Valery Stanislavovich Stovba ( 1966 - 1996 ) - Russian military pilot, captain , participant in the Afghan war and the war in Tajikistan , Hero of the Russian Federation ( 1996 ).
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| Date of Birth | January 3, 1966 | |||
| Place of Birth | Kara-Chok village, Gvardeysky district , Alma-Ata region | |||
| Date of death | September 29, 1996 (aged 30) | |||
| Place of death | Kalai-Khumb District , GBAO , Tajikistan | |||
| Affiliation |  USSR → Russia | |||
| Type of army | aviation | |||
| Years of service | 1983 - 1996 | |||
| Rank | Captain | |||
| Battles / wars | Afghan war (1979-1989) Tajik Civil War | |||
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| Communications | Buday, Igor Mikhailovich , Lipovoy, Sergey Anatolyevich , Stavitsky, Yuri Ivanovich | |||
Biography
Valery Stovba was born on January 3, 1966 in the village of Kara-Chok (nowadays non-existent) in the Guards district of the Almaty region of the Kazakh SSR . Since 1980, he lived in the village of Rakhia, Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region . He graduated from high school. In 1983 he entered the Kirov Military Aviation Technical School. In 1986 , having graduated from it, Stovba was sent to the border troops aviation. He served in the helicopter units of the Kamchatka border region as a senior flight engineer - an air gunner of the Mi-8 helicopter. In November 1987, he was transferred to the same position in the Central Asian border region. He participated in military operations to detect and destroy gangs on the territory of Afghanistan , made 10 sorties, and was wounded twice. In August 1993, Stovba was transferred to the 20th Aviation Squadron of the North-Western Border District. In September 1996, he was sent on a business trip to Tajikistan. He participated in providing support to ground units, searching for gangs and drug dealers, and landing [1] .
On September 29, 1996, one of the Russian border outposts of the Kalai-Khumb border detachment was subjected to heavy shelling from both Afghan and Tajik territories. The Stovba’s crew flew to the aid of the besieged outpost, which, in addition to him, included Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Lipovoy, Captain Igor Buday and Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Stavitsky. When the helicopter began shelling the fighters, they responded with fire from heavy machine guns, inflicting severe damage. Stovba, who was sitting at the machine gun, noticed a flash among the stones and opened fire. He managed to suppress the enemy firing point, but Stovba himself was killed. Budai was also killed in the battle, but the remaining crew members managed to detect the leading shelling of the outpost by the battery and destroy it with the help of a helicopter link. Then Lipova and Stavitsky hardly brought the helicopter to the airfield. He was buried in the village of Rakhia [1] .
By decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 14, 1996 No. 1679 for “heroism in the performance of military duty”, Captain Valery Stovba was posthumously awarded the high rank of Hero of the Russian Federation [1] .
He was also awarded a number of medals. A monument to Stovbe was erected in Rahya [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Stovba, Valery Stanislavovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".