Alexander Vladimirovich Mikhailov (born 1951 ) - Soviet and Russian special forces officer " Alpha " of the KGB of the USSR - FSB of the Russian Federation ; Head of the Second Division of Office “A” of the Special Purpose Center of the FSB of Russia (2001-2004) Member of the Afghan , First Chechen and Second Chechen Wars. The participant is the release of the hostages in Sukhumi , Budenovsk and Dubrovka .
| Alexander Vladimirovich Mikhailov | |||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | January 18, 1951 (68 years old) | ||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow USSR | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  USSR -  Russia | ||||||||||||
| Type of army | KGB - SMEs - MB - FSB | ||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1973 - 2004 | ||||||||||||
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| Commanded | The second Department of Management “A” of the Central Security Service of the FSB | ||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Afghan war (1979-1989) First Chechen War Second Chechen War | ||||||||||||
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Biography
Born January 18, 1951 in Moscow . Since 1973, an employee of the 15th Main Directorate of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR was a member of the state security organs. In 1978 he graduated from Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov .
Since 1982, at his own request, he was transferred to the Alpha Special Purpose Group of the KGB of the USSR . Member of numerous special operations of the hostage release group. Since 1983, a participant in special operations during the hostilities in Afghanistan (military internship). In 1988, during the Karabakh conflict, he ensured the personal safety of a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, A. I. Volsky , sent to the conflict zone by M. S. Gorbachev with broad powers [1] . In 1989, he participated in the destruction of terrorists and the release of hostages in the city of Saratov . In 1990, he was directly involved in the development of the plan and in the special operation to free the hostages in the pre-trial detention center of the city of Sukhumi , for his courage in this operation he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner [2]
Since 1995, he participated in special operations during the First and Second Chechen Wars. In 1995, he participated in the operation to free the hostages captured by the Basayevites in Budyonnovsk . In 2001, in Chechnya, at the head of his department, he led a special operation to destroy the odious field commander, who was Khattab's right hand, for this operation he was awarded the Order of Courage [2] .
In 2002, as the head of the assault group, he participated in a special operation on Dubrovka , for this operation he received the 4th Class Order of Merit to the Fatherland with swords [2] . According to A.V. Mikhailov about that operation:
“... Years passed. I often recall these terrible hours and also ask myself the question: who is to blame for the hostages dead? The time of bloodless assaults of the 80s has passed ... Then the professionals in the matter of releasing the hostages were wiser than the terrorists themselves, and even terrorism itself was still in the cradle. Now terrorism has matured. In Soviet times, to find a grenade or explosive at home from a Soviet citizen is an emergency for the entire Union. Now tens of thousands of unregistered trunks are walking across the country. Due to the fact that someone either took money from a terrorist, or simply did not pay attention to the performance of their official duties, dozens of people were killed, and buckets of slops were poured onto the heroes from special units. After all, we, special forces, do not kill, but save the hostages. This is our job. We can do it. But it would be better if it became smaller. Better for all of us ... "
[3] [4] .
Rewards
Order
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree with swords
- Order of Courage
- Order of Military Merit
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order "For personal courage"
Medals
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I degree with swords
- Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree with swords
Insignia
- Honorary State Security Officer
Notes
- ↑ Battle Man
- ↑ 1 2 3 Three wars of Colonel Mikhailov Newspaper Special Forces of Russia
- ↑ The truth about the liberation of Nord-Ost
- ↑ My war: Alexander Mikhailov: “THIS IS OUR WORK”
Literature
- Zaitsev G.N. Alpha is my destiny. - SPb. : Slavia, 2006 .-- 599 p. - ISBN 5-9501-0099-9 .
- Boltunov M.E. Alpha - a top-secret KGB detachment. - M .: "Cedar", 1992. - 208 p. - ISBN 5-7037-0257-7 .