Smeshko Konstantin Yevgenyevich - Russian military leader , deputy head of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (since 2017), Major General .
| Konstantin E. Smeshko | ||||||||||||||
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| Affiliation |  Russia | |||||||||||||
| Type of army |  Engineering troops | |||||||||||||
| Rank |  major general | |||||||||||||
| Commanded | Engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (deputy head) | |||||||||||||
| Battles / Wars | • First Chechen war ; • The Second Chechen War ; • Crimean events ; • Russian military operation in Syria | |||||||||||||
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Biography
Until January 9, 2011, he served as head of the engineering troops of the Far Eastern Military District , then by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev was appointed head of the engineering troops of the Eastern Military District [1] .
From 2012 to 2017, he commanded the engineering troops of the Southern Military District , in 2017 he was appointed deputy head of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation [2] .
From January to the end of July 2013, the engineers ’ engineering sappers, led by Smeshko, cleared 830.6 hectares in the Chechen Republic , while 1,292,000 explosive items were found and neutralized. In Ingushetia, over the same period, specialists cleared 108.5 hectares, 309 dangerous objects were found and neutralized. All this amounted to 90% of the planned in 2013 [3] . As a result of 2013, the plan was exceeded by 15%, in the central regions of Chechnya, about 1,300 hectares were cleared, another 1,500 hectares were cleared in 2014 [4] .
In 2015, demining activities in the territory of Chechnya and Ingushetia were completed, the annual plan was exceeded by 125% [5] , over 3,300 hectares were cleared mainly in the Itum-Kalinsky and Jeyrakh districts of the republics [6] .
In 2013, the sappers Smeshko were assigned the task of finding and burying the remains of Soviet soldiers who died in the Elbrus region during the battle for the Caucasus . The personnel were trained in the necessary skills of prospecting work in difficult conditions of high mountains. The task was performed [7] .
In the spring of 2014 , military engineers of the Southern Military District, through the Kerch Strait to the Crimea, was equipped with a ferry . The message is organized between the ports "Caucasus" in Temryuk and "Crimea" in Kerch . The introduction of additional ferries has allowed a significant increase in transport and freight traffic to the Crimean peninsula [8] .
In 2017, during a humanitarian demining operation in the Syrian city of Deir-ez-Zaur , the soldiers of the International Mine Action Center under the general supervision of Smeshko cleared more than 1.2 thousand hectares of land, about 250 roads, more than 1.8 thousand socially important buildings. 44 thousand explosive objects were neutralized, including 9 thousand improvised devices [9] [10] .
Awards
- Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree with swords;
- medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" ;
- Medal "For Military Valor" I and II degree;
- the medal "For Mine Clearance" ;
- Medal “For Diligence in Performing Engineering Support Tasks” ;
- medal "For distinction in military service" I and II degree;
- Medal "For impeccable service" III degree;
- medal "For the return of the Crimea" ;
- medal "To the participant of the military operation in Syria" ;
- commemorative badge “To the participant in mine clearance in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia” No. 001 (November 18, 2015) - For merits in demining and cleaning the area of explosive objects in the territory of the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia ;
- Medal "Veteran Engineering Troops of Russia" (Veteran Award Committee);
- gratitude of the Head of the Republic of Ingushetia [11] (November 13, 2013) - For the progress achieved in organizing and ensuring the implementation of work to neutralize the territories of the republic ;
- Diploma of the Head of the Republic of Ingushetia [12] (November 13, 2014) - For the progress achieved in organizing and ensuring the implementation of the tasks of neutralizing the territories of the republic .
Notes
- ↑ Staff changes in the Armed Forces / www.kremlin.ru / January 9, 2011
- ↑ The feat of sappers in Syria immortalized in Nakhabin
- ↑ Field engineers completed the mine clearance plan ahead of schedule in Chechnya and Ingushetia / RIA news / August 24, 2013
- ↑ Chechnya and Ingushetia will be cleared of mines by 2015 / “Messenger of the Caucasus” / April 1, 2013
- ↑ For the first time, 110 servicemen were awarded a new memorial sign “To the participant in mine clearance in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia” / “The Ministry of Defense of Russia” / November 18, 2015
- ↑ Awards in the mountains / Krasnaya Zvezda Newspaper / December 1, 2015
- ↑ The Chief of the Engineering Forces of the Southern Military District, Major General Konstantin SMESHKO: “Our specialists are engaged in real combat work” / The Defense Ministry’s magazine “Landmark” / October 31, 2013
- ↑ Ferries for the Crimea / Krasnaya Zvezda Newspaper / June 27, 2014
- ↑ Russian sappers returned from Syria without loss / Evening Moscow newspaper / December 12, 2017
- ↑ Deputy Chief of the Engineering Forces Major General Konstantin Smeshko noted that the military conducted a “unique humanitarian demining operation” / TASS / December 12, 2017
- ↑ Directive of the Head of the Republic of Ingushetia of 13.11.2013 No. 465-rp “On encouraging officials of the armed forces of the Russian Federation”
- ↑ Directive of the Head of the Republic of Ingushetia of November 13, 2014 No. 388-rp “On encouraging officials of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”
Links
- Motorists are not recommended to go to Crimea / “Auto 161.ru” / July 3, 2014
- There are no difficulties in moving on the Kerch ferry - Smeshko / “Peasant” / July 2, 2014
- Konstantin Smeshko: “We work so that there are no places left in the world where the work of engineers will be in demand” / NEWS CRE "PATRIOT" / October 3, 2017