Farelyuk, Anton Mikhailovich

Anton Farelyuk was born on April 19, 1972 in Moscow . He graduated from eight classes of Moscow secondary school No. 208, then OPTU No. 142, after which he worked for a year as an electrician at an electric lamp factory. In December 1990, Farelyuk was called up for service in the Soviet Army . He served in the naval border troops, was a torpedo boat, an understudy of a senior miner, a machine gunner. After being fired, Farelyuk went to serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was a policeman of the 4th inter-municipal department of private security at the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow ^[1] .

On October 4, 1993, at 8:20, as part of the combined detachment of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Northern District, Farelyuk arrived to ensure order in the area of ​​the intersection of 1905 Ulitsa Street and Shmitovsky passage . During the day, he participated in shootings several times. Towards evening, supporters of the Supreme Council attempted to break through the cordon around the White House . The attackers opened fire on police officers. Farelyuk entered into a shootout, thereby causing fire on himself, which allowed his comrades to move to a more protected place. In a shootout, Farelyuk died. He was buried at the Mitinsky cemetery in Moscow ^[1] .

By decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 30, 1993, the junior police sergeant Anton Farelyuk was posthumously awarded the high rank of Hero of the Russian Federation ^[1] .

• Heroes of Russia Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. - Moscow, 2002.