relation to Anton, he twice got into the reports of the Vladivostok newspaper, the first time with a posted photo of Anton smiling with the heading “Mom! I'm alive". The second report was already from the funeral ...
20. Komkov Evgeny Nikolaevich, born in 1975, Bryansk, senior sergeant, deputy platoon commander of the 4th Marine Corps of the 165th Marine Regiment. Sent to Chechnya after a personal appeal to the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Khmelnov, at his own request. He died on February 16, 1995 at a checkpoint near Nakhimov Street in Grozny. Buried in Bryansk.
Afterword.
He served in Cam Ranh (Vietnam) in the guard battalion. On January 5, when the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Igor Khmelnov, visited the base, Yevgeny turned to him with a request to send him to Chechnya with the 165th regiment departing there.
21. Kuznetsov Andrey Nikolaevich, born in 1976, Moscow, sailor, grenade launcher of the 7th Marine Corps of the 165th Marine Regiment. Killed in action on January 31, 1995, while defending a bridge across the Sunzha River on the outskirts of Grozny from a hand grenade thrown at it. Buried in Moscow.
Afterword.
From the memoirs of Colonel Kondratenko, Deputy Commander of the Pacific Fleet Marine Division:
“... A platoon of the 7th company under the command of senior lieutenant Dolotov, in which Andrey Kuznetsov fought, held most through the Sunzha on the outskirts of Grozny. By holding this bridge, we did not allow the enemy to move freely and have communications between several suburban areas. On the night of January 30-31, the militants decided to attack and capture the bridge. Around 6 am on January 31, counting on surprise, taking advantage of the darkness and fog and believing that the sailors were sleeping, several militants crossed above the bridge and began to covertly approach from the right flank. MainThe main group of attackers, hoping that the outposts of the bridge would be destroyed by the advance group, prepared themselves in front of the bridge to attack the positions of the sailors. At this time, the sailor Kuznetsov was in the guard. He was the first to discover the creeping militants and opened fire on them from a machine gun - thereby the surprise of the attack was thwarted. Attackers across the bridge were met with heavy fire. The sailors testify that when they opened fire on those running across the bridge, they heard one of the militants, apparently having received a bullet, shout: “What are you doing, lads? ...”.
During the ensuing battle, five of the six sailors who were on guard were wounded, and the sixth, Andrei Kuznetsov, died from a grenade thrown at him.
Sailor Andrey Kuznetsov is buried in Moscow.
But the tragedy did not end there. Six months after the death of Andrei, his mother, Nina Nikolaevna, died, and six months later, his father, Nikolai Petrovich ...
They can also be attributed to the victims of the Chechen war ... "
. Lobachev Sergey Anatolyevich, born in 1976, Altai Territory, Aleisky District, village of Krasny Yar, sailor, medic-shooter of the 1st Airborne Assault Company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on April 11, 1995 from a mine explosion in the area of the crossing over the Argun River. He was buried in the village of Ashpatsk, Dzerzhinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory.
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From a letter from Lyudmila Mikhailovna Kosobukova:
“... Sergei Lobachev's aunt is writing to you. Why I am writing - you will understand from the letter.
The fact is that Serezhin's father, my brother, died when Serge was three years old. I helped my mother raise him. He was born on January 6, 1976. He studied at school, after nine classes he went to work on a collective farm, then he was drafted into the army.
You ask about the letters - yes, there were letters both from his commander and from Serezha himself from Chechnya. But it's been so long and I can't find them. Serezha was probably a good soldier, because by decree No. 3928 of April 10, 1995 he was awarded the medal "For Courage", and by decree No. 8972 of February 3, 1996, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.
Serezha died on April 11, 1995, they brought us on April 22. The coffin was opened because they were not sure that it was he. But everything turned out to be correct.
After the death of Serezha, his mother became very ill and died six months later, they said - lung cancer. Now the whole family lies nearby.
I am writing to you, and I have tears in my eyes, how cruelly fate disposed of them ...
Please send me the Book of Remembrance, let there be something left…”
23. Andrey Aleksandrovich Makunin, born in 1976, Magadan, sailor, cook of the material support battalion of the 165th Marine Regiment. He died on February 9, 1995 near the city of Beslan. He was buried in the city of Ingulets, Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine.
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From a letter from Ekaterina Feodorovna Dorokhin:
“... The mother of Andrei Makunin, a soldier who died in Chechnya, is writing to you. How hard and painful it is to write this letter: remembering your son in the past tense, looking at photographs and documents. How many children have been killed in vain! Well, at least someone other than us, mothers, remembers this, that they decided to publish a book of memory. I'm sending a photo, it's the only one and it's very dear to me, please return it. There were no letters from Chechnya from my son, with the exception of one, which he began writing in Vladivostok and finished in Beslan. On reverse side the son wrote letters to addresses in Vladikavkaz, the villages of Sleptsovsk and Nesterovskaya - it was I who was going to fly there in search of my son, but did not have time. The coffin arrived earlier... He was the first person to die in Chechnya from Magadan.
My son was by nature cheerful, optimistic, never discouraged. Although his life from childhood was not too sad, for the first 12 years I raised him alone ...
Andrei went to the army with a desire, did not hide or hide, he believed that every man should go through this test. I was very proud that I got to serve on Navy, and when he was transferred to the marines, he was doubly proud. He even drew ships in letters ...
We buried him in Ukraine, where his grandmother lives and where he was born. The local recruiting office helped us a lot.
You ask about health - what can it be like after such a shock? I had a minor stroke, now I'm holding on as best I can, because my daughters are 10 and 12 years old. And the soul is like one continuous wound that hurts and oozes - does not heal ... "
24. Grigory Vasilyevich Meshkov, born in 1951, colonel, head missile troops and artillery of the 55th Marine Division of the Pacific Fleet. Died May 20, 1995 from a massive stroke. Buried in Berdsk.
Afterword.
He died not in the war, but from its consequences. I spent the first two months with the 165th regiment, during which Grigory Vasilyevich's heart was beating. It could not stand it already at home with the news of May losses in the 106th regiment, which replaced the 165th.
25. Novoseltsev Nikolai Nikolaevich, born in 1976, the village of Chernava, Izmailovsky District, Lipetsk Region, sailor, machine gunner of the 1st Air Assault Company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died in a night battle on March 13, 1995 at an altitude of 355.3 in the mountain-forest massif of Syurin-Kort. He was buried at home in the village of Chernava.
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From the memoirs of Marine Corps Colonel Sergei Kondratenko:
« ... In early March 1995, at an altitude of 355, 3 of the Syurin-Kort mountain-forest massif, a command and observation post (CNP) of the airborne assault battalion was equipped. Naturally, our activity could not fail to attract the attention of the militants, especially since there was less than one kilometer in a straight line from the KNP to the outskirts of Chechen-Aul. And there were militants in Chechen-Aul at that time.
On the night of March 13-14, the militants of the Chechen-Aul group, taking advantage of the tightness and good knowledge of the area, quietly crept up to the location of the KNP battalion. At that time, sailors Sukhorukov and Novoseltsev were on guard in one of the directions.
Sailor Novoseltsev literally at the last moment managed to see the attackers and opened fire on them with a machine gun. His shots served as a signal both for the outposts and for the entire KNP personnel. In response to Novoseltsev's fire, the militants threw an F-1 grenade at him, from the explosion of which the sailor died on the spot.
A lively skirmish ensued, during which the sailor Sukhorukov was also killed. The outcome of the battle was decided by the fire of machine guns mounted on armored personnel carriers. That night, the militants tried several more times to attack the KNP from various directions, but the guards were on the alert and successfully repelled these attacks.
Only thanks to the properly organized security and defense and the vigilance of the sailors standing in combat guards did the militants manage to take the KNP personnel by surprise and the battalion avoided heavy losses.
26. Osipov Sergey Alexandrovich, born in 1976, Bratsk, Irkutsk region, sailor, driver of the engineering company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on April 13, 1995. He was buried at home in the city of Bratsk.
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From a letter from Nadezhda Alexandrovna, Sergei's mother:
“... You ask: what was he like before the service?
Was…
How painful and hard it is. But this is our fate...
In general, Sereda was a simple, ordinary guy: no different from the rest. Maybe the only thing is that he was very sociable, there were a lot of friends around him, who even now, thank God, do not forget us.
I am sending you a photograph of Serezha, however, a small one, and he was taken in civilian clothes, but we do not have a photograph in military uniform. In general, he didn’t really like to be photographed, and at home we have a few of his photographs ...
Are you asking if the local authorities and the draft board are helping us? What can be said here? If I write that it is not, then it will not be true. Every year before February 23, we, the parents of the dead children, are gathered together, interested in our problems, write down questions and requests. Sometimes we get a small one-time cash benefit. That's actually all.
Maybe I misunderstood something, but I think that this is my pain, this is my grief, and no one will pay for it or compensate me for it ...
And thank you for not forgetting our guys.
27. Pelmenev Vladimir Vladimirovich, born in 1975, Khabarovsk Territory, sailor, grenade launcher of the 3rd airborne assault company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died in a street fight on January 27, 1995 in Grozny. He was buried in the village of Novoe Leninsky district of the Khabarovsk Territory.
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From a letter from Vladimir's sister:
“Sister Vladimir Pelmenev is writing to you; since our mother is very worried when writing a letter, she trusted me to write. We have a big family Volodya was one of the youngest, which means he was one of my favorites. But he was never spoiled. My mother and father worked all their lives on the collective farm, so Volodya knew any village work, and he knew how to do everything around the house, he even cooked great ...
And now ... After the death of Volodya, my mother became very ill, her eyesight was lost from the tears that she still sheds. My father is not in good health either, his heart is playing tricks and his age is not the same.
There is no help from the local authorities and the military registration and enlistment office.
And thank you for not forgetting our Volodya ... "
From a letter from Vladimir to his relatives (still from Vladivostok):
“Hello, mother! I sat down to write you a letter. A little about myself and my work. Everything seems to be in order with the service, I do not complain about anything.
There is little left for me to serve, only four months - home. I was going to sign a contract, but I thought about it and decided: why do I need it? Here, I began to miss my home.
Well, I don’t even know what else to write to you. I seem to be all right. Well, everyone, my relatives - mom, dad, and everyone else. I kiss you all. Your son Volodya. Waiting for an answer.
And further. I found a good wife in Vladivostok. I'll probably come home with her and play a wedding. Your son Volodya.
28. Pleshakov Alexander Nikolaevich, born in 1976, the village of Baevka, Nikolaev District, Ulyanovsk Region, sailor, chemical protection platoon of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died in a street fight on February 19, 1995 in Grozny. He was buried at home in the village of Baevka.
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From a letter from the parents of Alexander Pleshakov:
“... Sasha was an extremely hardworking guy, already at the age of 15 he began working at the Baevsky chalk plant - in the same place where we work.
After being called up for military service, he ended up in the Pacific Fleet, at first he served in Kamchatka. He often wrote home, twice a month we received letters from him. We received the last letter from him from Vladivostok. And when he got to Chechnya, we didn’t even know that he was there, and there were no more letters. Sasha wrote only to his older sister that they were being sent to Chechnya, but asking her not to tell us about it so that we would not worry.
And only when the letters stopped coming, we began to guess where he was. I knocked all the thresholds in the local military registration and enlistment office, called Moscow, but did not achieve any result. We learned about his death on the Day of the Armed Forces, February 23, 1995, when they brought the body ... I will not write about the funeral. You can imagine it yourself. It was the worst hell...
Sasha was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. The military commissar handed it to us on July 15, 1997 - almost two and a half years after the death of my son.
We live in a small village, we continue to work at the factory, we have two more young sons in our arms. We live mainly on our own farm, because wages, as elsewhere, are paid very rarely. There is no point in talking about the benefits you are asking about…
There is a request: please take a picture of the monument to the Marines with the name of our son, because we are unlikely to ever be able to visit Vladivostok.
Let's wait for the Book of Memory ... "
29. Podvalnov Sergey Mikhailovich, born in 1975, Kiryanovo village, Neftekamsk district, Bashkir ASSR, junior sergeant, squad leader of the 5th company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on January 30, 1995 from a sniper's bullet in the city of Grozny. He was buried in the village of Kiryanovo, Neftekamsk district of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Afterword.
During the January battles for Grozny, Sergei was part of a platoon that held a stronghold on the right flank of the 2nd Marine Battalion. The platoon held the defense on the territory of a small enterprise on the banks of the Sunzha, the width of which in this place was no more than 50 meters. The militants were no more than 100 meters away. The positions of the Marines were heavily fortified and almost invulnerable, but Sergei's bullet still found it. The sniper fired through the gate, seeing the feet of a sailor approaching under it, the iron of the gate did not hold the bullet and she went to Sergei. "I got hit..." - last words Basement.
30. Polozhiev Eduard Anatolyevich, born in 1975, Amur Region, junior sergeant, senior operator of the anti-tank platoon of the airborne assault battalion of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. January 25, 1995 received multiple shrapnel wounds. On the same day, without regaining consciousness, he died in the hospital of the rear area of the grouping of troops. He was buried at home in the village of Poyarkovo, Amur Region.
Afterword.
On January 25, Polozhiev was part of the 4th DSB checkpoint on Industrialnaya Street in Grozny. The observer found a man who was making his way from Andreevskaya Dolina to the plant, which was located next to the checkpoint. A group of several officers and sergeants advanced to intercept. They tried to stop the unknown, even opened warning fire from machine guns, but he managed to escape in the direction of Andreevskaya Dolina and popped into a brick house at the crossroads. Soon, a group of Marines opened fire from a machine gun from this house. The skirmish continued for some time, and then a Shilka drove out from the direction of Andreevskaya Dolina and opened fire on the marines, despite the fact that green flares were fired in the direction of the Shilka (identification signal for their troops). While the Shilka crew sorted out the situation and made sure that they had their own people in front of them, the whole group received heavy injuries: Lieutenant Kirillov was shell-shocked, Lieutenant Tsukanov had multiple shrapnel wounds. Polozhiev was also badly beaten by shrapnel, was unconscious, and on the same day, without regaining consciousness, he died in a hospital in the rear area of the group.
As it turned out later, she shot a group of marines "Shilka" of the 21st Stavropol Airborne Brigade, and the unknown person with whom the shootout was conducted was from the same brigade ...
31. Vladimir Alexandrovich Popov, born in 1952, Ordzhenikidze, major, deputy commander of a separate reconnaissance battalion of the Marine Corps formation of the Pacific Fleet, performed a special task in the special squad of the hospital in Rostov-on-Don to identify the bodies of dead Pacific Ocean servicemen, draw up relevant documents and ensuring their delivery to their home country. He died in Rostov-on-Don from acute heart failure. Buried in Novocherkassk.
Afterword.
One of the indirect, but still combat losses. He did not shoot, they did not shoot at him, but the war killed him. After the procedures for identifying the bodies of the dead sailors in the Rostov "refrigerators", the officer's heart could not stand it, to put it simply, it broke.
32. Rusakov Maxim Gennadievich, born in 1969, Yalutorovsk Tyumen region, senior lieutenant, platoon commander of an engineer company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on January 22, 1995 in the center of Grozny near the bridge across the river. Sunzha as a result of a direct hit from a grenade launcher. He was buried at home in the city of Yalutorovsk.
Afterword.
Maxim was the first Marine to die from the Pacific Fleet.
From the editorial of the Vladivostok newspaper:
“Pacific warrior died in Chechnya”
“Tragic news from Chechnya: Senior Lieutenant Maksim Rusakov, commander of a marine platoon of the Pacific Fleet, died from a severe shrapnel wound received during another mortar attack. Three more Pacific soldiers were injured and hospitalized. The names of the wounded, unfortunately, are not reported, it is only known that they are sergeants by rank.
The press center of the Pacific Fleet, which transmitted this sad news, also reported that by January 23, the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps unit, together with the formations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, began active operations to clear Grozny of "separate groups of bandit formations." Previously reported. That one of the battalions of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet takes part in the battles for the most "hot spot" - the Grozny railway station.
Official recognition of the participation of the Pacific contingent in active hostilities means the possibility of new victims. But the names of the next brave ones who died defending the “territorial integrity of Russia” in Primorye will be recognized with a long delay: the bodies will be delivered from Grozny for identification to Mozdok, and then to Rostov, where the command of the North Caucasus Military District is located. And only from there an officially confirmed funeral notice will be sent to the homeland of the dead.
No details about the circumstances of the death of senior lieutenant Maxim Rusakov are reported.
33. Aleksey Vladimirovich Rusanov, born in 1975, Voskresenskoye village, Polovinsky district Kurgan region, sailor, machine gunner of the anti-aircraft missile platoon of the 2nd battalion of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died in a street fight on February 8, 1995 in Grozny. He was buried at home in the village of Voskresenskoye.
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From a parent's letter:
“... I am sending you a photograph of Alyosha, there are no very good ones; when he was buried, many friends came, asked for memory cards, apparently, they all took it away ...
I had five children, now two are gone, I buried the last two. There are three left - all live in different places. When I raised them, there was a lot of time to look after them, and there was no one to help us, and my father and I are always at work. But the children grew obedient. Here is Alyosha - whatever you say, he will do everything.
When they saw him off to the army, he said goodbye to everyone, as if he felt that he would never return home. Yes, and I cried so much, my heart broke so much that people said to me: why are you killing yourself like that? ..
And they escorted him to the cemetery with the whole village ...
There were no letters from him from Chechnya, the last one came from the Far East.
Of course, our health has deteriorated, but we try to do everything ourselves at home, we keep the household. Help is not expected from anyone. True, she wrote to Kurgan, to the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers, they are trying to pull the district administration out of there.
Sorry for posting this…”
34. Skomorokhov Sergei Ivanovich, born in 1970, Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region, senior lieutenant, commander of a marine platoon of the 9th Marine Corps of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died in a night battle on March 23, 1995. He was buried in the city of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region.
Afterword.
According to the memoirs of colleagues and subordinates, he was an excellent specialist, both in shooting and in hand-to-hand combat. He drove his fighters up to a sweat, knowing that at a critical moment it could save lives. But Sergei did not save his life, and as an officer in such a situation he should not have. Being wounded, he fought with several militants until help arrived, and then died.
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35. Surin Vyacheslav Vladimirovich, born in 1973, Seversk, Tomsk Region, sailor, assistant gunner of the grenade launcher of the 1st airborne assault company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on March 13, 1995 during a many-hour forced march in the area of the mountain-forest massif of Syurin-Kort. He was buried in the city of Seversk, Tomsk Region.
Afterword.
The 1st company of the DShB made a 12-hour forced march in sub-zero temperatures, under the snow in the fog. The throw took place almost exclusively uphill. By the end of the day at a halt, during which the sailors fell into the snow and fell asleep, Vyacheslav died. Already at night, the marines of the DSHB with the body of Surin reached a height, the company completed a combat mission, in in full force, Vyacheslav performed it too, but already dead.
36. Sukhorukov Yury Anatolyevich, born in 1976, the village of Krasny Yar, Aleisky District, Altai Territory, sailor, orderly gunner of the 1st Airborne Assault Company of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died in a night battle on March 13, 1995 at an altitude of 355.3 of the Syurin-Kort mountain-forest massif not far from the Chechen-Aul settlement.
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From a letter from Lyubov Alexandrovna and Anatoly Ivanovich Sukhorukov:
“... Our Yurochka was awarded the medal “For Courage” and the Order of Courage. We were given his awards after Yura's death. What are our problems, you ask? We have one problem - no son ...
We receive a pension for Yura - 281 rubles each, and that one has not been paid for four months, barely enough for medicines. That is how we live…"
The circumstances of the death of Yuri are described in the description of the death of Nikolai Novoseltsev.
37. Shudabaev Ruslan Zhalgaebaevich, born in 1974, p. Tamar-Utkul of the Orenburg region, sailor, traffic controller of the commandant's platoon of the 165th Marine Regiment of the Pacific Fleet. He died on February 20, 1995. He was buried at home in the village. Tamar-Utkul.
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From the letter of Kalam Shudabaev:
“... The brother of Ruslan Shudabaev, Kalam, is writing to you. We received your letter, which again brought back to us the pain of loss and the bitterness of memories of our dear Ruslan.
In our large family, Ruslan was the youngest son and brother - the last. Now you understand that we have lost the most precious and beloved.
Without exaggerating, I will say that since childhood, Ruslan has been the soul of the company. He stood out for his sharpness of thought and physical development. He was engaged in boxing, played the guitar well, loved to sing Tsoi's songs. By the way, he wrote that he was given a nickname in the army - Tsoi. And even in Chechnya he was called that. After graduating from school, he went away from us to Orenburg, to the road technical school. He lived in a hostel, and here the guys respectfully called him Babai - grandfather.
How we miss his loud bass laughter now! ..
And how many friends he had ... Many still come to us on his birthday. And on the day of his death...
Now about the parents. Mom is a disabled person of the second group, she is very sick. The condition, which was already difficult, after the loss of his beloved son, became even worse. And my father's health is no better. After the death of his pet, he aged very much and withdrew into himself. Sick all the time.
As for the help of local authorities... Ruslan's parents received insurance only three years later, having gone through all the instances. And pensions for the loss of the breadwinner were achieved only through the court ...
We know that in Vladivostok you have erected a monument to the marines who died in Chechnya. How I would like to look at him with at least one eye ... "
38. Shutkov Vladimir Viktorovich, born in 1975, Moscow, sailor, senior operator of the anti-tank platoon of the 2nd marine battalion. Killed in action March 21, 1995 at the height of Goyten Court. Buried in Moscow.
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From a letter from Vyacheslav Sumin to the authors-compilers of the Book of Memory:
“... First of all, thank you for not forgetting our dead guys.
As for the death of Volodya Shutkov, I remember well how it was. This happened on March 21 during the capture of Goyten_Kort. Five of us went from my platoon - Volodya Shutkov, Sergey Rysakov, Viktor Antonov, Vyacheslav Nikolaev and myself. There was a very heavy fog that night. We were moving along the road in the direction of the oil barrels, where the KNP of the 6th company was later located. We were led by special forces. To the left of the road, they found a dugout and told the commander of the 6th company, Cleese, that no one was there. Cleese gave me an order with my people to stay, guard the dugout and cover the rear. Along the road, on the left, there was a trench about two meters long, and from it there was immediately an entrance to the dugout. Behind the dugout, as if continuing the trench, there was a fire ditch. I posted a platoon behind the moat. Volodya was lying facing the road opposite the entrance to the dugout. Vyacheslav Nikolaev lay with his back to the road, covering our rear. I lay down to the right of Shutkov, next to Sergei Rysakov, facing the road. To the right of us, in the fire-fighting ditch, was Viktor Antonov.
Soon, to our right, on the road, three shadows appeared. Approximately 10 meters from the dugout, they sat down and began to shout something in Chechen. Without waiting for an answer, they got up and moved towards the dugout. They passed us literally half a meter. When they reached the entrance to the dugout, Shutkov opened fire on the first two, and I shot the last one in the head. The first two fell into the trench, and the third onto the road. We assumed they were all dead. I praised Volodya, turned on the radio and contacted Kliz. When I was talking, a grenade exploded next to Volodya Shutkov, and a second one a few seconds later. Rysakov immediately threw a grenade into the trench. I again tried to call Cleese, but a grenade flew at the voice. It exploded behind me, next to Nikolayev. Then Antonov and Rysakov blocked the entrance to the dugout, and I called for help on the radio. Volodya Yankov and five other people came running. While they were covering, I dragged Volodya and Vyacheslav across the road, about 30 meters from the dugout. The orderly took care of them, and we were militants. It turns out that there was only one "spirit" in the dugout, and one of those whom Volodya shot at was still alive. We killed them both.
I went up to Volodya Shutkov and saw that he was dying. The orderly said that it was a painful shock, but it was immediately obvious that it was death. We put Volodya and Vyacheslav on stretchers and carried them to the barrels, where a first-aid post was set up. Volodya was already reported dead. The chief medical officer took off his bulletproof vest, pulled up his camouflage. There was a wound from which Volodya died ...
Nikolaev's entire back and legs were in fragments. He recently visited me. Disabled person of the 2nd group. Learned to walk again. Yes, and now walks with a stick. Well, in general, that's all. And photography is a small monument that we tried to build at the site of Volodya's death.
Sincerely yours, Vyacheslav Sumin, nickname is Batya.
Place of death of Vladimir
The following materials were used in the preparation of the article:
Information from http://dvkontingent.ru/ was taken as a basis, on which texts and photographs from the Book of Memory of the Primorsky Territory were superimposed.
Attracted materials from the site http://belostokskaya.ru
We continue to publish materials about our fellow countrymen who participated in the first Chechen campaign. Today, our story is about a marine who was lucky enough to return home safe and sound. Behind Chechen war He received a soldier's medal "For Courage". And that's all. All that's left is memories, enough to fill a whole book. Only our fellow countryman Sergei Ovechkin has neither the strength nor the special desire to write it ...
When Serega got to serve in the 55th Marine Division of the Pacific Fleet, he was very happy. He, like most of his peers, believed that being a marine was prestigious. He received a combat specialty - a tank driver ...
But unexpectedly came the news about the direction to Chechnya. The company commander reported this right at the training ground. At first, our countryman was very surprised: Marines not intended for ground war! Then introduced possible consequences military assignment, and he became uneasy. There was a commotion close to panic in the unit. Personnel from all over the Pacific Fleet were driven there.
In a few hours, young guys became Marines, who had previously served on warships and submarines, in naval aviation units. Many of them held a machine gun in their hands only while taking the oath ... An acute understaffing of personnel led to the fact that after the formation of the 165th "Chechen" regiment, other parts of the fleet practically lost their combat effectiveness.
The new, 1995, year was met without much joy. They drank juice, ate oranges, remembered the house and loved ones. The guys understood that for some this meeting of the New Year would be the last. We passed the commission - the doctors meticulously examined the candidates for the war.
Some tried to mow down, but they were a minority. “I must say that no one was forcibly driven into Chechnya. During a special interview, anyone could refuse. There were five percent. Among the refuseniks was a large group of officers.
Sergei was transferred to another company, appointed as an assistant grenade launcher. Now he was required to carry a bag with three RPG-7 shots. His colleague also had almost no idea about the weapons entrusted to him. In early January, when fierce street fighting was going on in Grozny, the marines went to the training ground. For 10 days of stay there, they had to eliminate all gaps in preparation. From machine guns and machine guns, you could shoot as much as you wanted - they did not spare cartridges. In addition to the automatic, Seryoga practiced shooting from RPGs. He liked the grenade launcher. So gradually the former sailors acquired the necessary skills, but they were still far from real professionalism.
The first combat clashes in Chechnya were remembered by Sergei for the fact that skirmishes took place at distances of at least 400 meters. That is, neither they nor the Chechens could really see each other. At the same time, crazy shooting was carried out. The tanks were very helpful. A T-80 from the Kantemirovskaya division was attached to their company. The guys-tankers knew their business well. Once at the house where the sailors were accommodated, the Chechens opened fire from a two-story building opposite. They tried to cover the militants with a grenade launcher, but the grenades ricocheted and went to the side. The point in this skirmish was put by the tank, sheltered by the crew in the garage of the house. One shot - and the two-story building turned into ruins. The bricks shattered by the explosion became red-hot.
T-72B1 in the suburbs of Grozny
Seryoga doesn't consider bringing tanks into Grozny a mistake. If not for the T-72 and T-80, the feds would have had a hard time. The tanks covered the infantry with their armor and supported it with fire. There were many cases when only thanks to the support of the tankers, the outcome of the battle was decided in favor of the Russian troops.
Sergei had to be in the assault groups. This is a very dangerous business. During the capture of one five-story building, they came across a group of Chechens. The clash was sudden both for ours and for the militants. The battle lasted a matter of minutes, it is almost impossible to restore its chronology - but ours lost three soldiers. The grenade launchers of their unit hit not only snipers, machine-gun points - they had to open fire on Dudayev's armored vehicles. They knocked out a tank and two armored personnel carriers.
As Sergei admits, in war you lose the sense of time. Sometimes it feels like you've been here forever. And gradually you get used to the idea that you can be killed. You do not come to this immediately - somewhere in a month. And when the sounds of artillery preparation are not heard above the positions, then the soul becomes anxious.
And in general, the war has little in common with action movies, with cinematic romance. In fact, this is a difficult and routine task, devoid of any meaning. Because everything was bought and predetermined by some greedy officials sitting in Moscow offices and earning money on the blood of Russian soldiers.
Combat Veterans Day July 1
DEAR VETERANS, SOLDIERS! BROTHERS IN ARMS!
Please accept our congratulations and low bow for your merits. We wish you only peace blue sky, green grass with transparent dew and warm gentle sun. Do not know troubles and grief, let difficulties pass you by. Let only good news come to your home. Health and strength to you to work peacefully and no longer hear the sounds of war. Everyone should say thank you today only for the fact that risking your life, you did everything to defend the honor and independence of our country. We are grateful to you that our children can safely walk on the street and look at the peaceful sunny sky. So let the Combat Veterans Day be a good occasion to pay due attention to those to whom we owe a lot. Happiness to you, health and longevity. Let your children participate in battles only on the battlefields of online battles in historical games and never be able to experience your feelings in reality.
Combat Veterans Day On July 1, Russia celebrates a memorable date - Combat Veterans Day. And although it does not yet have an official status, every year it becomes more and more famous in our country. Since 2009, this holiday has also been called the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow for War Veterans.
This is a day of remembrance for all those who fought for Russia, no matter what wars and armed conflicts fulfilling his duty to defend the Motherland. As a tribute to them - the veterans who live next to us, and the memory of those who are no longer alive. The idea of creating a single holiday among war veterans who took part in numerous wars and armed conflicts on the territory of the Russian Federation and other countries has been around for a long time. And informally, they began to celebrate it at the beginning of the 21st century. This was due to their desire to gather on one day, not tied to one or another event of the numerous wars in which they were destined to become participants (at present, in our country there are separate memorable dates- Days of military glory and other holidays dedicated to the history of specific military operations). And so, in 2009, on July 1, as a day of remembrance for all participants in the hostilities that took place after 1945 (and this fighting in Afghanistan and Chechnya, in many countries Latin America, Asia and Africa), more than 3,000 veterans voted. This was recorded in a special document, and an appeal was sent to the Government of the Russian Federation with a request to officially establish such a Day. However, this issue has not yet been resolved, since, according to the authorities, such a holiday already exists - its function is performed on February 15 (Remembrance Day for Russians who performed their duty outside the Fatherland). But the initiators of the new date do not give up - they are sure that all veterans should have their own common date, not wanting to confuse the date of the end of the Afghan war and honoring other veterans. And, for example, unlike June 22 (the Day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War), it should be dedicated local conflicts. This will preserve the specifics of the dates. We all remember and honor the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, who are becoming less and less every year. But in our country there are many relatively young veterans who risked their lives and health in the interests of the Motherland after the Great Victory over Nazi Germany. They also deserve recognition and respect. Therefore, a separate date will be an occasion to congratulate not only the military, but also employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB, as well as other participants in the hostilities who are not military personnel, on the Day of Veterans of Combat Operations, and all of them to come together again and remember their dead comrades. I must say that, despite the lack of an official status, July 1, the Day of Combat Veterans, is already organized in a number of Russian regions. For example, in Moscow, the traditional meeting place for veterans of all years, places, countries of hostilities is Poklonnaya Gora, where commemorative events begin with the laying of flowers at the memorial to the internationalist warrior, and then a cultural program is organized with the participation of famous artists. In other cities, the participants of the events also begin this day by laying wreaths at the Eternal Flame, at the monuments to the soldiers-internationalists and other memorials. In addition, the mass media have recently paid more and more attention to this date, which also contributes to the recognition and spread of the holiday. At the same time, regional authorities in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation also support the very idea of holding the Day of Veterans of Combat Operations and Local Conflicts.
The holiday, not marked in the state calendar, was appointed by the military themselves and celebrated for the third time. Today in Russia there is still no date that would unite veterans of all military operations.
February 15 is the day of the internationalist warrior, but those who fought in Chechnya, Tajikistan, Moldova, and other hot spots inside our former country do not get here.
2. Lyubov Vasilievna, the mother of Yevgeny Rodionova, who died in Chechnya, came to congratulate the veterans on the holiday.
3. Let me remind you, Evgeny Aleksandrovich Rodionov (May 23, 1977 - killed on May 23, 1996, near the village of Bamut, Chechnya) - private Russian army. In the war, together with a group of colleagues, he spent a long time in captivity, being subjected to severe torture, refused the offer to change his faith in exchange for freedom, for which he was brutally killed. For many, Eugene has become a symbol of courage, honor and loyalty. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage and the Order of Glory to Russia. 
4. There were no long and fiery speeches, after the words of the mother, veterans, wives and children, laid flowers at the monument to the wars of the internationalists. 
5. Lyubov Vasilievna stood at the monument for a long time ... 
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8. From the monument, the guys and their families went to a summer cafe. 
9. Where the festive barbecue was already being prepared. 
10. At the same table, warriors of one country. 
11. Alexei Pastukhov with his daughter and son. 
12. For little ones, a separate menu ... 
13. Yuri Trofimov 
14. Photo for memory. 
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16. Drawings from the Afghan, made with a pen, were included in the book of memory of the Moscow region. 
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19. Dmitry Prudnikov, holder of the St. George Cross. One of the organizers of the meeting. 
20. We have something to remember and talk about. 
21. On July 1, veterans also accept into their circle and at their table those whose wars Russia refuses to recognize as wars. Not all participants in the conflicts were included in the register of veterans.
“And what difference does it make how he got a bullet - with or without subsequent inclusion in the list,” the veterans are surprised. “We are waiting for everyone, including soldiers that the country has officially forgotten.” 
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24. 2011 Veteran's Day - BE!
The Day of Combat Veterans was celebrated throughout Russia. Outside the capital, there are fighters from Chechnya and Afghanistan, who are on everyone's lips, but also from Transnistria, the Baltic states, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku, Fergana, Tajikistan.
Little is known about these soldiers. But bullets, wounds, dreams - they have in common. Now there is a common holiday. 
