the commander of the motorized rifle battalion of the 11^th separate motorized rifle regiment (Makiivka) of the 1^st AC (Donetsk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces

Since March 2015, has taken direct part in criminal activity in the territory of Ukraine.

Position and place of service before he was seconded to participate in the armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine: executive officer of the 2^nd motorized rifle battalion of the 205^th separate motorized rifle brigade (Budionovsk, Stavropol Krai) of the 58^th Army (Vladikavkaz) of the Southern Military District (Rostov-on-Don) of the Russian Armed Forces.

Date and place of birth: born on 25.12.1982, in Budionovsk, Stavropol Krai, the Russian Federation.

Education: Military Engineering University, town of Pushkin Leninhrad oblast (2006). 

Military service at the commanding positions:

2006–2008 – platoon commander of the training company of the 3^rd training center for the preparation of Sergeants of the Internal Forces of the Internal Affairs Ministry (military unit 6814, Zelenokumsk, Stavropol krai);

2008–2011 – assistant chief of staff of the 1096^th separate logistics battalion (military unit 93203, Vladikavkaz);

2011–2015 – chief of staff of the 2^nd motorized rifle battalion of the 205^th separate motorized rifle brigade (military unit 74814, Budionovsk, Stavropol krai) of the 58^th Army (Vladikavkaz) of the Southern Military District (Rostov-on-Don) of the Russian Armed Forces, the units of which in November, 2014, participated in the hostilities in the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine near Makiivka and Avdiivka. 

Additional information: a participant of the armed aggression of Russia against Georgia (2008).