Hero who died in Syria. Courage

08.07.2020

To begin with, we turned to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with a request to confirm or deny the authenticity of the "last negotiations" of the "Russian Rambo". There they disowned this decoding. But they asked to pay attention to the source where it came from. It turned out to be a British site for sharing video files LiveLeak. It was through him that the well-known footage of the execution of Saddam Hussein was distributed in 2007, and after that, the scandalous footage of terrorists beheading in Syria. This site is also known as launch pad for various "fakes" (false stuffing).

Despite the fact that on the British site the “Russian Rambo” radio exchange was presented only in text, many bloggers mistook it for genuine, not bothering to ask the question: where is the sound recording? Someone translated it into French, it has already been translated into Russian. At this time, the source from the LiveLeak website has already disappeared without a trace.

Meanwhile, some meticulous bloggers noticed that even after translating from English into French and Russian, the officer repeats “thank you” in the radio interception, calls the terrorists “bastards”, and the commander instead of “no way” says American “the answer is negative” and offers to return to some kind of "green line" that the authors of the text could borrow from Hollywood blockbusters or computer games.

The correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda asked the military intelligence officer Vyacheslav Agapov, who had to be in similar special operations in Chechnya, to assess the authenticity of the "radio exchange of the Russian Rambo":

There is no time for "thank you". In battle, every word has its price, - the scout told me. - There must be call signs, some coordinates. Fire on oneself has always and at all times been called in such a way as to get out of the encirclement, to go at the moment of impact to a breakthrough, and not to die. For a soldier, this is a chance to survive, not suicide.

However, commentators immediately recalled a recording of a radio exchange of fighters surrounded in 1995 in Grozny by checkpoints with the control of the Maykop brigade.

This radio exchange was not in a fleeting battle, Agapov explained. - Yes, and the means of communication in 1995 were large-sized radio stations, with which you don’t run much.

About how Alexander Prokhorenko could act in battle, Komsomolskaya Pravda was told by an acting intelligence officer who asked not to be named:
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The communication system is called the "Reconnaissance, Control and Communications Complex (KRUS)" Sagittarius ". Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
- What communication systems do our special forces use in Syria today?

You saw them in the Crimea. The communication system is called the Sagittarius Intelligence, Control and Communications Complex (KRUS) and is part of the modern Ratnik equipment. This reconnaissance and strike system allows the unit to communicate with each other during combat, direct aircraft at targets and receive orders from commanders.

What does she represent?

A communicator is attached to the soldier's unloading vest, which transmits the soldier's coordinates using GPS and GLONASS systems. The commander always sees the location of each fighter on the monitor. On the warrior's head are active headphones and a microphone that allow you to communicate with colleagues during the battle.

Conversations can be heard by strangers, recorded?

How could Prokhorenko, with the help of "Sagittarius", aim planes at terrorists?

With the help of a laser rangefinder, several fighters measure the distance to the target (they can be up to 5 kilometers away). The commander, knowing where his fighters are, marks a point on his electronic map and reports the coordinates of the target to the bomber pilot. He instantly strikes. Everything takes 2-3 minutes. That is why the effectiveness of our bombing in Syria surprises Western experts.

It turns out that the story of the "radio interception of the Russian Rambo", apparently, is just a beautiful legend, composed by someone (apparently, the British) for their own rating. And now our bloggers are already gaining ratings on this stuffing.

The silence of Alexander's colleagues is obviously not accidental. They are not obliged to tell all the details of that operation and the circumstances of his death. Some time will pass, the scars of this war will heal, and then we will surely know all the details.

MURMANSK, September 30 - RIA Novosti. The war in Syria seems very far away - on TV screens and in the pages of newspapers, it looks not so bloody and almost not scary at all. But the shells of this war, although they burst far from Russian borders, echo in our homes with grief and loss.

"If Russia hadn't intervened." Aerospace Forces have been conducting operations in Syria for a yearRussia has managed to carry out a number of operational military tasks on the territory of Syria, inflict tangible damage on the infrastructure of terrorists, and create a good foundation for the Syrian army to launch a counteroffensive in a number of key areas.

And yet, the year that has passed since Russia decided to take part in the military operation in Syria has brought us not only losses. It became a lesson in courage for all Russians and inscribed in the history of our country the names of new heroes, whom we will not only mourn, but who we can and will be proud of. Loyalty to word and deed, honor and courage, understanding of duty and responsibility - these qualities were inherent not only to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. Today, their grandchildren and great-grandchildren are giving their lives doing military duty and fighting terrorism. Now they become an example for new generations - an example of loyalty given word, the chosen path, given the oath and military duty.

The last business trip of Oleg Peshkov

Oleg Peshkov, a native of the village of Kosikha in the Altai Territory, was at the controls of the same SU-24 aircraft that was shot down by an air-to-air missile from a Turkish F-16 over Syrian territory and crashed in Syria 4 kilometers from the border with Turkey. The pilot Peshkov during the ejection was shot from the ground by militants in the territory controlled by the Syrian Turkmens. Doctors managed to save his navigator Konstantin Murakhtin. Marine Alexander Pozynich participated in the crew rescue operation, but he was also on the list of the dead. The pilot was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

The Peshkov family learned from the news that a Russian Su-24M bomber was shot down in Syria. Oleg Peshkov was remembered in different parts of the country - by relatives and colleagues, friends and those who, at least once, were brought together by fate. "He loved the sky very much, his profession, the Russian people ... The concept of" officer's honor "was not an empty phrase for him," recalls Peshkov's colleague Sergei Vetrov. The family of Oleg Peshkov never had a military - his father worked as a mechanic on the May 1 collective farm, and his mother as an accountant in the district security service. But, according to his younger brother, Pavel, Oleg dreamed of being a military pilot since childhood and devoted his whole life to this profession.

The pilot's memory was immortalized in Yekaterinburg - he studied in this city. Now his bas-relief is installed here. Another bust is located in the military unit of the Belogorsky district of the Amur region, where the hero of Russia served for seven years. The author of the sketch admitted that the work was responsible - it was necessary to convey not only facial features, but also character. “From a young age, he was capable of action. In all the photographs he has a clear look, he is so firmly on his feet, confident,” notes Nikolai Nevedomsky, the author of the sketch.

The local history museum in Barnaul decided to dedicate part of the exposition to the heroically deceased countryman. For this, the Peshkov family handed over to the museum workers a flight tablet, photographs and other personal belongings of Oleg Anatolyevich. A memorial plaque dedicated to the heroes of Russia, natives of Altai, who died in the line of military duty in local conflicts, was solemnly opened in the capital of the Altai Territory.

Pilots Oleg Peshkov (posthumously) and Konstantin Murakhtin were also solemnly awarded orders and medals of the Syrian Arab Republic.

A memorial plaque also appeared in the village of Kosikha near Barnaul, where Peshkov was born and raised. The school in the Lipetsk region, where the hero's children study today, and where he himself spoke more than once in the lessons of courage, was named after the pilot. Students of the Altai boarding school with initial flight training will receive a scholarship named after Peshkov.

IN Suvorov School Yekaterinburg, the name of Oleg Peshkov, a graduate of 1987, is planned to be forever included in the list of personnel. This means that here he will have a separate bed, on it - a Suvorov cap and a sign describing the feat. And at each evening verification will sound the name of Oleg Peshkov.

The deceased was 45 years old.

Senior Lieutenant Prokhorenko: I call fire on myself

The message about the death of a 25-year-old Russian special forces officer, senior lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko, came in March of this year. He died while directing airstrikes on terrorists near Palmyra. Prokhorenko called fire upon himself when he was discovered and surrounded by militants. For courage and heroism, Prokhorenko was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

In the school of the hero Prokhorenko who died in Syria, his feat is constantly rememberedThe name of Alexander Prokhorenko, a native of the Orenburg region, for all Russians is the name of a Russian special forces officer who died heroically in Syria while performing a combat mission.

The hero and his feat are remembered and proud of him not only by fellow countrymen. The school where he studied in his native village is named after Alexander Prokhorenko. There is a bust in front of the school building. dead officer and a memorial plaque on the wall. “Your school bears the name not of a book hero, but of a person who grew up with you, you knew him and can rightly be proud of him. Be worthy of his memory,” actor Sergei Bezrukov told the students at the ceremony.

The director of the school Sergey Danshov admitted that the villagers are proud that the school is named after Prokhorenko. "We live without him, but with the memory of him ... we talk about him ... literally at every lesson, about what his feat means for us Orenburgers, residents of Russia as a whole," Danshov told RIA Novosti.

One of the streets in Orenburg is also named after Alexander Prokhorenko. A memorial plaque in honor of the hero was installed on the building of the barracks where he lived.

It was decided to perpetuate the memory of the deceased officer in Chechnya - in early September, a street located in the Leninsky district of Grozny was renamed in his honor.

But the main memory of the deceased will remain in the family of Prokhorenko himself - 4 months after his death, Alexander's widow gave birth to a daughter, Violetta.

Thanks from France

The highest state award - the star of the Hero of Russia - became the main, but not the only one for the Prokhorenko family. The hero received an unexpected and symbolic gift from France. Several French families, as a sign of gratitude and support, decided to give the relatives of the deceased pilot the awards that were kept in their families as relics. Micheline and Jean-Claude Magee handed over to the officer's parents Alexander and Natalya Prokhorenko, as well as his brother Ivan, the Order of the Legion of Honor and the Military Cross with a palm branch, which were kept in their family.

The school where Anton Erygin, who died in Syria, studied, remembers him as a reliableVoronezh resident Anton Erygin died in May from severe injuries received as a result of shelling by militants while escorting cars from the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in the Syrian province of Homs.

Jean-Claude Mage said that he learned about the feat of the Russian soldier who caused fire on himself from the Internet, but the French media did not report this. “This man died a hero, and we are very proud of him. We want to give you our family awards. Of course, this can be said to have little official significance, this is a personal gesture,” the Frenchman said during the award ceremony.

In addition, the Mage family gave the parents of the deceased officer commemorative medals from the city of Flamersan, which read: "To the parents of a soldier of the armed forces who died a hero," as well as another Order of the Legion of Honor from another French citizen, Daniel Couture.

Another family, Flock, also donated the relics stored in the family to the family of a Russian officer. "I give my father's awards - this is the Order of the Legion of Honor, and other orders and medals - to the family of the hero Alexander Prokhorenko. When I learned about his feat, I immediately thought of my father - he also fought, he was also very young, but he was lucky stay alive. I am doing this in order to honor the memory of the hero who, in the fight against terrorism, accomplished not even a national, but a world-class feat," said Jean-Paul Flock.

He admitted that his decision to transfer the orders was also influenced by the idea that "the Russians paid a very high price in the fight against Nazism." Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the French for the unexpected and touching gesture and called them "the best ambassadors of the French people."

Erygin and Zhuravlev: killed while performing combat missions

Anton Erygin this spring, along with other colleagues, came under fire from militants while escorting cars from the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in the Syrian province of Homs. Anton was quickly taken to the hospital, where Russian military doctors fought for his life for two days, but could not save him. He was buried with military honors on May 12 in the cemetery of the village of Chertovitsy near Voronezh. For courage and courage shown in the performance of a combat mission, Anton Erygin awarded the order Courage posthumously.

Captain Fyodor Zhuravlev: school leader and favorite of girls became an officerRussian officer Fyodor Zhuravlev died on November 9, 2015 while performing a combat mission to coordinate air strikes by long-range strategic aviation of the Aerospace Forces against terrorist formations in Syria.

Residents of the village where Anton was born came up with a proposal to perpetuate the memory of the heroic countryman, and the authorities have already decided to name one of the streets in Chertovitsy in honor of Anton Erygin.

In addition, the city commission for cultural heritage decided to install a memorial plaque in the foyer of Lyceum No. 8 in Voronezh, where Erygin studied. The name of the hero will also appear on the list at the monument to the fallen Voronezh soldiers-internationalists.

Russian officer Fyodor Zhuravlev died on November 9, 2015 while performing a combat mission to coordinate air strikes by long-range strategic aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces against terrorist formations in Syria. Presidential Decree Russian Federation Vladimir Putin dated December 8, 2015, Captain Zhuravlev was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, posthumously. The officer, who died in the line of military duty at the age of 27, was buried in the Bryansk region on November 25 last year.

A memorial plaque in honor of the deceased hero has already been opened on the building of the school where he studied in the village of Paltso, Bryansk Region, and the school itself now bears his name.

Dolgin and Khabibullin: the last attack of aces pilots

Another commemorative plaque appeared on the wall of a school in the village of Sokolovy in memory of her student Yevgeny Dolgin. Pilots - Yevgeny Dolgin and Ryafagat Khabibullin died in Syria on July 8, repelling a terrorist attack near Palmyra.

As the Ministry of Defense later said, that day a large detachment of Islamic State militants attacked the positions of Syrian troops east of Palmyra. Having broken through the defense, the terrorists were able to capture the dominant heights. “At that time, Khabibullin and Dolgin flew over the Syrian Mi-25 helicopter. The commander of the crew, Khabibullin, decided to attack the terrorists. The terrorists’ offensive was thwarted by the competent actions of the Russian crew,” this is how the feat of Russian pilots is described in a few words.

Son of Colonel Khabibullin: "Father taught me never to give up"The eldest son of Colonel Ruslan Khabibullin told RIA Novosti about what the Russian military instructor pilot Ryafagat Khabibullin was like, about his love for the sky, which was passed on to children.

In the village of Vyazovy Gay Ulyanovsk region its native, ace pilot Ryafagat Khabibullin, is remembered as a kind and modest man who did not like to talk about his exploits and military operations in which he participated. But today, not only fellow countrymen and colleagues know about his feat and are proud of him.

Events in memory of the heroically deceased pilot, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the start of the Russian Aerospace Forces operation in Syria, will be held throughout the Ulyanovsk region. And on October 3, it is planned to open a memorial bas-relief in the village of Vyazovy Gay.

A memorial sign with the name of Ryafagat Khabibullin was previously installed in the regional center - the village of Staraya Kulatka, next to the monument to the soldiers who died in Chechnya and Afghanistan.

In the local local history museum. HA. Ablyazov organized an exhibition dedicated to the ace pilot. Among its exhibits are personal belongings of Khabibullin, which were donated by his widow for the exhibition.

Local authorities are preparing documents for renaming a street in the village of Vyazovy Gai in honor of the deceased pilot. It is assumed that this will be the street in front of the house where Khabibullin lived. Now it is called Komsomolskaya. The name of the pilot will also be given to the local school. According to RIA Novosti, the administration of the Starokulatsky district plans that the issue of renaming the street and the school will be resolved in November this year.

The government of the Ulyanovsk region reported that Ryafagat Khabibullin was wanted to be awarded the title of honorary citizen of the region. And in memory of Hibibullin, a football tournament will be held in the village. The villagers hope that military pilots, friends and colleagues of Ryafagat will come here to honor the memory of the hero.

Private Shevchenko, who died in Aleppo, "knew how to make friends and loved football"Nikita's class teacher Valentina Denisenko says that she remembered him as a smiling boy, but with a strong character, always ready to help.

Ryafagat Khabibullin was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (with swords), two Orders of Courage, the Order of Military Merit and the Order of Courage (Ulyanovsk Region).

Evgeny Dolgin was a native of the Saratov region, and recently lived in the Pskov region. The deceased pilot was buried in a cemetery in his native village of Sokolovy in the Saratov region. A memorial plaque was unveiled on the walls of his native school in the village of Sokolovy on September 3. The idea to install a commemorative plaque with the name of the deceased pilot on July 14 at a meeting with acting. Minister of the region - Chairman of the Committee of Public Relations and National Policy Artur Zabbarov was proposed by fellow villagers of Dolgin, representatives of public organizations, as well as the leadership of the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, which the soldier graduated from.

In addition, on August 12, a permanent exhibition dedicated to Dolgin and made up of his personal belongings and photographs, which were transferred to the museum fund by the family of a serviceman, opened at the Sokolovaya Gora Museum of History and Ethnography in Saratov's Victory Park.

Shirokopoyas, Shevchenko, Shelamov. Remember everyone by name

Junior Sergeant Shirokopoyas was wounded in the first half of May in the province of Aleppo. Military doctors promptly provided medical care, he was taken to a military clinical hospital in Moscow by a special aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In the message of the Russian military department, it is reported that the best doctors of the Main Military Clinical Hospital named after M.V. N.N. Burdenko, but the injury was incompatible with life. The soldier was posthumously presented to the Order of Courage.

35-year-old Mikhail was buried in Seryshevo, Amur Region, on June 11 with military honors. The junior sergeant is survived by his wife, 13-year-old daughter, parents and sister.

In the park near the regional museum of local lore on the Alley of Memory, where at different times photographs of Amur residents appeared - Heroes Soviet Union, those who died in Chechnya and Afghanistan, at the request of the command of the 35th Army, a memorial plaque with a portrait of Shirokopoyas was erected.

The death of Private Nikita Shevchenko in the Syrian province of Aleppo became known on July 22. According to an official statement from the Russian Defense Ministry, Shevchenko was driving an escort car for a convoy carrying food and water for local residents. At the entrance to the settlement next to the car, an improvised explosive device planted by militants went off. Doctors fought for the life of the seriously wounded Shevchenko, but they failed to save him.

Mikhail Shirokopoyas, who died in Syria, proved that he is worthy of the memory of his grandfatherFulfillment of military duty was a family trait for Mikhail Shirokopoyas, who was mortally wounded in the Syrian province of Aleppo. He proved that he is worthy of the memory of his grandfather, who fought on the Kursk Bulge, Oksana, the widow of the deceased, believes.

Nikita Shevchenko was buried at home - in Birobidzhan. As a local school teacher said, many people came to Nikita's funeral - not only relatives and those who knew him personally, but also residents of the city. Nikita Shevchenko presented to the state award posthumously.

According to the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry, on August 1, in the province of Idlib, a Russian Mi-8 military transport helicopter was shot down as a result of shelling from the ground. He was returning to the Khmeimim air base after delivering humanitarian aid to the city of Aleppo. On board the helicopter were three crew members and two officers of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria. According to preliminary data, they all died. Among the dead was a 29-year-old graduate of the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, Senior Lieutenant Oleg Shelamov, who was born in the city of Torzhok, Tver Region and graduated there high school №5.

Cases of the death of Russian military personnel during the operation of the Aerospace Forces in SyriaOn September 30, 2015, at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia began to carry out airstrikes on terrorist targets in Syria. In March 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to withdraw most of the Russian Aerospace Forces in connection with the successful completion of tasks.

But, probably, the most important memorable gift for the orphaned family of Alexander was made by entrepreneurs from Yalta. Having learned that Alexander wanted to someday move his family to the Crimea, they helped the hero's family to fulfill his dream: they gave his widow and child an apartment in the village of Gurzuf.

"This is a modest contribution of Crimeans and Yalta residents in particular to reward the hero. The apartment is located in a new house under construction in Gurzuf," the Yalta administration explained.

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That four Russian servicemen were killed in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor as a result of militant fire. According to the military department, the battle took place at night - the artillery battery of the Syrian government forces was attacked by several mobile groups of terrorists. As a result, two Russian military advisers who controlled the fire of the battery died on the spot. Another five soldiers were injured and were taken to a Russian hospital, where two of them died, despite the efforts of doctors.

According to official publications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and representatives of the Russian regional authorities, during the military operation in Syria, which began on September 30, 2015, as a result of military operations, 43 Russian servicemen (taking into account those who died during the battle, which was reported on May 27). In addition, non-combat losses were recorded - 50 military personnel. Of the non-combat losses 49 account for aviation accidents, another one is suicide (on October 27, 2015, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that a technical specialist, contract serviceman Vadim Kostenko committed suicide at the Khmeimim airbase).

What is known about the soldiers killed in Syria - in the TASS material.

Fedor Zhuravlev

He died on November 19, 2015 while performing a combat mission in Syria.
The officer ensured the guidance of air-launched cruise missiles at the positions of the terrorists, the details of his death are unknown.
The loss was officially confirmed on March 17, 2016 at .
A school near Bryansk was named after a Russian officer who died in Syria. He was buried in his native village, where his mother now lives.

Oleg Peshkov

On November 24, 2015, a Su-24M front-line bomber (tail number "83 white", registration number RF-90932) of the Special Aviation Group of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria was shot down by an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter of the Turkish Air Force in Syrian airspace.
The pilots managed to eject, fire was opened on them from the ground, the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov, died.

According to the Turkish side, the bomber was shot down due to violation of the air border of this country. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation denied the fact that the Su-24M was in Turkish airspace.
The navigator of the downed bomber, Captain Konstantin Murakhtin, was rescued by special forces of the Russian Armed Forces and the Syrian army. awarded the Order of Courage.
On November 25, 2015, by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov was posthumously awarded
The name of the Hero of Russia is immortalized on a memorial plaque in the village of Kosikha near Barnaul, where he was born and raised. The memorial to "Countrymen who died in local conflicts", where his name is listed, is located on the Alley of Heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
The head of the Altai Territory, Alexander Karlin, said that three monthly nominal scholarships named after the Hero of Russia Oleg Peshkov have been established in the region for students at the Altai boarding school with initial flight training named after. Hero of the Soviet Union K.G. Pavlyukov.
The name of the pilot will be assigned new school Lipetsk №100. An aviation museum will be created in it.
On June 12, a monument to Oleg Peshkov was unveiled in the Amur region.

Alexander Pozynich

On November 24, 2015, helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off in search of the pilots of the downed Su-24M bomber, during the operation one of them (Mi-8AMTSh) was damaged by shelling from the ground. On board, a marine contract soldier, sailor Alexander Pozynich, died.
The helicopter made an emergency landing on neutral territory, the crew and personnel of the search and rescue group were evacuated, the aircraft itself was later destroyed by mortar fire from the territory controlled by the armed formations.
Sailor Alexander Pozynich (posthumously) was awarded the Order of Courage.
Pozynich was buried in the Alley military glory hometown Novocherkassk.
Memorial plaques in memory of the Su-24M bomber commander Oleg Peshkov and Marine Alexander Pozynich, who died in Syria, were installed on the Amur federal highway (Chita-Khabarovsk) near the village of Vozzhaevka, Amur Region.

Saving his comrades, Alexander Mikhailovich defended the country, city, family. He fully fulfilled his duty, giving his life for peace and tranquility. It was decided that school No. 11 in the city of Novocherkassk, where Pozynich studied, will be named after him

Vasily Golubev

Governor of the Rostov Region

Ivan Cheremisin

On February 1, 2016, as a result of a mortar attack by IS terrorists on one of the formations of the Syrian army, Russian military adviser Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Cheremisin was mortally wounded.
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the officer performed the tasks of assisting the Syrian army in the development of new weapons supplied under existing interstate contracts for military-technical cooperation.
For the first time, Ivan Cheremisin officially became known on March 17, 2016 at the awards ceremony for the participants in the operation.
The soldier was posthumously nominated for a state award.

Alexander Prokhorenko

Senior Lieutenant Seal special operations Alexander Prokhorenko died on March 24, 2016 in the area of the village of Tadmor (Palmyra, Homs province) while carrying out the task of directing Russian aircraft strikes at the targets of ISIS terrorists.

According to a representative of the Russian Khmeimim base in Syria, "the serviceman died heroically, causing fire on himself, after he was discovered by terrorists and surrounded."
On April 11, 2016, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
The authorities of Orenburg decided to name one of the streets of the city after Prokhorenko.
Prokhorenko was born on June 22, 1990 in the Orenburg region in a working-class family. In 2007 with silver medal graduated from the Gorodetsk secondary general education school, entered the Orenburg Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile School, in 2008, due to the closure of the school, he was transferred to the Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, from which he graduated with honors.

Andrey Okladnikov and Viktor Pankov

On April 12, 2016, while performing flights in the area of Homs, a Mi-28N helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed.
Both crew members - commander Andrey Okladnikov and navigator Viktor Pankov - were killed.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, "there was no fire impact on the helicopter", the cause of the crash was a pilot error.

Anton Erygin

On May 11, 2016, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the death of Russian sergeant Anton Erygin in Syria.
On May 5, he was seriously injured in the Syrian province of Homs while performing tasks to escort cars of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties and died in the hospital two days later.
On May 12, the serviceman was buried in a cemetery in the Voronezh village of Chertovitsy.
Posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Andrey Timoshenkov

On June 15, 2016, in the province of Homs, Andrei Timoshenkov, a serviceman guarding a humanitarian convoy of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, prevented a car filled with explosives from breaking through to the place of distribution of humanitarian aid.
In the explosion of a suicide-driven car, Timoshenkov received an injury incompatible with life and died on June 16.
Posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Mikhail Shirokopoyas

On June 16, 2016, the death of junior sergeant Mikhail Shirokopoyas was officially confirmed.
He was sent to Syria in April 2016, and a month later he was injured as a result of a mine explosion in the province of Aleppo.
The serviceman underwent an operation in Moscow, but he died on June 7 at the Main Military Clinical Hospital. N.N. Burdenko.
Posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Ryafagat Khabibullin and Evgeny Dolgin

On July 8, 2016, in the Syrian province of Homs, Russian instructor pilots flew over a Syrian Mi-25 helicopter (export version of the Mi-24) with ammunition.
Having broken through the defenses east of Palmyra, a large detachment of IS militants attacked the positions of the Syrian troops and rapidly advanced deep into the area.
The crew of the Mi-25 decided to attack the terrorists. Having used up ammunition, the helicopter, while turning back, was hit by fire from the ground and fell in an area controlled by the Syrian government army.
Both crew members were killed - pilot Colonel Ryafagat Khabibullin and pilot-operator Lieutenant Evgeny Dolgin.
Military personnel presented to high state awards posthumously.

Nikita Shevchenko

On July 22, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that contract serviceman Nikita Shevchenko died as a result of an improvised explosive device planted by militants at the entrance to a settlement in the province of Aleppo.
Shevchenko accompanied a convoy with food and water for local residents.
He was presented to the state award posthumously.

Three crew members of the Mi-8AMTSh helicopter and two officers

On August 1, in the Syrian province of Idlib, a Russian Mi-8AMTSh helicopter was shot down as a result of shelling from the ground.
He was returning to the Khmeimim airbase after delivering humanitarian aid to Aleppo.
On board were three crew members and two officers of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, all of whom died.

Asker Bizhoev

On August 12, it became known that while performing a combat mission on May 19, Major Asker Bizhoev died heroically in Syria.
By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. The award was presented to his parents. The head of the republic, Yuri Kokov, wrote about this on his official Instagram page.

Nadezhda Durachenko and Galina Mikhailova

On December 5, "opposition" militants fired on the medical campus of the mobile hospital of the Ministry of Defense in Aleppo, Syria.
As a result of a direct hit by a mine in the emergency department, two Russian servicemen-medics, Nadezhda Durachenko and Galina Mikhailova, were killed, and pediatrician Vadim Arsentiev, a pediatrician, was seriously injured.
The hospital came under artillery fire from 12.21 to 12.30 Moscow time. Local residents who came to see doctors suffered.

Ruslan Galitsky

On December 7, 2016, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that a colonel of the Russian Armed Forces died in the hospital, who was injured in the Syrian Aleppo during the shelling of one of the residential areas of the western part of the city by the "opposition" militants.
The colonel performed tasks in Syria as part of a group of Russian military advisers.
Ruslan Galitsky was posthumously presented by the command for a high state award.

Four servicemen

On February 20, 2017, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on February 16 in Syria, as a result of a car explosion on a radio-controlled landmine, four Russian servicemen were killed and two were injured.
The car with military advisers as part of the column followed from the Tiyas airfield area in the direction of the city of Homs.

Artem Gorbunov

On March 6, it became known that an ordinary contract serviceman died on March 2 in the Palmyra region while repelling an attempt to break through the IS militants (banned in the Russian Federation) to the positions of the Syrian troops, where Russian military advisers were located.
The command of the private was presented to the state award posthumously.

Two servicemen

On April 11, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the death of two Russian contract servicemen in Syria as a result of a mortar attack on militants.
According to the department, another soldier was seriously injured.
The military personnel are presented by the command for state awards.

Sergey Bordov

On April 20, it became known about the death of Russian military adviser Major Sergei Bordov in Syria.
He died as a result of an attack by militants on a military garrison of government troops.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the officer was part of a group of Russian military advisers, performing tasks in training one of the units of the Syrian troops. During the battle, he, having prevented the terrorists from breaking into a residential town, was mortally wounded.
The command was presented to the state award posthumously.

Alexey Buchelnikov

On May 2, 2017, it became known about the death of a Russian military adviser, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Buchelnikov, in Syria.
He was engaged in the training of personnel of the artillery units of the Syrian troops.
During a combat training session, a Syrian unit came under fire from a militant sniper, as a result of which Lieutenant Colonel Buchelnikov was mortally wounded.

Nikolay Afanasov

On July 11, 2017, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in the Syrian province of Hama, a Russian soldier, Captain Nikolai Afanasov, was killed as a result of a mortar attack by militants on a town of Syrian government troops.
He was in the Syrian Arab Republic as part of the apparatus of Russian military advisers, performing the tasks of training personnel of the Syrian ground forces.
Captain Afanasov was posthumously presented by the command for a state award.

Two contract soldiers

On September 4, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the death in Syria of two Russian servicemen under the contract.
Soldiers escorted a motorcade of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties, which came under mortar fire from militants.
The military personnel are presented by the command for state awards.

Valery Asapov

On September 24, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Lieutenant General Valery Asapov, the senior of a group of Russian military advisers in Syria, died near the city of Deir ez-Zor as a result of a mortar attack by Islamic State terrorists (IG, an organization banned in the Russian Federation).
The serviceman was presented by the command for a high state award posthumously.

Valery Fedyanin

On October 1, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in the Main Military Clinical Hospital. Academician N.N. Burdenko in Moscow, Colonel Valery Fedyanin died from severe wounds received in Syria.
He organized the delivery of humanitarian aid by the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties to one of settlements in the province of Hama.
The colonel was injured on September 22, when terrorists blew up a land mine under the car in which he was following.
According to the military department, doctors fought to the last for Fedyanin's life, but they failed to save him.

Yuri Medvedkov and Yuri Kopylov

On October 10, 2017, at the Khmeimim air base, a Su-24M front-line bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces, while taking off to perform a combat mission, rolled out of the runway and collapsed.
The crew of the aircraft (pilot and navigator) did not have time to eject and died. According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the cause of the disaster could be a technical malfunction of the machine.

Two Mi-24 helicopter pilots

On December 31, 2017, a Mi-24 combat helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed 15 km from the Hama airfield in Syria. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, both pilots died as a result of a hard landing.
The flight engineer of the helicopter was injured and was promptly evacuated by a search and rescue team to the Khmeimim airfield, where he was provided with the necessary medical assistance.
The Russian military department reported that the cause of the disaster was a technical malfunction, "there was no fire impact on the Mi-24."

Mortar attack at the airbase

On December 31, 2017, two Russian servicemen died as a result of a sudden mortar attack on the Khmeimim air base, carried out by a mobile sabotage group of militants.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published an official message about the incident on January 4, 2018.
According to media reports, one of the dead was Renat Gimadiyev, whose funeral took place on January 5 near the village. Matveevka near Khabarovsk.

Roman Filipov

On February 3, 2018, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that a Su-25 attack aircraft (tail number "06 blue", registration number RF-95486) crashed while flying over the Idlib de-escalation zone.

The pilot, Major Roman Filipov, managed to report on the ejection in the area controlled by militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization (banned in the Russian Federation).
On the ground, Filipov fought an unequal battle with standard weapons, keeping the militants out. After being surrounded by terrorists, being seriously wounded, when the distance to the militants was reduced to several tens of meters, the Russian officer blew himself up with a grenade.

According to media reports, the car with tail number 52 was part of the 33rd separate transport mixed air regiment (Levashovo airfield) of the 6th Leningrad Red Banner Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District.
An-26 operated a flight on the route Qvayres airbase (Aleppo) - Khmeimim. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the aircraft collided with the ground, about 500 meters short of the runway. As a result, 39 servicemen were killed - six crew members and 33 passengers, including a major general, 26 officers, ensigns and contractors. There were no civilians on board.
According to preliminary information, a technical malfunction could become the cause of the crash. The Ministry of Defense clarified that "according to the report from the spot, there was no fire impact on the aircraft," and the weather conditions for the landing approach "were simple."

Su-30SM pilots

On May 3, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Su-30SM fighter of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, while climbing after takeoff from the Khmeimim airfield, crashed over the Mediterranean Sea.
According to the Russian military department, both pilots were killed. According to preliminary data, the cause of the disaster could be a bird getting into the engine.

The crew of the Ka-52

On May 7, it became known that the day before, during a planned flight over the eastern regions of Syria, a multi-purpose attack helicopter Ka-52 of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed.
The Russian military department reported that both pilots were killed. The search and rescue team delivered their bodies to the home airfield.
According to preliminary information, a technical malfunction could become the cause of the incident.

Vadim Kostenko. Non-combat loss

On October 27, 2015, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the death of a technical specialist, contract serviceman Vadim Kostenko, who committed suicide at the Khmeimim airbase.
According to the military department, the cause of death of the 19-year-old contract soldier was suicide "during off-duty time due to unfavorable personal circumstances that the soldier had outside the unit."

The material was prepared according to "TASS-Dossier".

Our military in Syria accomplished a feat. For about two days they held back the terrorists, who were almost 20 times more. And they forced them to retreat, ending this battle themselves without loss. Details became known today, May 10. There are not many of them, but they are from the participants in the operation, which is strictly classified.

Only names and titles. No call signs, no surnames, no details by which it would be possible to identify the officers, this is the main condition for interviews with journalists. All four from the Special Operations Forces - an elite unit Russian army, and, judging by the order bars, all with a rich track record. One of the officers, for example, has the Order of Courage, two medals "For Combat Distinction", an award "For Military Valor".

The Special Operations Forces is a unique unit. Combination combat experience, the latest weapons and equipment, fine calculation and dedication. Their forte is sabotage and reconnaissance operations. They are where the enemy least expects a strike. In Syria, this unit is used for reconnaissance and targeting aviation.

On that day, the officers say, everything was as usual - they secretly went to the front line in the province of Aleppo, entrenched themselves, began to transmit the coordinates of the targets, when militants suddenly attacked them.

“Massive shelling of our positions began, Grad installations, artillery, mortars, tank shelling were used,” the soldier said.

It was a real fiery flurry, the military recalls. Due to internal inconsistency in actions, the Syrian units withdrew. The commander of our group had a few seconds to make a decision.

“Due to the fact that the terrain, shelters made it possible to fight and this piece of terrain had strategic importance, we took up defense and took the fight. We repulsed the first attack, there were still three or four attacks during the day, ”the officer said.

“The density of the fire was high, but, as they say, it’s scary only in the first minutes, and then it’s already a banal routine,” another soldier said.

16 of our fighters held back the onslaught of about 300 fighters for almost two days. Precise fire destroyed an enemy tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and a so-called "shahid-mobile" stuffed with explosives with a suicide bomber inside.

“Ahead is an armored bulldozer, followed by an infantry fighting vehicle stuffed with explosives. The operator of the first missile hit the infantry fighting vehicle, the explosion was very strong, as a result, the bulldozer ahead was out of order, ”said the military man.

The losses among the militants were so serious that after a dozen unsuccessful attacks they retreated. There are no losses among us. After inspecting the battlefield, it turned out that they were terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra, banned in our country, most likely professional mercenaries.

“They were very carefully equipped, everything was imported - property, all medicine was imported, clothing was imported, and up to black military personnel. And how they behaved on the battlefield showed that they were well prepared,” the officer said.

“GoPro on their heads, on helmets. Apparently, reports are being submitted somewhere about the work done, ”the military man noted.

“We have a good advantage in armament and well-trained guys who are not afraid. We fought and clearly fulfilled the tasks set by me, only thanks to these factors it turned out that we came out without losses, ”the officer said.

After a business trip to Syria, the officers received a short vacation, and their dream came true - they visited the Parade in honor of Victory Day on Red Square. Vladimir Putin also spoke about the feat of the Russian military today on May 9 at the Victory Parade in Moscow:

“We feel a blood, piercing kinship with the generation of heroes and winners, and, addressing them, I will say: you will never be ashamed of us. The Russian, Russian soldier, even today, as at all times, showing courage and heroism, is ready for any feat, for any sacrifice for the sake of his homeland, for the sake of his people.

At the Ministry of Defense building on Frunzenskaya Embankment, the military laid flowers at the monument to the heroes of the cult film "Officers" - the sculptural composition recreates one of the key scenes dedicated to the continuity of military generations. Two comrades meet after a long separation. They are saluted by the grandson of one of them - a cadet of the Suvorov Military School.

All servicemen of the Special Operations Forces, who distinguished themselves in battle in the province of Aleppo, are presented with high state awards. Group commander - to the title of Hero of Russia.

On the submission of the Ministry of Defense, the president wrote: “I agree. I'll give it to you personally."

09:13 17.04.2016

Surrounded by terrorists of ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), a special operations officer called fire on himself. He destroyed the terrorists, but he died himself ... In the Western press, he was called the Russian Rambo, comparing with the hero from the American action movie, when one, against all odds, is a warrior. Brave, fearless, fair. It turned out to be a guy from the Orenburg hinterland - Alexander Prokhorenko. With an appearance far from the image of a Hollywood superman.

Surrounded by ISIS terrorists (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), an officer of the Special Operations Forces called fire on himself. He destroyed the terrorists, but he died himself ... In the Western press, he was called the Russian Rambo, comparing with the hero from the American action movie, when one, against all odds, is a warrior. Brave, fearless, fair. It turned out to be a guy from the Orenburg hinterland - Alexander Prokhorenko. With an appearance far from the image of a Hollywood superman. On March 31, the head of the Main Operational Directorate reported on the special operation in Syria General Staff RF Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy. Special Operations Forces officer Alexander Prokhorenko died two weeks earlier. He never learned what an important role he played in the liberation of Palmyra. Ancient city located in the central part of Syria. From there, roads open to Damascus, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor. By the beginning of March, more than 4,000 militants, up to 25 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, over 20 cannon and rocket artillery units, about 100 ATGM systems, and more than 50 pickup trucks with heavy weapons settled near Palmyra. This is not counting mortars and small arms, trucks filled with explosives, zombified suicide bombers... During the entire operation, Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft attacked only identified terrorist targets. Two rocket launchers According to the military, the militants camouflage some objects well. Not everything is visible from the air. Therefore, scouts and gunners are thrown into the lair of the enemy. For a whole week, the ISIS did not know peace. They were bombed so hard that the work of the saboteurs was noticed. The game of cat and mouse has begun. The terrorists threw their best forces into it. Having found a Russian officer, they attacked. The way back was cut off by heavy fire. Help was nowhere to be found. Alexander Prokhorenko found himself in a dense ring of encirclement ... - During special operations in Chechnya, we were given two rocket launchers, - recalls Igor Yakovlev, a special forces officer of the Orenburg SOBR (surname changed. - Ed.). - One of them fired green, which meant "one's own." The other gave red in the air. It was already perceived as "foreign". That is, only two signals to attract aircraft. Of course, no one wanted to be captured. In the worst case scenario, they fired back to the last bullet. And if the horn ended, they entered into hand-to-hand combat. Being captured was considered equal to a death sentence - they did not spare the captives. The same is true in Syria. I understand the fighter very well. ISIS would never have left him alive...From March 7 to March 27, the Russian Aerospace Forces completed about 500 sorties. More than 2,000 targeted air strikes have been carried out against ISIS terrorists. On a tip from the ground, the planes smashed the militant bridgeheads and artillery to pieces at all commanding heights. They cut off the terrorists from the supply of fuel and ammunition from neighboring Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. On March 23, units of the Syrian army again went on the offensive. Four days later, full control was established over Palmyra. "We don't know anything!" In the homeland of Sasha Prokhorenko, in the Russian outback (Gorodki village, Orenburg region), they know about the war in distant Syria only from TV screens. But the pain of Sasha's parents, who lost their beloved son, was perceived by the villagers as a personal grief. In a village of 600 inhabitants, everyone knows each other and remembers very well the guy who used to play ball with the neighbor's children as a child... To find out about Alexander, we went to Gorodoki. The road to the regional center is normal, but to the village - a bumpy dirt road. About 10 kilometers it winds between birches and hills. The Cossack village Gorodki is just located at the end of a long grove. - Can you tell me where Prokhorenko's house is? - we are interested in the first passer-by. - Yes, there he is, on the outskirts, - the man waved his hand. Brick house, silver-painted gate. There is not a soul in the street, even the dogs do not bark. We knock on the door. Useless. We want to leave, but suddenly it opens. The owner is laconic, immediately invites to the house. - Come in, since you came from afar. The conversation is unlikely to succeed ... The room is bright. It is cozy and warm in it. Photo of Alexander Prokhorenko - in the most prominent place. Next to the portrait are icons, a wax candle burns. Sasha's mother Natalya Leonidovna is in a black scarf, she cries all the time. We get the number of "Komsomolskaya Pravda". We show a note about the feat of a Russian officer. Father incredulously takes the newspaper in his hands, flipping nervously, putting on his glasses. He reads fluently and eagerly. “The military reported the death of his son without details, we don’t know anything,” says Alexander, the elder. - I will only say one thing - this is a heavy loss for us ... Soul - to God, heart - to a woman, duty - to the Fatherland, honor - to no one! This is an old Cossack motto. Alexander Prokhorenko - Jr. followed him from childhood. He chose the career of an officer while still a schoolboy. Studied mostly excellent. He was fond of exact disciplines, pressed on physical education. IN free time helping parents or walking with friends. Fortunately, the village of Gorodki, where Sasha was born and raised, is friendly. People don't just know each other. Families are connected by long-term Cossack traditions. Here they sacredly honor the testaments of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers. - For us, he was Prokh, - friends of Alexander Prokhorenko say. - Fair, decent, kind. He graduated from school in 2007 with a silver medal. With an excellent certificate he entered the Smolensk military academy air defense. - He studied easily, graduated with honors, - recalls a friend of the hero Eugene. - All the inhabitants of the village were happy for him. By the way, his younger brother Vanya is also in Smolensk. He is 19, he is studying in the second year of the same military alma mater. - Sasha's wife's name is Katya, - they reported in the Gorodetsky village council. You can't even imagine how happy he was! He loved his wife very much, took care of her, made expensive gifts. They even look similar to him. "Aren't you brother and sister?" - they joked at their wedding ... - We had a hero in our village who died while fulfilling an international duty in Afghanistan, - recalls a local resident Natalya, wiping her tears. - Now the whole world has learned about Gorodok because of the heroic death of Sasha. Sasha's dad, our best mechanic, took it all painfully. He was among our front line workers, and Sasha's mother works as a cleaner in the village administration. They don’t communicate with anyone now. “You understand, until Sasha’s body is buried, we would not like to talk about him,” one of the teachers says. - The time will come - we'll tell you everything. Let's have a memorial evening. In our school museum, there is a cap that Sasha left for his brother. Alexander graduated from school 9 years ago, in 2007, with a silver medal. The guy was not only very smart, but also very athletic. He skillfully played rounders, was distinguished by endurance, in cross-country shoes he invariably came first. Will do anything for the family This was stated by the governor of the Orenburg region Yuri Berg. On March 30, he visited the parents of Alexander Prokhorenko: he personally expressed his condolences, inquired about the problems. The grief of the family cannot be expressed in words, - said Yuri Alexandrovich, returning. - The hero's parents received words of support on behalf of all residents of the Orenburg region. After all, Alexander gave his life, causing fire on himself. Together we mourn the death of our countryman, his name will forever remain in our hearts. The memory of Alexander Prokhorenko, a simple Orenburg guy who gave his life for life on earth, will be immortalized, - said Yuri Berg. - A street in Orenburg will be named after the hero.