HEROES OF THE SOVIET UNION. (9 people):
Five Chechens received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War. Four WWII participants 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. Hero of the Soviet Union. Participant in the Battle of Stalingrad. He destroyed more than 900 German soldiers with a machine gun, destroyed 7 machine gun crews, and captured 14 opponents. By 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 Abukhadzhi (Abukhazhi). By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 3, 1944, for the exemplary fulfillment of command assignments and the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, Senior Sergeant Idrisov Abukhadzhi was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 4739) .
Beybulatov Irbaikhan Adelkhanovich. Commanding a rifle battalion in the battles for the city of Melitopol, I. Beibulatov showed extraordinary ability as a tactician in difficult conditions of street combat. The battalion under his command repelled 19 enemy counterattacks and destroyed 7 tanks and more than 1,000 Nazis. Irbaikhan Beybulatov himself destroyed one tank and 18 enemy soldiers. His brothers Magomed, Mahmud and Beisalt fought with him in this battle. By 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 Hansultan Chapaevich. Junior lieutenant of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944). By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 15, 1944, for “the exemplary execution of the command’s combat mission in the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown,” Red Army soldier Hansultan Dachiev was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. "under number 3201. By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 24, 1955, Hansultan Dachiev was deprived of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but on August 21, 1985 he was restored to 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. Sergeant major of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Russian Federation (1996).
Uzuev Magomed Yakhyaevich. Sergeant, defender of the Brest Fortress, Hero of Russia (1996) Magomed Yakhyaevich Uzuev. Magomed Uzuev heroically in the defense of the Brest Fortress - tied himself with ammunition and with the words: “We will die, but we will not surrender!” - rushed into the thick of the advancing enemies. For the courage and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, Uzuev Magomed was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) on February 19, 1996 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation. The name of Uzuev is carved on the memorial of the Brest Fortress among its other defenders.
Umarov Movldi Abdul-Vakhabovich. Hero of Russia. For the courage and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, Umarov M. A-V, by order of the command of the troops of the Western Front, was posthumously nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (02/18/43).
However, he was never awarded the title. After 53 long years, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 16, 1996. 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 political figure, head of the Chechen Republic, member of the bureau of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party, son of the first president of the Chechen Republic. For the courage and heroism shown in the performance of official duty in conditions involving risk to life, Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. (December 29, 2004)
Kakiev Said-Magomed Shamaevich. Hero of Russia. Participant in the counter-terrorist operation in the Chechen Republic. In 2003-2007 - commander of the special-purpose battalion "West" of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
Usamov Nurdin Danilbekovich. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 345 of March 21, 2003, Nurdin Danilbekovich Usamov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for courage and heroism shown in the performance of official duty in conditions involving 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 courage and heroism shown in the performance of official duty in conditions involving risk to life.
Suleiman Bekmirzaevich Yamadayev. On April 30, 2005, Sulim was awarded the title “Hero of Russia”, the awarding took place 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 decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 1, 2006, for courage and heroism shown in the performance of official duty, police lieutenant colonel Ruslan Batsayev 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 the courage and heroism shown in the performance of his official duty.
Delimkhanov Alibek Sultanovich. Colonel, commander of a military unit. By 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 the courage and heroism shown in the performance of his official duty.
Vahit Abubakarovich Usmaev. Commander of Regiment No. 2 of the Special Purpose Police Patrol Service under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic, Colonel. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated July 7, 2010, Colonel Usmaev Vakhit Abubakarovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for the courage and heroism shown in the performance of his official duty.
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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 the President of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov, who died the day before.
Yusup Mutushevich Elmurzaev. Hero of the Russian Federation. For the courage and dedication shown in defending the constitutional system and establishing law and order in the Chechen Republic, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 856 dated June 11, 1996, Yusup Mutushevich Elmurzaev, 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. Senior 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 Mikhail Sultanovich Dangireev the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously was signed on August 8, 2000.
Tashukhadzhiev Magomed Saidievich. A Chechen 15-year-old teenager who died in battle with terrorists while defending 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 Grozny traffic police inspector junior sergeant Rizvan Baskhanov, who shielded his comrades from a grenade explosion in battle.
Akhmed Gapurovich Zavgaev. Russian statesman. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 11, 2002, for “courage and heroism shown in the performance of official duty,” Akhmed Zavgaev was posthumously awarded the high title of Hero of the Russian Federation
Amir Zagaev. On May 8, 2003, the head of the Vedeno district administration, Amir Zagaev, who was killed by militants on August 5, 1996, was posthumously awarded the title of hero.
Dzhabrail Yamadayev. Commander of a special purpose company. 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 riot police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya, 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 during combat operations 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 Saipuddin Sharpudinovich Lorsanov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation. .
Eternal glory to the heroes!!!
Outside the window is the 21st century. But despite this, military conflicts do not subside, including those involving the Russian army. Courage and valor, bravery and bravery are qualities characteristic of Russian soldiers. Therefore, the exploits of Russian soldiers and officers require separate and detailed coverage.
The exploits of Russian soldiers these days do not leave anyone indifferent. The first example of boundless courage is the tank crew led by Yuri Sulimenko.
The exploits of Russian soldiers of the tank battalion began in 1994. During the First Chechen War, Sulimenko acted as a crew commander. The team showed good results and in 1995 took an active part in the assault on Grozny. The tank battalion lost 2/3 of its personnel. However, the brave fighters led by Yuri did not flee from the battlefield, but went to the presidential palace.
Sulimenko's tank was surrounded by Dudayev's men. The team of fighters did not surrender; on the contrary, they began to conduct targeted fire at strategic targets. Despite the numerical superiority of the opponents, Yuri Sulimenko and his crew were able to inflict colossal losses on the militants.
The commander received dangerous wounds to his legs, burns to his body and face. Viktor Velichko, with the rank of sergeant major, was able to provide first aid to him in a burning tank, after which he carried him to a safe place. These exploits of Russian soldiers in Chechnya did not go unnoticed. The fighters were awarded the titles of Heroes of the Russian Federation.
Very often, the exploits of Russian soldiers and officers these days become publicly known after the death of their heroes. This is exactly what happened in the case of Yuri Igitov. The private was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously for performing a duty and a special task.
Yuri Sergeevich took part in the Chechen War. The private was 21 years old, but despite his youth, he showed courage and valor in the last seconds of his life. Igitov’s platoon was surrounded by Dudayev’s fighters. Most of the comrades died under numerous enemy shots. The brave private, at the cost of his life, covered the retreat of the surviving soldiers until the last bullet. When the enemy advanced, Yuri blew up a grenade without surrendering to the enemy.
The exploits of Russian soldiers these days cause boundless pride among fellow citizens, especially when it comes to young boys who gave their lives for the peaceful sky above their heads. Yevgeny Rodionov showed boundless heroism and unshakable faith in God, who, under threat of death, refused to remove his pectoral cross.
Young Evgeniy was called to serve in 1995. Permanent service took place in the North Caucasus, at the border point of Ingushetia and Chechnya. Together with his comrades, he joined the guard on February 13. Carrying out their direct task, the soldiers stopped an ambulance in which weapons were transported. After this, the privates were captured.
For about 100 days, the soldiers were subjected to torture, severe beatings and humiliation. Despite the unbearable pain and the threat of death, the soldiers did not remove their pectoral crosses. For this, Evgeniy’s head was cut off, and the rest of his colleagues were shot on the spot. For his martyrdom, Evgeniy Rodionov was awarded posthumously.
The exploits of Russian soldiers today are not only the heroic deeds of men, but also the incredible valor of Russian women. The sweet, fragile girl took part in two combat operations as a nurse during the First Chechen War. 1999 became the third test in Irina’s life.
August 31st became fatal. At risk for her own life, nurse Yanina saved more than 40 people by making three trips in an armored personnel carrier to the line of fire. Irina's fourth trip ended tragically. During the enemy counter-offensive, Yanina not only organized the lightning-fast loading of wounded soldiers, but also covered the retreat of her colleagues with machine gun fire.
Unfortunately for the girl, two grenades hit the armored personnel carrier. The nurse rushed to the aid of the wounded commander and 3rd private. Irina saved the young fighters from certain death, but did not have time to get out of the burning car herself. The armored personnel carrier's ammunition detonated.
For his valor and courage he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. Irina is the only woman who was awarded this title for operations in the North Caucasus.
The exploits of Russian soldiers these days are known not only in Russia. The story about Sergei Burnaev leaves no one indifferent. Brown - that’s what his comrades called the commander - was in the “Vityaz”, a special division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 2002, the detachment was sent to the city of Argun, where an underground weapons warehouse with numerous tunnels was discovered.
It was possible to reach the opponents only by going through an underground hole. Sergei Burnaev went first. The opponents opened fire on the fighter, who was able to answer the call of the militants in the darkness. The comrades were rushing to help, it was at that moment that Bury saw a grenade that was rolling towards the soldiers. Without hesitation, Sergei Burnaev covered the grenade with his body, thereby saving his colleagues from certain death.
For his accomplished feat, Sergei Burnaev was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. The school where he studied was open so that young people could remember the exploits of Russian soldiers and officers in our days. The parents were given a maroon beret in honor of the memory of the brave soldier.
The exploits of Russian soldiers and officers today become the best confirmation of the boundless courage of men in uniform. September 1, 2004 became a dark day in the history of North Ossetia and all of Russia. The seizure of the school in Beslan did not leave a single person indifferent. Andrei Turkin was no exception. The lieutenant took an active part in the operation to free the hostages.
At the very beginning of the rescue operation, he was wounded, but did not leave the school. Thanks to his professional skills, the lieutenant took an advantageous position in the dining room, where about 250 hostages were housed. The militants were eliminated, which increased the chances of a successful outcome of the operation.
However, a militant came to the aid of the terrorists with a detonated grenade. Turkin, without hesitation, rushed towards the bandit, holding the device between himself and the enemy. This action saved the lives of innocent children. The lieutenant posthumously became a Hero of the Russian Federation.
During ordinary everyday life of military service, exploits of Russian soldiers are also often performed. or battalion commander Solntse, in 2012, during an exercise, he became hostage to a situation, the way out of which was a real feat. Saving his soldiers from death, the battalion commander covered with his own body the activated grenade, which flew off the edge of the parapet. Thanks to Sergei’s dedication, tragedy was avoided. The battalion commander was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
Whatever the exploits of Russian soldiers these days, every person should remember the valor and courage of the army. Only the memory of the actions of each of these heroes is a reward for the courage that cost them their lives.
18-year-old Yakut Volodya from a distant deer camp was a sable hunter. It had to happen that I came to Yakutsk for salt and ammunition, and accidentally saw in the dining room on TV piles of corpses of Russian soldiers on the streets of Grozny, smoking tanks and some words about “Dudaev’s snipers.”
This got into Volodya’s head, so much so that the hunter returned to the camp, took his earned money, and sold the little gold he had found. He took his grandfather’s rifle and all the cartridges, put the icon of St. Nicholas the Saint in his bosom and went to fight.
It’s better not to remember how I was driving, how I sat in the bullpen, how many times my rifle was taken away. But, nevertheless, a month later the Yakut Volodya arrived in Grozny.
Volodya had only heard about one general who was regularly fighting in Chechnya, and he began to look for him in the February mudslide. Finally, the Yakut was lucky and reached the headquarters of General Rokhlin.
The only document besides his passport was a handwritten certificate from the military commissar stating that Vladimir Kolotov, a hunter by profession, was heading to war, signed by the military commissar. The piece of paper, which had become frayed on the road, had saved his life more than once.
Rokhlin, surprised that someone came to the war of his own free will, ordered the Yakut to be allowed to come to him.
Excuse me, please, are you that General Rokhlya? - Volodya asked respectfully.
Yes, I’m Rokhlin,” answered the tired general, who peered inquisitively at the short man, dressed in a frayed padded jacket, with a backpack and a rifle on his back.
I was told that you came to the war on your own. For what purpose, Kolotov?
I saw on TV how the Chechens were killing our people with snipers. I can't stand this, Comrade General. It's a shame, though. So I came to bring them down. You don't need money, you don't need anything. I, Comrade General Rokhlya, will go hunting at night myself. Let them show me the place where they will put the cartridges and food, and I will do the rest myself. If I get tired, I’ll come back in a week, sleep in the warmth for a day, and go again. You don't need a walkie-talkie or anything like that... it's hard.
Surprised, Rokhlin nodded his head.
Take, Volodya, at least a new SVDashka. Give him a rifle!
No need, Comrade General, I’m going out into the field with my scythe. Just give me some ammunition, I only have 30 left now...
So Volodya began his war, the sniper war.
He slept for a day in the headquarters cabins, despite the mine shelling and terrible artillery fire. I took ammunition, food, water and went on my first “hunt”. They forgot about him at headquarters.
Only reconnaissance regularly brought cartridges, food and, most importantly, water to the appointed place every three days. Each time I was convinced that the parcel had disappeared.
The first person to remember Volodya at the headquarters meeting was the “interceptor” radio operator.
Lev Yakovlevich, the “Czechs” are in panic on the radio. They say that the Russians, that is, we, have a certain black sniper who works at night, boldly walks through their territory and shamelessly cuts down their personnel. Maskhadov even put a price of 30 thousand dollars on his head.
His handwriting is like this - this fellow hits Chechens right in the eye. Why only by sight - the dog knows him...
And then the staff remembered about the Yakut Volodya.
He regularly takes food and ammunition from the cache,” the intelligence chief reported.
And so we didn’t exchange a word with him, we didn’t even see him even once. Well, how did he leave you on the other side...
One way or another, the report noted that our snipers also give their snipers a light. Because Volodin’s work gave such results - from 16 to 30 people were killed by the fisherman with a shot in the eye.
The Chechens figured out that the federals had a commercial hunter on Minutka Square. And since the main events of those terrible days took place in this square, a whole detachment of Chechen volunteers came out to catch the sniper.
Then, in February 1995, at Minutka, thanks to Rokhlin’s cunning plan, our troops had already reduced almost three quarters of the personnel of the so-called “Abkhaz” battalion of Shamil Basayev. Volodya’s Yakut carbine also played a significant role here. Basayev promised a golden Chechen star to anyone who would bring the body of a Russian sniper.
But the nights passed in unsuccessful searches. Five volunteers walked along the front line in search of Volodya’s “beds” and placed tripwires wherever he could appear in direct view of their positions. However, this was a time when groups from both sides broke through the enemy’s defenses and penetrated deeply into its territory. Sometimes it was so deep that there was no longer any chance to break out to our own people.
But Volodya slept during the day under the roofs and in the basements of houses. The corpses of Chechens - the night "work" of a sniper - were buried the next day.
Then, tired of losing 20 people every night, Basayev called from the reserves in the mountains a master of his craft, a teacher from the training camp for young shooters, the Arab sniper Abubakar. Volodya and Abubakar could not help but meet in a night battle, such are the laws of sniper warfare.
And they met two weeks later. More precisely, Abubakar hit Volodya with a drill rifle. A powerful bullet, which once killed Soviet paratroopers right through in Afghanistan at a distance of one and a half kilometers, pierced the padded jacket and slightly caught the arm, just below the shoulder. Volodya, feeling the rush of a hot wave of oozing blood, realized that the hunt had finally begun for him.
The buildings on the opposite side of the square, or rather their ruins, merged into a single line in Volodya's optics. “What flashed, the optics?” thought the hunter, and he knew cases when a sable saw a sight glinting in the sun and went away. The place he chose was located under the roof of a five-story residential building.
Snipers always like to be on top so they can see everything. And he lay under the roof - under a sheet of old tin, the wet snow rain, which kept coming and then stopping, did not wet it.
Abubakar tracked down Volodya only on the fifth night - he tracked him down by his pants. The fact is that the Yakuts had ordinary, cotton pants. This is an American camouflage, which was often worn by Chechens, impregnated with a special composition, in which the uniform was indistinctly visible in night vision devices, and the domestic uniform glowed with a bright light green light.
So Abubakar “identified” the Yakut into the powerful night optics of his “Bur”, custom-made by English gunsmiths back in the 70s.
One bullet was enough, Volodya rolled out from under the roof and fell painfully with his back on the steps of the stairs. “The main thing is that I didn’t break the rifle,” thought the sniper.
Well, that means a duel, yes, Mr. Chechen sniper! - the Yakut said to himself mentally without emotion.
Volodya specifically stopped shredding the “Chechen order.” The neat row of 200s with his sniper “autograph” on the eye stopped. “Let them believe that I was killed,” Volodya decided.
All he did was look out for where the enemy sniper got to him from.
Two days later, already in the afternoon, he found Abubakar’s “bed”. He also lay under the roof, under a half-bent roofing sheet on the other side of the square. Volodya would not have noticed him if the Arab sniper had not been betrayed by a bad habit - he was smoking marijuana.
Once every two hours, Volodya caught a light bluish haze through his optics, rising above the roofing sheet and immediately being carried away by the wind.
“So I found you, abrek! You can’t live without drugs! Good...” the Yakut hunter thought triumphantly; he did not know that he was dealing with an Arab sniper who had passed through both Abkhazia and Karabakh. But Volodya did not want to kill him just like that, by shooting through the roofing sheet. This was not the case with snipers, and even less so with fur hunters.
“Okay, you smoke while lying down, but you’ll have to get up to go to the toilet,” Volodya decided calmly and began to wait.
Only three days later did he figure out that Abubakar was crawling out from under the leaf to the right side, and not to the left, quickly did the job and returned to the “bed”. To “get” the enemy, Volodya had to change his position at night. He couldn't do anything anew, because any new roofing sheet would immediately give away his new location.
But Volodya found two fallen logs from the rafters with a piece of tin a little to the right, about fifty meters from his point. The place was excellent for shooting, but very inconvenient for a “bed”. For two more days Volodya looked out for the sniper, but he did not show up. Volodya had already decided that the enemy had left for good, when the next morning he suddenly saw that he had “opened up.” Three seconds of aiming with a slight exhalation, and the bullet hit the target.
Abubakar was struck on the spot in the right eye. For some reason, against the impact of the bullet, he fell flat from the roof onto the street. A large, greasy stain of blood spread across the mud in the square of Dudayev’s palace, where an Arab sniper was killed on the spot by one hunter’s bullet.
“Well, I got you,” Volodya thought without any enthusiasm or joy. He realized that he had to continue his fight, showing his characteristic style. To prove that he is alive and that the enemy did not kill him a few days ago.
Volodya peered through his optics at the motionless body of the slain enemy. Nearby he saw a “Bur”, which he did not recognize, since he had never seen such rifles before. In a word, a hunter from the deep taiga!
And then he was surprised: the Chechens began to crawl out into the open to take the sniper’s body. Volodya took aim. Three people came out and bent over the body. “Let them pick you up and carry you, then I’ll start shooting!” - Volodya triumphed.
The three of the Chechens actually lifted the body. Three shots were fired. Three bodies fell on top of the dead Abubakar.
Four more Chechen volunteers jumped out of the ruins and, throwing away the bodies of their comrades, tried to pull out the sniper. A Russian machine gun started working from the side, but the bursts fell a little higher, without causing harm to the hunched Chechens.
Four more shots rang out, almost merging into one. Four more corpses had already formed a pile.
Volodya killed 16 militants that morning. He did not know that Basayev had given the order to get the Arab’s body at all costs before it began to get dark. He had to be sent to the mountains to be buried there before sunrise, as an important and respectable Mujahid.
A day later, Volodya returned to Rokhlin’s headquarters. The general immediately received him as a dear guest. The news of the duel between two snipers had already spread throughout the army.
Well, how are you, Volodya, tired? Do you want to go home?
Volodya warmed his hands at the stove.
That’s it, Comrade General, you’ve done your job, it’s time to go home. Spring work at the camp begins. The military commissar only released me for two months. My two younger brothers worked for me all this time. It's time to know...
Rokhlin nodded his head in understanding.
Take a good rifle, my chief of staff will fill out the paperwork...
Why, I have my grandfather’s. - Volodya lovingly hugged the old carbine.
The general did not dare to ask the question for a long time. But curiosity got the better of me.
How many enemies did you defeat, did you count? They say more than a hundred... Chechens were talking to each other.
Volodya lowered his eyes.
362 militants, Comrade General.
Well, go home, we can handle it ourselves now...
Comrade General, if anything happens, call me again, I’ll sort out the work and come a second time!
Volodya’s face showed frank concern for the entire Russian Army.
By God, I'll come!
The Order of Courage found Volodya Kolotov six months later. On this occasion, the entire collective farm celebrated, and the military commissar allowed the sniper to go to Yakutsk to buy new boots - the old ones had become worn out in Chechnya. The hunter stepped on some pieces of iron.
On the day when the whole country learned about the death of General Lev Rokhlin, Volodya also heard about what happened on the radio. He drank alcohol on the premises for three days. He was found drunk in a temporary hut by other hunters returning from hunting. Volodya kept repeating drunk:
It’s okay, Comrade General Rokhlya, if necessary we will come, just tell me...
After Vladimir Kolotov left for his homeland, scum in officer uniform sold his information to Chechen terrorists, who he was, where he came from, where he went, etc. The Yakut Sniper inflicted too many losses on the evil spirits.
Vladimir was killed by a shot from 9 mm. pistol in his yard while he was chopping wood. The criminal case was never solved.
The first Chechen war. How it all started.
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For the first time I heard the legend of Volodya the sniper, or as he was also called - Yakut (and the nickname is so textured that it even migrated to the famous television series about those days). They told it in different ways, along with legends about the Eternal Tank, the Death Girl and other army folklore.
Moreover, the most amazing thing is that in the story about Volodya the sniper, an almost letter-by-word similarity was surprisingly traced with the story of the great Zaitsev, who killed Hans, a major, the head of the Berlin sniper school in Stalingrad. To be honest, I then perceived it as... well, let's say, like folklore - at a rest stop - and it was believed and not believed.
Then there was a lot of things, as, indeed, in any war, which you won’t believe, but turns out to be TRUE. Life is generally more complex and unexpected than any fiction.
Later, in 2003-2004, one of my friends and comrades told me that he personally knew this guy, and that indeed HE WAS. Whether there was that same duel with Abubakar, and whether the Czechs actually had such a super sniper, to be honest, I don’t know, they had enough serious snipers, and especially during the Air Campaign.
And there were serious weapons, including South African SSVs, and cereals (including prototypes of the B-94, which were just entering pre-series, the spirits already had, and with numbers in the first hundred - Pakhomych will not let you lie.
How they ended up with them is a separate story, but nevertheless, the Czechs had such trunks. And they themselves made semi-handicraft SCVs near Grozny.)
Volodya the Yakut really worked alone, he worked exactly as described - by eye. And the rifle he had was exactly the one described - an old Mosin three-line rifle of pre-revolutionary production, with a faceted breech and a long barrel - an infantry model of 1891.
The real name of Volodya-Yakut is Vladimir Maksimovich Kolotov, originally from the village of Iengra in Yakutia. However, he himself is not a Yakut, but an Evenk.
At the end of the First Campaign, he was patched up in the hospital, and since he was officially a nobody and there was no way to call him, he simply went home.
By the way, his combat score is most likely not exaggerated, but understated... Moreover, no one kept an accurate account, and the sniper himself did not particularly brag about it.
Dmitry Travin
Rokhlin, Lev Yakovlevich
From December 1, 1994 to February 1995, he headed the 8th Guards Army Corps in Chechnya. Under his leadership, a number of areas of Grozny were captured, including the presidential palace. On January 17, 1995, generals Lev Rokhlin and Ivan Babichev were appointed by the military command to contact the Chechen field commanders with the aim of a ceasefire.
Murder of a General
On the night of July 2-3, 1998, he was found murdered at his own dacha in the village of Klokovo, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region. According to the official version, his wife, Tamara Rokhlina, shot at the sleeping Rokhlin; the reason was given as a family quarrel.
In November 2000, the Naro-Fominsk City Court found Tamara Rokhlina guilty of the premeditated murder of her husband. In 2005, Tamara Rokhlina appealed to the ECHR, complaining about the long period of pre-trial detention and the delay in the trial. The complaint was upheld and monetary compensation was awarded (EUR 8,000).
After a new consideration of the case, on November 29, 2005, the Naro-Fominsk City Court found Rokhlina guilty of murdering her husband for the second time and sentenced her to four years of suspended imprisonment, also assigning her a probationary period of 2.5 years.
During the investigation of the murder, three charred corpses were found in a forested area near the crime scene. According to the official version, their death occurred shortly before the assassination of the general, and has nothing to do with him. However, many of Rokhlin’s associates believed that they were real murderers who were eliminated by the Kremlin’s special services, “covering their tracks.”
My father’s heart sank with a sense of foreboding when he went out into the courtyard of the helicopter factory where he worked to take a smoke break. Suddenly he saw two white swans flying in the sky with a plaintive purr. He thought about Dima. I felt bad from a bad feeling. His son Dmitry Petrov at that moment, together with his comrades, repelled the attacks of bandits under the leadership of Khattab and Shamil Basayev near the foot of height 776 near Ulus-Kert.
On the day when the detachment of paratroopers advanced to the combat mission area, wet sticky snow began to fall and the weather was unflyable. And the terrain - continuous gullies, ravines, the mountain river Abazulgol and beech forest - prevented the landing of helicopters. Therefore, the detachment moved on foot. They did not have time to reach the height when they were discovered by bandits. The battle has begun. The paratroopers died one after another. They didn't get help. The commanders of the troops, Shamanov, have already reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the war in Chechnya is over, all large gangs have been destroyed. The general hurried. The parents of the dead 84 Pskov paratroopers urgently demanded an independent investigation and punishment of those responsible who failed to come to the aid of the dying company during three days of battle, from February 29 to March 1, 2000. 90 paratroopers fought against 2,500 thousand bandits.
For this battle, 21 paratroopers received the Hero Star posthumously. Dima Petrov is among them. The parents cherished the star like the apple of their eye. But they didn’t save it. Apartment thieves stole the relic. Local newspapers wrote about this. And a miracle happened. Even thieves, it turns out, have hearts. They planted the reward 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.
In the narrow, dead Khanchelak gorge, during the first Chechen war in 1995, Chechen militants ambushed. Time for rescue is only 25 minutes or less. Russian helicopter pilots succeeded. But after a short battle, the comrades were missing Alexander Voronov. He was sitting on an armored vehicle and was apparently hit by a shock wave. They were looking for him. To no avail. Only blood on the stones. Sasha was captured. They searched for him in the surrounding villages for another three days. 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. There is a Russian man sitting there.
A miracle happened. When the fighters descended along a wooden ladder into a seven-meter hole, they hardly recognized the bearded man in decaying camouflage, dressed in burlap, as their lost friend. He was staggering. He was very weak. Special forces soldier Sasha Voronov was alive. He fell to his knees, cried and kissed the free ground. 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 it. His hands were cut by bandits' knives. They practiced hand-to-hand combat techniques on it. Not everyone gets to experience such challenges. This is a real feat. A feat of the human spirit. Even without official awards.
In the Argun Gorge, a reconnaissance group was ambushed while carrying out a mission. She could not tear herself away, having two seriously wounded people in her arms. Lieutenant Colonel of the North Caucasus Military Headquarters District Alexander Zhukov receives an order to rescue his comrades. It is impossible to land helicopters in dense forests. The winch lifts the fighters. To help evacuate the remaining wounded, Zhukov winches down. Mi-24s, which are designed to provide fire support, cannot fire - a salvo can destroy their own.
Zhukov lowers the helicopter. It turns out. 100 meters away, militants surround him and the remaining two fighters on three sides. Heavy fire. And - captivity. The militants did not kill the fighters. After all, a captured district headquarters officer can be ransomed at a profit. The tractor driver, the leader of the militants, orders the prisoners not to be fed and to be methodically beaten. He sells Colonel Zhukov to field commander Gelayev. The gang of which is surrounded near the village of Komsomolskoye. The area is mined. Gelayev orders the prisoners to walk through the minefield. Alexander Zhukov was blown up by a mine, was seriously wounded and received the star of the Hero of Russia. Alive.
In 1995, in the area of Minutka Square, Chechen militants dressed in airborne uniforms with short haircuts characteristic of paratroopers killed the local population. The alleged atrocities of Russian soldiers were filmed on camera. A report was received about this to Ivan Babichev, the general of the united group “West”. He gives the order to Colonel Vasily Nuzhny to neutralize the militants.
Nuzhny visited Afghanistan twice and had military decorations. A proposal to confer the title of Hero of Russia has already been sent to him.
He and the soldiers began clearing the ruins of houses. Four militants were found. Surrounded. They ordered to surrender. Suddenly, from the forks, shots were heard from other bandits sitting in ambush. Vasily Nuzhny was wounded. Blood instantly appeared in the place on the chest where the golden star should have hung. He died almost immediately.
In the village of Bamut, 18 children were rescued by a reconnaissance platoon under the command of Sergeant Danila Blarneysky. The militants held children hostage in order to use them as human shields. Our scouts suddenly burst into the house and began carrying out the children. The bandits went wild. They shot at their defenseless backs. The soldiers fell, but under heavy fire they grabbed the children and ran to hide them under saving stones. 27 soldiers died. The last girl rescued, 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 the Order of Courage on his jacket.
