Alexander Alexandrovich Prokhorenko

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Alexander Alexandrovich Prokhorenko ( Russian Александр Александрович Прохоренко * 22. June 1990 in Gorodki , Tjulganski rayon , Orenburg , Soviet Union ; † 17th March 2016 in Palmyra , Syria ) was a Russian soldier in the fight against the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS). He died during the liberation of Palmyra and was posthumously honored with the Order of Hero of the Russian Federation .

education

Repatriation of Prokhorenko's body to the Chkalovsky Air Base on May 5, 2016

Prokhorenko comes from a working class family and graduated from the middle school in his home village Gorodki in 2007. In August 2007 he joined the Russian armed forces and attended the Orenburg College of Air Defense ( Оренбургское высшее зенитное ракетное училище ; Orenburgskoje wysscheje senitnoje raketnoje utschilischtsche). As part of the resolution of the university Prokhorenko was 2,008 at the Military Academy of Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ( Военная академия войсковой противовоздушной обороны Вооружённых Сил Российской Федерации ; Wojennaja akademija woiskowoi protiwowosduschnoi Oborony Wooruschonnych Sil Rossiyskoy Federazii) in Smolensk staggered and stepped in the wake of the special forces of the Russian Federation ( ССО ВС Росси́и ; SSO WS Rossii).

Use at Palmyra

Prochorenkos grave in the cemetery of his hometown Gorodki

Alexander Prokhorenko was last as a first lieutenant ( старший лейтенант ; starschi leitenant) in action for the special unit GRU Spetsnaz . According to the Defense Ministry , Prokhorenko was surrounded by Islamist fighters of the Islamic State as a forward observer on a special mission near Palmyra. He is said to have reported his position to the Russian Air Force and, due to the hopeless situation, ordered an air strike on his location. Prokhorenko was killed in the air strike along with an unknown number of jihadists. He was the sixth Russian killed in Syria, leaving behind his pregnant wife.

On April 11, 2016, Prokhorenko was posthumously awarded the Order of Hero of the Russian Federation by ukase № 169 of President Vladimir Putin . Friedrich Schmidt ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ) sees Russian reporting as Putin's propaganda tool. The British Daily Mirror named Prokhorenko for his actions as "Russian Rambo".

Prokhorenko's body was recovered with the help of Kurdish Peshmerga and transferred to Moscow on April 29th . Prokhorenko was buried with military honors on May 6, 2016 in the Gorodki cemetery. The day of the funeral has been declared a day of mourning in Orenburg Oblast.

In the cities of Grozny and Orenburg streets were named after him and memorial plaques were put up. A monument to him was erected in the Italian Vagli Sotto .

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d biography on the page warheroes.ru (Russian); Reviewed June 2, 2016
  2. ↑ Body of senior Russian officer killed in Syria delivered to Moscow ( Memento from May 4, 2016 on WebCite ), TASS , April 29, 2016 (English); Reviewed June 2, 2016
  3. ↑ Sputnik: After the liberation of Palmyra: Syrian army alone not ready for another offensive. In: de.sputniknews.com. Retrieved April 3, 2016 .
  4. ↑ FOCUS Online: Soldier orders air attack on himself. In: FOCUS Online. Retrieved April 6, 2016 .
  5. ^ A b Friedrich Schmidt: Russia's Syria Offensive Moscow Heroes Stories . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 2, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed April 3, 2016]).
  6. ^ Daily Mirror: Russian Rambo wipes out ISIS. In: mirror.co.uk. Retrieved April 7, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Lizzie Dearden: Body of Russian special forces officer who 'ordered air strike on himself' to kill Isis militants returned home . Independent, April 30, 2016 (English); Reviewed June 2, 2016
  8. ↑ Ася Сафиуллина: Погибшего в Сирии Александра Прохоренко похоронили на малой родине , Kommersant from May 6, 2016 (Russian); Reviewed June 2, 2016
  9. ↑ Andrea Cosimini: Anche l'ambasciata russa all'inaugurazione della statua dedicata all'eroe di Palmira. La gazzetta del serchio, August 1, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Prokhorenko, Alexander Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Прохоре́нко, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian soldier in the fight against the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS)
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorodki , Tjulganski rajon , Orenburg Oblast , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH 17th March 2016
Place of death near Palmyra , Syria