Khomenko Igor Vladimirovich ( January 18, 1967 - August 22, 1999 ) - Assistant Chief of Intelligence of the 247th Caucasian Guards Cossack Airborne Assault Regiment of the 7th Guards Red Banner Order of Kutuzov 2nd class Airborne Division , Captain's Guard. Hero of the Russian Federation .
| Igor Vladimirovich Khomenko | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | January 18, 1967 | ||
| Place of Birth | Ust-Nera village , Yakut ASSR | ||
| Date of death | August 22, 1999 (32 years old) | ||
| Place of death | Donkey Ear height, Botlikh district , Dagestan | ||
| Affiliation |  | ||
| Type of army | Airborne troops | ||
| Years of service | 1984-1999 | ||
| Rank | Guard captain | ||
| Part | 247th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment | ||
| Battles / wars | Donkey Ear High Altitude Fight | ||
| Awards and prizes |
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| Communications | Chumak Yuri Alekseevich | ||
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Biography
Born on January 18, 1967 in the village of Ust-Nera, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , where his parents worked on the construction of a mining and processing plant. Ukrainian. Then the family returned to Ukraine and lived in the city of Ordzhonikidze, Dnipropetrovsk region .
Since 1984, he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR . In 1988 he graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher Combined Arms Command School . He served in the Airborne Forces . In 1993, he participated in the cessation of hostilities in Abkhazia as part of the Peacekeeping Forces .
Feat
Since August 1999, as part of the units of the 247th Air Assault Regiment of the 7th Guards Airborne Division, it took part in repelling the invasion of Chechen and international terrorists in Dagestan . Since August 19, at the head of a group of scouts, he conducted reconnaissance of clusters and fortifications of militants in the Botlikh region of Dagestan . When they returned to their group on August 22, the group was discovered and blocked by militants in the Donkeyβs Heights area. Khomenko sent fighters with the received intelligence and a map of enemy fortifications to his own, together with Sergeant Yuri Chumak, he remained to cover their withdrawal. The officer and sergeant fought an unequal battle with the militants for several hours, ensuring the salvation of ordinary soldiers. When the militants could not capture the paratroopers, they subjected them to massive shelling from mortars . Igor Khomenko, along with Yuri Chumak, died in this battle . [one]
I.V. Khomenko is buried in the city of Stavropol, Stavropol Territory.
Hero of the Russian Federation
For courage and heroism shown during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus region, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 27, 1999, Captain Khomenko Igor Vladimirovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).
Memory
In May 2009, the name of the Hero I.V. Khomenko was assigned to the Ust-Nersky secondary school of the Oymyakon ulus of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Notes
See also
Donkey Ear High Altitude Fight
Links
Khomenko, Igor Vladimirovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".