1. I wanted to write about the heroes of very recent times, namely the first and second Chechen wars. It was possible to compile a small list of Russian heroes of the Chechen war, each surname is a life, a feat, a destiny.

   Officially, those events were called "measures to maintain constitutional order" and "combat operations to repel the incursion of militants into Dagestan and eliminate terrorists on the territory of the Chechen Republic." One hundred and seventy-five people in the first and three hundred and five - in the second Chechen wars, soldiers and officers received the title of Heroes of the Russian Federation, many posthumously.

   Heroes of Russia in the Chechen war list

   Ponomarev Victor Alexandrovich, 1961-1994

   He became the first official Hero of Russia in the First Chechen War. Born in the village of Yelan, Volgograd Region. He served first in Belarus, then - in 1993 he was transferred to Russia.

   In the photo, Viktor with colleagues in Belarus

   In December 1994, heavy fighting was going on on the outskirts of Grozny. Formations of federal troops met fierce resistance from militants and suffered losses on the outskirts of the city. In order to ensure the advancement of the troops, a reconnaissance battalion was assigned to the lead detachment, in which Viktor Ponomarev served. The group was entrusted with an important task - to capture and hold the bridge over the Sunzha River until the approach of the main group of troops. The group held the bridge for about a day. General Lev Rokhlin came to the fighters, but Viktor Ponomarev convinced the general to leave this place and go to shelter. The Dudayevites, whose detachment had a significant numerical superiority, went on the attack. Ponomarev realized that it would not be possible to hold the bridge and ordered the group to retreat. And he himself with Sergeant Arabadzhiev remained to cover their withdrawal. The sergeant was wounded, and ensign Ponomarev carried out a wounded comrade under fire. But from a shell that exploded nearby, the commander was seriously injured, but at the same time continued to retreat. When the forces were running out, and the fragments of the shells were literally exploding underfoot, Viktor Ponomarev covered the wounded sergeant Arabadzhiev with his body, thereby saving the soldier's life ... Reinforcements that soon arrived drove the militants out of this area. The movement of the column of Russian military forces to Grozny was secured.

   Akhpashev Igor Nikolaevich, 1969-1995

   Born in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the Republic of Khakassia. In the service in the Armed Forces of the USSR - since 1982, studied at the same time, graduated from the Kazan Tank School, with honors, since 1992 he has already commanded a tank platoon, and since 1994 - a tank company as part of the Siberian Military District, in the Kemerovo region.

   When the first Chechen war began, everything turned out so that the combat capability of our army was at a relatively low level; combat forces were collected and sent from all over the country to be sent to the North Caucasus. And already on the spot they organized joint units, where, for obvious reasons, there was often no coordinated and clear interaction between commanders and personal staff. Add here not the newest equipment and, most importantly, the difficult political and economic situation in the country at a turning point in history. And it was then that our people, however, as always, showed courage and heroism. The exploits of soldiers in Chechnya are striking in terms of the level of concentration of forces and courage.

   In January 1995, tankers under the command of senior lieutenant Akhpashev covered motorized rifle units and knocked out militants from fortifications in a city battle in Grozny. The key position of the militants was the building of the Council of Ministers of Chechnya. Igor Akhpashev, using fire and tactical actions, broke through to the building on his tank, destroyed the main firing points of the militants, and provided the way for the landing group and motorized riflemen. But with a shot from a grenade launcher, the militants stopped the course of the combat vehicle, the Dudaevites surrounded the tank. Akhpashev continued the fight in a burning tank and died like a hero - the ammunition detonated.

   For the courage and heroism shown during the performance of the special task, Guards Senior Lieutenant Igor Vladimirovich Akhpashev was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, posthumously.
   Every year, hand-to-hand combat competitions named after Akhpashev are held in Khakassia, and a memorial plaque has been installed at the school he graduated from.

   Lais Alexander Viktorovich, 1982-2001

   Private reconnaissance regiment of the airborne troops. Born in Altai, in the city of Gorno-Altaisk. He was called up for military service and served in airborne troops in Kubinka near Moscow. In 2001, the unit where Alexander served was sent to the Chechen Republic, the Second Chechen War was going on. Private Lays spent only seven days in the combat zone and died heroically.

   In August 2001, the airborne patrol searched for bandits who were attacking columns of federal troops in an organized manner. The gang was found in an ambush near one of the Chechen villages. It was possible to quickly eliminate the leader of the gang, but the organized patrol of the paratroopers was divided into separate groups by return fire from the militants. A fight ensued. Lays was next to the commander of the patrol, covering him during the correction of fire. Noticing the aiming sniper, Alexander Lays covered the commander with his body. The bullet hit the throat, Private Lays continued to fire and destroyed the sniper who wounded him, he himself fell unconscious and died from severe internal bleeding. And a few minutes later, the militants, having lost five members of their gang killed, retreated ...

   For courage and heroism during the counter-terrorist operation in conditions with a risk to life, in 2002, Private Alexander Viktorovich Lais received the title of Hero of Russia, posthumously.

   Alexander Lays was buried at home. The name of the Hero is the school in the Altai village where he studied.

   Lebedev Alexander Vladislavovich, 1977-2000

   Senior reconnaissance officer of the reconnaissance company of the airborne forces. Born in the Pskov region, grew up without a mother, father raised three children. After nine classes, he went to work with his father on a fishing ship. Before being drafted into the army, he worked on a collective farm. During his military service, he was part of the peacekeeping forces in Yugoslavia for a year and a half, and was awarded medals for his service. After the end of military service, he remained to serve in his division under a contract.

   In February 2000, the reconnaissance group, which included Alexander, advanced to positions in the Shatoi region of Chechnya. The scouts had to engage in battle near Hill 776 with a large group of militants coming out of the Argun Gorge. The militants refused to offer to lay down their arms. Already wounded, Alexander carried the wounded commander out of the fire, firing from a machine gun. The cartridges ran out, the grenades remained ... Having waited for the militants to come closer, Alexander rushed at them with the last remaining grenade.

   For courage and bravery in the liquidation of illegal armed formations of the guard, Corporal Alexander Vladislavovich Lebedev was awarded the title of Hero of Russia, posthumously.
   The Hero was buried in the city of Pskov.

   The feat of the 6th company of the Pskov paratroopers, in which Lebedev served, is what is called "inscribed in history."

   Twenty-two Pskov paratroopers received the title of Hero of Russia, twenty-one of them - posthumously ...

   Commemorative plaque:
   
   

2. I will continue....

   Heroes of the Chechen War

   Bochenkov Mikhail Vladislavovich, 1975-2000

   Reconnaissance Commander. Born in 1975 in Uzbekistan, graduated from the Leningrad Suvorov School, then, with honors - Leningrad Higher Combined Arms command school. Since 1999, he took part in the hostilities in Chechnya and Dagestan.

   In February 2000, as part of one of the four reconnaissance groups, Mikhail went on a mission to conduct reconnaissance in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bestablished heights to prevent a surprise attack by militants on formations motorized rifle regiment. Bochenkov's group, having discovered a large gang of the enemy, entered into battle with them and broke through to the designated height. The next day, Bochenkov's group was forced to fight again, coming to the aid of their comrades, and was defeated by a powerful fire strike. It was a tragic day for the GRU special forces. In just one day, more than thirty fighters were killed, including the entire group led by Mikhail Bochenkov. At the same time, the reconnaissance group defended itself until the ammunition ran out. Already in last minutes life, the mortally wounded captain Bochenkov himself covered another wounded scout with his body.

   For the courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty, Captain Mikhail Vladislavovich Bochenkov was awarded the title of Hero of Russia, posthumously. Two servicemen who died in that battle were also awarded the title of Hero of Russia. And twenty-two servicemen were awarded the Order of Courage, all posthumously.

   Dneprovsky Andrey Vladimirovich, 1971-1995

   The commander of the naval intelligence unit of a separate special forces company of the Pacific Fleet, ensign, Russian, was born in the family of an officer in North Ossetia. He traveled a lot with his family to his father's places of service. In 1989 he entered military service in the Pacific Fleet. Even during military service, he tried to enter a military school, but did not pass the medical examination because of his eyesight. But he graduated from the school of ensigns of the Pacific Fleet. He received excellent training, went in for sports a lot and was not deprived of natural data - a hero under two meters tall.

   During the first Chechen war, the best military units from all over the country were sent to the mountains. In 1995, a regiment of Pacific Marines arrived in Chechnya, in which Ensign Dneprovsky served. The tasks of the units were to capture prisoners, conduct military reconnaissance, block the paths of militant detachments, and direct artillery and aviation strikes. Ensign Dneprovsky's unit was "happy", brave and courageous servicemen returned from all assignments even without injuries. The militants even appointed a monetary reward for the "head" of Dneprovsky.

   In March 1995, scouts led by Dneprovsky discovered a fortification of militants on a dominant height. The unit managed to stealthily get close to them, Dneprovsky personally "removed" two sentry militants, and the reconnaissance detachment took the height with a fight. The Dudaevites fiercely defended themselves, using the built pillboxes and bunkers. The battle was almost over when Andrey Dneprovskiy was killed by a sniper's bullet that had landed from one of their bunkers...

   This battle ended in victory, ensign Dneprovsky was the only one killed on our side. But luck still did not turn away from the subordinates of the brave and courageous commander, they all returned alive from that war ...

   For his courage and heroism in the performance of military duty, Andrei Vladimirovich Dneprovsky was awarded the title of Hero of Russia, posthumously.
   The hero is forever enrolled in the lists of the regiment marines Pacific Fleet. A school in Vladikavkaz, where he studied, was named after Dneprovsky, and a memorial plaque was installed on the house where he lived.

   Russkikh Leonid Valentinovich, 1973-2002

   Senior Lieutenant of Police. Was born in Novosibirsk region. After military service in the border troops, he entered the police service. He served in the PPS company in Novosibirsk. Six times during his service he went on business trips to the combat zone in the North Caucasus.

   During his last business trip in September 2002, returning from a successful operation in one of the regions of Chechnya, he and his comrades in a UAZ car were ambushed by militants. There was an explosion, Russkikh was immediately wounded, however, he returned fire. Then Leonid Russkikh knocked out the jammed door of the car with a butt, and under fire from the militants, the wounded himself helped other servicemen get out of the burning car, saved five, covered their retreat with machine gun fire. At the same time, he was wounded again, died in this battle from a sniper's bullet. And the militants, having lost four of their dead, retreated ...

   For the courage and heroism shown in the performance of his official duty, senior warrant officer Leonid Valentinovich Russkikh received the title of Hero of Russia. He was buried in his native Novosibirsk. A memorial plaque was installed at the school where the Hero of the Russians studied.

   Rybak Alexey Leonidovich, 1969-2000

   Police major. Born in the family of a border guard officer in the village of Kamen-Rybolov, Primorsky Krai. Successfully graduated from the Far East Higher Command School. He retired from the army in 1999 and joined the internal affairs bodies. As part of consolidated detachment RUBOP went on a business trip to the Chechen Republic.

   Already in one of the first battles to eliminate a very large gang of militants R. Gelaev, Major Rybak showed himself to be a courageous and experienced officer. A group of Sobrovites remained in the open area, without cover. It was necessary to make a decision without delay, and then the commander decided to go on the attack on the militants, which actually stunned them. As a result, the Sobrovites escaped from this area without loss and joined with the main forces. Major Rybak in this battle severely dislocated his leg, but remained in the ranks.

   In another battle, a brave officer took the place of a completely inexperienced tanker and covered the advancing attack aircraft with fire for several hours.

   In March 2000, Major Rybak was appointed commander of the barrier on the path of the militants, the barrier took up positions in the house, and a group of more than a hundred militants went to break through. The fighters accepted the battle, shot at the approaching fighters point-blank. The militants also fired from machine guns, grenade launchers, a Shmel flamethrower. A group of servicemen fired back all night and did not allow the enemy to advance further. By morning, the militants, having received several dozen people killed, began to retreat. A pursuit ensued, during which Major Rybak was mortally wounded...

   For the courage and heroism shown in the counter-terrorist operation, police major Alexei Leonidovich Rybak received the title of Hero of Russia, posthumously.
   He was buried in Vladivostok, at the Marine Cemetery. And in the school where the Hero Alexey Rybak studied, his bust and a memorial plaque were installed.

   Maidanov Nikolai (Kairgeldy) Sainovich, 1956-2000

   Senior pilot, commander of a transport and combat helicopter regiment. Born in Western Kazakhstan, in large family. Before the army, he worked at an elevator, at a brick factory. After completing military service, he entered the Higher Aviation School in Saratov. Nikolai Maidanov took part in the fighting in Afghanistan in the eighties. There, in Afghanistan, the young pilot Maidanov began to use special tactics for taking off helicopters.

   The fact is, Mi-8 helicopters high in the mountains had problems with control during takeoff. Maidanov used an "aircraft" accelerating technique for a helicopter, and, as it were, riskily threw the flying machine down. This gave the result: in a quick “fall”, the helicopter propeller spun and made it possible for the car to pick up speed and take off. This tactic saved the lives of many soldiers. They said that if Maidanov pilots the helicopter, everyone will remain alive.

   Already after afghan war Nikolai Maidanov continued his studies and graduated from the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy. In 1999-2000, he took part in the fighting in the North Caucasus as a commander of a helicopter regiment.
   In January 2000, the helicopter of the regiment commander Maidanov, as part of the link, conducted reconnaissance of the area and the landing of paratroopers on one of the heights. Suddenly, heavy machine guns opened fire on the helicopters. Experienced helicopter pilots led by Colonel Maidanov took their combat vehicles out of the shelling, saved the lives of the paratroopers and the helicopters themselves. But one of the bullets, breaking through the glass of the cockpit of the commander's helicopter, turned out to be fatal for Nikolai Maidanov.
   Nikolai Sainovich Maidanov in 2000 received the title of Hero of Russia posthumously. The Hero was buried at the Serafimovsky cemetery in the city of St. Petersburg. On the building of the flight school in Saratov, on the house in the village of Monino in the Moscow region and on the house in the village of Agalatovo (where the Hero lived), commemorative plaques were installed.

   Last edit: Feb 12, 2017

3. Tamgin Vladimir Alexandrovich, 1974-2000

   Junior inspector of the linear police department of Khabarovsk airport. Born in Ukraine, in Kiev region. Served in military service Far East. After he entered the police service at the airport of the city of Khabarovsk. As part of a combined detachment from the Far Eastern Department of Internal Affairs, he was sent to Chechnya.

   In January 2000, a group of several policemen and a motorized rifle platoon guarded a bridge across the stormy mountain river Argun. Suddenly, explosions began from the side of the railway station, our forces there requested reinforcements. Policeman Vladimir Tamgin led a group that moved to the rescue in a tank. The road was very difficult, all in sharp turns. Behind one of them, the group ran into an ambush of militants. A blow from a grenade launcher immediately damaged the tank, it could no longer shoot and caught fire. The wounded members of the group left the combat vehicle, crawled away, and fired back. The forces were not equal: first, one machine gun fell silent, then another ... The militants took those who were shooting back into the ring. Fortified behind large stones, individual members of the group defended themselves for about an hour, rarely fired, saving ammunition. With this, a group of policemen, practically blocking the road, gave time and helped the servicemen to stand at the station. It was a terrible battle - a scattering of shells, craters from grenades, snow in the blood ... Later, a militant captured near Argun told how our soldiers defended themselves near a burning tank. And as the last of the survivors, Vladimir Tamgin, when the cartridges ran out, all bloody, with a knife in his hand, he rushed into the last fight with the militants ... The militant said that he was terrible and brave, like a bear, this Russian.

   Vladimir Alexandrovich Tamgin was buried in Khabarovsk, at the Central Cemetery. He received the title of Hero of Russia in 2000, posthumously.

   Heroes of Russia posthumously - Chechnya

   I wrote only about some of the Heroes, all of them were awarded a high title posthumously. All of them are my contemporaries and could, like me and the rest, live, love, work, raise children. And the children of these strong-willed people would be strong too. But this is how their life turned out. I will not argue about what they fought for and who needed it. Each of them, in a certain situation, when duty, honor, friendship, love for the Motherland were at stake, did not get scared and did not hide. For me, all of them, first of all, are men capable of action, strong and courageous, able to protect their mothers, children, their land. It is either there or not. We need to talk more about them and their exploits to a new generation of boys.

   When I wrote this material, I alternately felt pain for young lives cut short, then pride that these men are my contemporaries, residents of my country, brave and strong people.

   And, finally, I will write about the living Hero of Russia, who took part in the hostilities in the North Caucasus at that very recent time.

   Dmitry Vorobyov - hero of Russia, feat of the commander of a reconnaissance regiment

   
   Dmitry Vorobyov - senior lieutenant of the guard. Born in Uzbekistan, in Tashkent. Graduated from the Omsk Higher Command combined arms school. Served in Volgograd in a separate motorized rifle brigade. Participated in hostilities in Dagestan against militants who had broken through there from Chechnya.

   In October 1999, as the commander of his motorized rifle platoon and the attached airborne unit, he captured a strategic object - a bridge across the Terek River. The troops secretly advanced from the rear of the militants, but they found themselves on the terrain cleared of vegetation, and a battle ensued. And already from attacking motorized riflemen and paratroopers became defenders, moreover, in unfavorable positions. Meanwhile, reinforcements approached the militants. The most difficult battle lasted for about a day. Commander Dmitry Vorobyov showed his subordinates an example of courage and courage. For some time it was possible to fight back with the support of artillery. At night, ammunition began to run out, the situation became critical, the militants launched another attack. And then the commander decided to break through to the bridge with the group. A powerful volley of artillery introduced the militants into temporary confusion, Vorobyov raised his fighters to attack. As a result of such bold tactical actions, it was possible to gain a foothold on the bridge before reinforcements arrived.

   For courage and heroism in the performance of military duty, Dmitry Alksandrovich Vorobyov received the title of Hero of Russia. The Hero lives in the Hero City of Volgograd.

On the eve of the anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, I want to raise the issue of the heroes of the Chechen people.
On choice and the consequences of choice. About who they look up to and from whom they take an example ...

Let's not pay attention to rhetoric and piitika, but let's rely on logic and facts.
So,
who are the heroes and who are the "heroes" of the Chechen people?
How do they differ from each other?
Here are some examples:

Khanpasha Nuradilovich Nuradilov - hero Soviet Union

Born on July 6, 1924 in the village of Yaryksu-Aukh, after the death of his parents, he and his brothers were sheltered by distant relatives from the village of Minai-Tugay (now the village of Gamiyakh Novolaksky district Dagestan). Chechen by nationality.

During World War II, he served as commander of a machine-gun platoon of the 5th Guards Cavalry Division. In the first battle near the village of Zakharovka, Nuradilov, remaining one of his crew, being wounded, stopped the advance of the German troops, destroying 120 Wehrmacht servicemen from his machine gun. In January 1942, during an attack near the village of Tolstoy, Nuradilov moved forward with his machine gun, clearing the way for the infantry. In this battle, he destroyed 50 Germans and suppressed 4 enemy machine guns. For this feat he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and he was awarded the rank of sergeant. In February 1942, during the battles for locality Shigry Nuradilov's calculation failed, wounded in the arm, he remained behind the machine gun and destroyed up to 200 Germans. In the spring of 1942, after one of the battles during the attack on the village of Bayrak, the squadron commander personally counted 300 German soldiers who were killed by the Nuradilov machine gun. For this feat, Khanpasha was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

During Battle of Stalingrad in September 1942, during the fighting near the city of Serafimovich, Stalingrad region, Nuradilov commanded a machine-gun platoon. Seriously wounded, he left no military weapons, having destroyed 250 Germans and 2 machine guns. He died in this battle on September 12, 1942.

On October 21, 1942, a material dedicated to Nuradilov was published in the front-line newspaper "Red Army". The newspaper said: "The valiant knight of our Motherland. The immortal hero of the Caucasus, the son of the sun, the eagle of eagles, the fighter Khanpasha Nuradilov, who killed nine hundred and twenty (920) enemies."

Abukhadzhi (Abukhazhi) Idrisov - Hero of the Soviet Union

Born on May 17, 1918 in the village of Berdykel (now the village of Komsomolskoye, Grozny region of the Chechen Republic) in a peasant family. Chechen.

Graduated primary school. He worked as a shepherd on a collective farm Soviet Russia". In October 1939 he was drafted into the Red Army. He served in the 125th Infantry Division, which was located near the western borders of the country in the Baltic. He received the specialty of a machine gunner.

Member of the Great Patriotic War from the first day. As part of the regiment with battles, he retreated to the east. In July 1941, his division took up defensive positions on the Pskov-Veliky Luki line between the lakes Ilmen and Seliger. Machine gunner Idrisov, together with fellow soldiers, fought off the daily attacks of the Nazis, rushing to Leningrad. During these battles, Idrisov became a sniper.

In his pillbox, he arranged a special nest for the machine gun, leaving a narrow slot in the direction of the enemy, but with a wide view. Behind a short time with single shots from a machine gun, he destroyed 22 Nazis. The command became aware of this, and the machine gunner was transferred to snipers.

Soon his name became known to the entire North-Western Front. Newspapers wrote about the sniper Idrisov, he was invited to help in other sectors of the front. In October 1942, as part of a group of snipers, he was transferred to one of the most difficult sectors of the front, where an enemy attack was expected. When the offensive began, the snipers, hunting down officers in the first place, opened well-aimed fire. The infantrymen, with sniper support, repelled several fierce attacks. Idrisov himself destroyed about a hundred enemy soldiers and officers in 10 days of fighting.

“Idrisov was waiting. He sat motionless all day. He was drawn to sleep, his eyes stuck together, he wanted to move his numb arms and legs, but it was impossible to move. The German did the same. But he couldn't resist. He still moved and it was his mistake. Bullet Idrisov found a sniper ... "

By April 1943, 309 fascists were killed by sniper Idrisov, which was confirmed in the political report of the 370th rifle division, in which he then served. After breaking through the blockade of Leningrad, the brave sniper, together with his comrades-in-arms, participated in the liberation of cities and villages in the Pskov region and the Baltic states. By March 1944, he already had 349 destroyed Nazis on his account, and he was introduced to the title of Hero. In one of the battles in April 1944, Irisov was wounded by a fragment of a mine that exploded nearby, covered with earth. Comrades unearthed him in an unconscious state, and sent him to the hospital.

In 1944, a front-line military exhibition was opened in the city of Mozovetsk. In one of its halls, Idrisov was assigned a whole stand. His sniper rifle, photographs were exhibited on it, and under them was the inscription: "The glorious son of the Chechen people, Hero of the Soviet Union Abuhazhi Idrisov destroyed more than three hundred German fascists."

He spent four months in a hospital in the city of Gorky. After recovery, as a special settler, a representative of the deported people, he lived in Kazakhstan: first in Alma-Ata, then in the Taldy-Kurgan region. Worked in agriculture, continued to engage in sheep breeding.

In 1957 he returned to Chechnya. Before last days lived and worked in his native village. Member of the CPSU since 1962.
Died October 22, 1983.
(Glory to Allah, or God, that he did not live to see Gorbachev's shame)

Khasan Israilov - hero of the Hitler Reich

Khasan Israilov, known under the pseudonym "Terloev" in 1929, joined the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks at the age of 19 and in the same year entered the Komvuz in Rostov-on-Don. In 1933, to continue his studies, Israilov was sent to Moscow to the Communist University of the Workers of the East. In 1935 he was arrested under Art. 58-10 part 2 and 95 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and sentenced to 5 years in the camps, but already in 1937 he was released. Returning to Chechnya, he worked as a lawyer in the Shatoevsky district. After the start of the Great Patriotic War, Khasan Israilov and his brother Hussein developed a stormy activity in preparation for a general uprising of the Chechens. They created numerous battle groups.

Initially, the uprising was scheduled for the autumn of 1941 (and not for the winter of 1940, as Avtorkhanov lies) and was supposed to be timed to coincide with the approach of German troops to the borders of the republic. However, Hitler's blitzkrieg failed, and the date for the start of the rebellion was postponed to January 10, 1942.
But due to the lack of a clear connection between the rebel cells, it was not possible to postpone the uprising. A unified action did not take place, resulting in scattered premature actions of individual Chechen groups. On October 21, 1941, residents of the Khilokhoy farm in the Galanchozhsky district plundered the collective farm and offered armed resistance to the task force trying to restore order. A detachment of 40 people was sent to the area to arrest the instigators. However, his commander made a fatal mistake by dividing his people into two groups.

The first of them was surrounded by rebels, disarmed and shot. The second began to retreat, was surrounded in the village of Galanchozh and was also disarmed. The performance of the Chechens was suppressed only after the introduction of large forces. About a week later, an uprising broke out in the village of Borzoi, Shatoevsky district. The crowd that had gathered there disarmed the police, defeated the village council and plundered the collective farm cattle. With the rebels from the surrounding villages who joined, the Borzoevs tried to resist the approaching NKVD task force, however, unable to withstand its blow, the Chechens scattered through the forests and gorges.
Israilov actively engaged in party building. He built his organization on the principle of armed detachments by districts. On January 28, 1942, at an illegal meeting in Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz), Israilov established the "Special Party of the Arms of the OPKB - the deportation of the Chechen Caucasian brothers" (OPKB). Its program provided for "the creation in the Caucasus of a free fraternal Federal Republic states of the fraternal peoples of the Caucasus under the mandate German Empire».
To better cater to the tastes of the German masters, Israilov renamed his organization the National Socialist Party of Caucasian Brothers (NSPKB). Its number soon reached 5,000 people. Another large anti-Soviet grouping in Checheno-Ingushetia was the Chechen-Mountain National Socialist Underground Organization, created in November 1941.

Sheripov, Mayrbek Dzhemaldinovich - the hero of the Hitler Reich

The younger brother of the famous commander of the so-called "Chechen Red Army" Aslanbek Sheripov, who was killed in September 1919 in a battle with Denikin, was a member of the CPSU (b), was also arrested for anti-Soviet propaganda in 1938, and in 1939 he was released for lack of evidence of guilt and soon appointed Chairman of the Forestry Council of the Chi ASSR.

In the autumn of 1941, he united gang leaders, deserters, fugitive criminals from Shatoevsky, Cheberloevsky and part of the Itum-Kalinsky districts around him, established contacts with religious and teip authorities, trying to provoke an armed uprising. Sheripov's main base was in the Shatoevsky district. Sheripov repeatedly changed the name of his organization: the Society for the Salvation of the Mountaineers, the Union of Liberated Mountaineers, the Chechen-Ingush Union of Mountain Nationalists, and, finally, the Chechen-Mountain National Socialist Underground Organization.

After the front approached the borders of the Chechen Republic, in August 1942 Sheripov got in touch with the inspirer of a number of past uprisings, an associate of Imam Gotsinsky, Dzhavotkhan Murtazaliev, who had been in an illegal position since 1925. Taking advantage of his authority, he managed to raise a major uprising in the Itum-Kalinsky and Shatoevsky regions. It began in the village of Dzumskaya. Having defeated the village council and the board of the collective farm, Sheripov led the bandits to the center of the Shatoevsky district - the village of Khimoy. On August 17, Khimoy was taken, Chechen rebels destroyed party and Soviet institutions, and the local population looted their property.

The capture of the regional center was successful thanks to the betrayal of the head of the department for combating banditry of the NKVD of the Chi ASSR, the Ingush Idris Aliyev, who was associated with Sheripov. A day before the attack, he withdrew from Himoy the task force and the military unit guarding the regional center. The rebels, led by Sheripov, went to capture the regional center of Itum-Kale, along the way joining their fellow countrymen. One and a half thousand Chechens surrounded Itum-Kale on August 20, but they could not take it. A small garrison repulsed all their attacks, and two companies that approached put the Chechen rebels to flight. The defeated Sheripov tried to unite with Israilov, but on November 7, 1942 he was killed by state security officers.
Let me remind you: the summer of 1942 - on August 6, units of the German 1st Panzer Army took Armavir and continued the offensive in the direction of Maykop. To prevent the enemy from breaking through to Tuapse and preventing the encirclement of troops in the Kuban, the Soviet command organized the defense of this direction with the forces of the 12th, 18th armies and the 17th Cossack cavalry corps. During four days there were battles on the rivers Kuban, Belaya, Laba. August 10 German troops took Maykop and continued the offensive on Tuapse.

This is the difference between the essence of the true and false heroes of the people.
Traitors, on the orders of the Fuhrer, beating their brothers (the same Chechens) in the back. fighting at the front and drawing into their showdowns not only their families, but also the families of other Chechens.
And the Heroes, fighting against a strong enemy and defending their own and other people's families, from enslavement and destruction.

I note, for connoisseurs of "let's live together" that accepting them indiscriminately is schizophrenia, because they fought for different things and their goals were absolutely opposite.

This is confirmed, for example, by the fact that in the Gorbachev USSR and Yeltsin's Russia, within the framework of the war with history, even among the Chechens, the names of the heroes who fought for the Chechen people to grow, develop and become an example for the peoples around them, have been tabooed for the last 30 years.

But on the "heroes" who sought to transfer their people to the service of the owners, on the contrary, carte blanche was issued. And it was them who were advertised and praised in every possible way. And along with their "exploits" they praised the consequences of these exploits - prison and exile.
Moreover, it would be fine if they themselves sat down or were sent away, but they pulled the whole people with them.

Let me explain: since the teip system for the survival of childbirth involves helping any of the members of this clan (within the clan, it only looks at who you are, and not at what you have done in relation to others), then help is obligatory.
What is the term for helping a criminal commit a crime? Correctly! Complicity in the commission of a crime.
And it doesn’t matter for the state that a member of the clan simply helped him with food or told him where the police and the NKVD troops are located - according to the law, he is an accomplice. And subject to criminal prosecution under the law, like the offender himself.
And here we observe the great HUMANISM of the Soviet state in relation to Chechen people. If they were tried according to the law, then, in fact, ALL the male part of the population of Chechnya should have been imprisoned under the article "banditry" and for crimes against statehood.

The consequences would be simple: children are sent to orphanages where they are brought up in the right spirit, the female part of the population, also in accordance with the law, or to a zone for 10-20 years or into exile (without children). And the people, the people are disappearing, because after 20 years in prison, the children will become adults and brought up in a completely different way, and the older generation will become too old to pass on the traditions of their people.

The Chechen people are disappearing.

It would be almost like the Polabian Slavs, from whom only surnames remained in the culture of Germany - Dönitz, von Bülow, von Verkhov or the last Prime Minister of the GDR Hans Modrow and the names of cities and localities - Berlin, aka Berlozhye or Brandenburg, aka Bran Bor .

So, we see two ways: either following the HEROES and then the people develop and become better. Or following the PSEUDO-HEROES who carry out other people's orders, and then the people first degrade, then become the slave of the masters chosen by these same pseudo-heroes for their people.

Not so long ago, we wrote about five daring feats of tankmen of the Great Patriotic War. But, as our readers rightly pointed out, in modern history There was no less heroism in Russia. Therefore, we continue the cycle of stories about tank heroes and their exploits.

Alexey Kozin: “I won’t leave the car!”

Evgeny Kapustin. Fight with an injured spine

In January 2000, Yevgeny Kapustin was seriously wounded in Grozny during street fighting. But, even having received a spinal injury, he did not leave the tank and continued to fight. Only after reinforcements approached was the tanker evacuated to the hospital. And this is not the only case when Eugene showed courage and courage in battle. During the assault on the villages of Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi in the Buynaksky district, a tanker killed more than ten militants with an accurate hit in the window of a house. For his courage in operations in the North Caucasus region, Yevgeny Kapustin received the well-deserved title of Hero Russian Federation.

Oleg Kaskov. When You Can't Lose

April 4, 1996 in Chechnya in the Vedeno region, a motorized rifle column with tank guards under the command of Senior Lieutenant Kaskov was ambushed. Oleg Kaskov was shell-shocked, the gunner and driver were seriously injured. It seemed that this battle was already lost. But, gathering his will into a fist, the senior lieutenant pulled the wounded out of the tank and gave them first aid. Then Kaskov put out the fire in the fighting compartment of the tank and, taking the place of the gunner, hit the most dangerous enemy position for the column with a direct hit. The tanker covered the exit of the column from the firing zone until the last shell. In 1997 for courage and heroism in carrying out special task Oleg Kaskov was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

Sergei Mylnikov. Unexpected Maneuver

On August 8, 2008, Sergeant Sergei Mylnikov was part of a Russian peacekeeping group that defended the Ossetian people from genocide. In a street fight in the capital South Ossetia Tskhinval, the crew of the T-72 under the command of Mylnikov destroyed 2 tanks and 3 light armored vehicles, thus the tankers provided a breakthrough to the encircled peacekeepers and saved them from destruction. But the fight didn't end there. Mylnikov kept the defense to the last, and only after the car received four direct hits, the crew left the tank. The ring of Georgian troops around the peacekeepers was shrinking. It was decided to retreat towards our troops. However, due to the fierce fire of the enemy, this was impossible. Then Sergeant Mylnikov returned to his damaged and unarmed tank and top speed moved towards the enemy. This unexpected maneuver did the trick. In a panic, the enemy scattered. This is what allowed the Russian peacekeeping battalion to break through to their own and take out the wounded and the dead.

Alexander Sinelnik. Enrolled forever

On February 21, 1995, the 3rd tank company under the command of Captain Sinelnik participated in the encirclement of Grozny and the capture of the dominant height in the Novye Promysla area. For 15 hours, the militants made furious attempts to shoot down motorized riflemen and tankers from a height. At the critical moment of the battle, Alexander Sinelnik led the armored group and, having called fire on himself, made it possible for the motorized riflemen to gain a foothold on their lines. 6 shots from a grenade launcher were fired at his tank, but the captain continued to fight. Being mortally wounded, Sinelnik ordered the crew to leave the burning car and brought the tank to a safe place.

Alexander Vladimirovich Sinelnik was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. By order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of April 4, 1999, he was forever enlisted in the lists of the 3rd tank company of the tank battalion of the 506th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment.

Sergei Yesterday. Life for the wounded

December 1, 1980. Afghanistan. After a fierce battle, a tank was allocated to help the wounded, which was driven by the driver Sergey Yesterday. While the fighters crawled, under heavy fire, took away the dead and wounded, Sergei's car covered them from aimed fire, maneuvering under enemy fire. Taking the BRDM with the wounded in tow, the tank went on a reverse breakthrough. It was getting dark. In order to better see the road and bring the wounded as soon as possible, Sergey opened the hatch of the tank. The tanker did not notice how one of the dushmans got close to the road and fired from a grenade launcher point-blank. The grenade hit the cannon of the car and exploded. No one was hurt inside the tank. Of the entire detachment, only one fighter died - the driver himself, Sergei Yesterday, who did the most to save the detachment.

Yuri Yakovlev. Hold on to the last

The grandson of the Soviet tanker, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Ivan Nikitich Yakovlev, Yuri continued the family tradition and, having graduated from the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School in 2002, entered the 503rd motorized rifle regiment permanent readiness of the North Caucasian Military District.

During the Ossetian events of August 2008, he was one of the first to advance towards the enemy at the head of a battalion tactical group. On the morning of August 9, Captain Yakovlev's advanced tank group entered Tskhinval, which was controlled by Georgian troops. Tankers managed to break through to the positions of the peacekeeping battalion Russian troops. From close range, maneuvering and exposing the frontal armor of the T-72, Yakovlev continued to fight. The tank held out until the withdrawal of Georgian troops from Tskhinvali. And this is after four direct hits! Yakovlev not only showed courage and courage in battle, but also skillfully commanded the unit: in his group, which consisted of four T-72s, only one vehicle was lost, and only one soldier was injured.

HEROES OF THE SOVIET UNION. (9 people):

Five Chechens received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War. Four participants of the Great Patriotic War were awarded the titles of Hero of the Soviet Union and Russia in the 80s and 90s.

During the Great Patriotic War (5 people):

Khanpasha Nuradilovich Nuradilov.The hero of the USSR. Member of the Battle of Stalingrad. Destroyed more than 900 German soldiers from a machine gun, destroyed 7 machine gun crews, captured 14 opponents. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 17, 1943, Nuradilov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Idrisov Abuhaji (Abukhazhi). By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944, for the exemplary performance of command assignments and the courage and heroism shown in battles with the German fascist invaders Senior Sergeant Idrisov Abuhaji was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 4739). Beibulatov Irbaykhan Adelkhanovich. Commanding a rifle battalion, in the battles for the city of Melitopol, I. Beibulatov showed an outstanding ability as a tactician in difficult conditions street fight. The battalion under his command repelled 19 enemy counterattacks and destroyed 7 tanks and more than 1,000 Nazis. Irbaykhan Beybulatov himself destroyed one tank and 18 enemy soldiers. In this battle, his brothers Magomed, Mahmud and Beisalt fought with him. By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 1, 1943, Irbaikhan Beibulatov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Magomed-Mirzoev. For courage and heroism, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 15, 1944, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Dachiev Khansultan Chapaevich. Ensign Soviet army, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944). By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 15, 1944, for "exemplary performance of the combat mission of the command in the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time," the Red Army soldier Khansultan Dachiev was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal "Number 3201. By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 24, 1955, Khansultan Dachiev was deprived of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but on August 21, 1985 he was reinstated in this title.

In the 80s - 90s (4 people):

Visaitov Mavlid (Movladi) Aleroevich. Commander of the 28th Guards Cavalry Regiment (6th Guards Cavalry Division, 2nd Belorussian Front) Guard Lieutenant Colonel. Hero of the Soviet Union (1986). Kanti Abdurakhmanov. Foreman of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Russian Federation (1996). Uzuev Magomed Yakhyaevich. Sergeant, defender Brest Fortress, Hero of Russia (1996) Magomed Yakhyaevich Uzuev. Magomed Uzuev heroically during the defense of the Brest Fortress - tied himself up with ammunition and with the words: “We will die, but we will not surrender!” - rushed into the midst of advancing enemies. For courage and heroism shown in the fight against German fascist invaders in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, Uzuev Magomed on February 19, 1996, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously). The name of Uzuev is carved on the memorial of the Brest Fortress among its other defenders. Umarov Movldi Abdul-Vahabovich. Hero of Russia. For the courage and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, Umarov M. A-B by order command of the troops of the Western Front was posthumously presented for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (18.02.43). However, the title was never awarded to him. After a long 53 years, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 16, 1996 No. Movldi Abdul-Vakhabovich Umarov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously.

HEROES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

Nineteen Chechens received the title of Hero of Russia during the first and second Chechen wars, ten of them (more than half) - posthumously.

Heroes of Russia (9 people):

Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov. Russian statesman and politician, head Chechen Republic, member of the Bureau of the Supreme Council of the party "United Russia", the son of the first president of the Chechen Republic. Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for his courage and heroism in the line of duty under conditions that risked his life. (December 29, 2004) Kakiev Said-Magomed Shamaevich. Hero of Russia. Member of the counter-terrorist operation in the Chechen Republic. In 2003-2007 - battalion commander special purpose"West" of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff armed forces Russia. Usamov Nurdin Danilbekovich. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation N 345 ​​dated March 21, 2003, Usamov Nurdin Danilbekovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for the courage and heroism shown in the performance of his official duty in conditions involving a risk to life. Yamadayev Ruslan Bekmirzaevich. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1004 of August 2, 2004, Ruslan Bekmirzaevich Yamadayev was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for his courage and heroism in the performance of his official duty under conditions that risked his life. Suleiman Bekmirzaevich Yamadayev. On April 30, 2005, Sulim was awarded the title "Hero of Russia", the award was held in July 2005 behind closed doors, the text of the decree was not published in the media Batsaev Ruslan Yurkievich. Police Lieutenant Colonel, Hero of the Russian Federation (2006). By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 1, 2006, for courage and heroism shown in the performance of his official duty, Lieutenant Colonel of Militia Ruslan Batsaev was posthumously awarded the high title of Hero of the Russian Federation. Daudov Magomed Khozhakhmedovich. Head of the administration of the head and government of the Chechen Republic. By decree of the President of Russia in July 2007, Magomed Daudov was awarded the title of Hero of Russia for his courage and heroism in the performance of his official duty. Delimkhanov Alibek Sultanovich. Colonel, commander of a military unit. By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 23, 2009, Alibek Sultanovich Delimkhanov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for his courage and heroism in the line of duty. Vakhit Abubakarovich Usmaev. Commander of Regiment No. 2 of the Special Purpose Police Patrol Service under the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Chechen Republic, Colonel. By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 7, 2010, for the courage and heroism shown in the line of duty, Colonel Usmaev Vakhit Abubakarovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Heroes of Russia - posthumously. (10 people):

Kadyrov Akhmad Abdulkhamidovich. On May 10, 2004, for the courage and heroism shown in the line of duty, the title of Hero of Russia was posthumously awarded to Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov, who died the day before. Yusup Mutushevich Elmurzaev. Hero of the Russian Federation. For courage and selflessness shown in the defense of the constitutional order and the establishment of law and order in the Chechen Republic, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 856 of June 11, 1996, Elmurzaev Yusup Mutushevich, the head of the administration of the Urus-Martan district of the Chechen Republic, was awarded the title of Hero of Russia (posthumously). Dangireev Mikhail Sultanovich. Staff Sergeant. Hero of the Russian Federation. Chechen. Since November 1999, Dangireev, as part of a group of federal troops, took part in the second Chechen war. The order to award Dangireev Mikhail Sultanovich the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously was signed on August 8, 2000. Tashukhadzhiev Magomed Saidievich. Chechen 15-year-old teenager who died in a battle with terrorists while protecting his family. Hero of Russia. On June 31, 2001, he was awarded the title of Hero of Russia posthumously. Baskhanov Rizvan Sharudievich. In September 2002, the title of hero was posthumously awarded to the inspector of the Grozny traffic police, junior sergeant Rizvan Baskhanov, who shielded his comrades from a grenade explosion in battle. Ahmed Gapurovich Zavgaev. Russian statesman. By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 11, 2002, for "courage and heroism shown in the performance of his official duty", Akhmed Zavgaev was posthumously awarded the high title of Hero of the Russian Federation Amir Zagaev. On May 8, 2003, the title of hero was posthumously awarded to the head of the administration of the Vedensky district, Amir Zagaev, who was killed by militants on August 5, 1996. Dzhabrail Yamadayev. Company commander special purpose. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 348 of March 22, 2003, for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty, Lieutenant Yamadayev Dzhabrail Bekmirzaevich was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation Gazimagomadov, Musa Denilbekovich. In 2003, the title of Hero of the Russian Federation was posthumously received by the commander of the OMON of the Chechen Interior Ministry, Lieutenant Colonel Musa Gazimagomadov. Lorsanov Saypuddin Sharpudinovich. Police major. Head of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny. For courage, heroism and selfless actions shown in the conduct of hostilities with illegal armed groups on the territory of the Chechen Republic, for a significant contribution to the fight against crime, terrorism and extremism, police major Lorsanov Saipuddin Sharpudinovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation (posthumously) .

Eternal glory to the heroes!!!

My father's heart sank in apprehension as he stepped out into the yard of the helicopter factory where he worked for a smoke break. Suddenly he saw two white swans flying in the sky with a mournful cooing. He thought about Dima. It became bad from a bad feeling. At that moment, his son Dmitry Petrov, together with his comrades, repelled the attacks of bandits led by Khattab and Shamil Basayev near the foot of Hill 776 near Ulus-Kert.

White swans in the March sky - harbingers of the death of Pskov paratroopers

On the day when the detachment of paratroopers advanced to the combat mission area, wet sticky snow began to fall, the weather was non-flying. And the terrain - continuous gullies, ravines, the mountain river Abazulgol and beech forest - prevented helicopters from landing. Therefore, the detachment moved on foot. They did not have time to reach the height when they were discovered by the bandits. The fight has begun. The paratroopers died one by one. They didn't wait for help. Commander-in-Chief Shamanov has already reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the war in Chechnya is over, all major bandit formations have been destroyed. The general hastened. The parents of the dead 84 Pskov paratroopers urgently demanded an independent investigation and punishment of the perpetrators who failed during the three days of the battle, from February 29 to March 1, 2000, to come to the aid of the dying company. 90 paratroopers fought against 2500 thousand bandits.

For this battle, 21 paratroopers received the Star of the Hero posthumously. Dima Petrov is one of them. The parents cherished the star like the apple of their eye. But they didn't save it. The thieves stole the relic. Local newspapers wrote about it. And a miracle happened. Even thieves have a heart. They tossed the award near the front door of the apartment.

A school in the city of Rostov-on-Don is named after the hero of Russia. In 2016, a memorial plaque was installed on the house where Dima studied at the Young Pilot club. There is no monument to the hero in the city.

The feat of the Orthodox spirit without official awards

In the narrow, dead gorge Khanchelak during the first Chechen war in 1995 Chechen fighters set up an ambush. The time to rescue is only 25 minutes or less. Russian helicopter pilots succeeded. But after a short battle, the comrades missed Alexander Voronov. He was sitting on an armored vehicle and, apparently, was shot down by a shock wave. They were looking for him. To no avail. Only blood on the stones. Sasha was captured. For three more days they searched for him in the surrounding villages. Not found. Five years have passed. The second Chechen war began in 2000. After the assault on the village of Utam-Kala, local residents told the special forces that they had a special pit (zindan) in their backyard. A Russian man is sitting there.

A miracle happened. When the fighters descended the wooden stairs into the seven-meter hole, they hardly recognized the bearded man in decayed camouflage dressed in burlap as their lost friend. He staggered. Was very weak. Special Forces soldier Sasha Voronov was alive. He fell to his knees, wept and kissed the free land. He was saved by an indestructible will to live and an Orthodox cross. He took it in his hands, kissed it, rolled pellets of clay and ate. His hands were cut with the knives of bandits. They practiced hand-to-hand combat techniques on it. Not everyone gets these tests. This is a real feat. The feat of the human spirit. Even without official awards.

Zhukov walked through the minefield

AT Argun Gorge reconnaissance group during the mission was ambushed. She could not tear herself away, having two seriously wounded in her arms. Lieutenant colonel of the North Caucasian military headquarters of the district Alexander Zhukov receives an order to rescue his comrades. It is not possible to land helicopters in a dense forest. Fighters are being lifted by winch. To help evacuate the remaining wounded, Zhukov descends on the winch. Mi-24s, which are designed to provide fire support, cannot fire - a volley can destroy their own.

Zhukov lowers the helicopter. It turns out. At 100 meters, the militants surround him and the remaining two fighters from three sides. Heavy fire. And captivity. The militants did not kill the fighters. After all, a captured officer of the district headquarters can be profitably redeemed. The tractor driver - the head of the militants - orders the prisoners not to feed and beat them methodically. He sells Colonel Zhukov to field commander Gelaev. The gang of which is surrounded in the area of ​​​​the village of Komsomolskoye. The area is mined. Gelayev orders the prisoners to go through the minefield. Alexander Zhukov was blown up by a mine, was seriously wounded and received the star of the Hero of Russia. Alive.

I did not attach the Star of the Hero to the front tunic

In 1995, in the area of ​​​​Minutka Square, dressed in uniform Airborne Chechen militants with short haircuts characteristic of paratroopers killed the local population. The alleged atrocities of Russian soldiers were filmed on cameras. This was reported to Ivan Babichev, the general of the united group "West". He gives the order to Colonel Vasily Nuzhny to neutralize the militants.

The right one twice visited Afghanistan, had military awards. The idea of ​​conferring the title of Hero of Russia had already been sent to him.

He and the soldiers began to clean up the ruins of houses. Found four militants. Surrounded. They were ordered to surrender. Suddenly, from the forks, shots were heard from other bandits who had sat in ambush. Vasily Nuzhny was wounded. Blood immediately appeared in the place on the chest where the golden star should have been hanging. He died almost immediately.

Tanya and 17 children were rescued by scouts

In the village of Bamut, 18 children were rescued by a reconnaissance platoon under the command of Sergeant Danila Blarneysky. Children were held hostage by militants in order to use them as human shields. Our scouts suddenly broke into the house and began to carry the children out. The bandits went berserk. They fired at their defenseless backs. The fighters fell, but under heavy fire they grabbed the children and ran to hide them under the saving stones. 27 soldiers were killed. The last rescued girl, Tanya Blank, was wounded in the leg. All other children survived. Danil was seriously wounded and did not receive the Hero of Russia star because he was discharged from the army. Instead of this well-deserved award, he puts on his tunic the Order of Courage.