Maksym Vasyliovych Benderov, a sportsman and serviceman, was born and grown up in Oleksandriia. The Ukrainian champion on pankration, repeated winner of international competition, senior reconnaissance man of a Special Forces unit perished on July 15, 2014, near Izvaryno, while performing combat task.

From now on, by consent of family of ATO hero, one of the largest town’s streets, where reconnaissance man lived, will have a new name.