Every day in Russia, ordinary citizens perform feats and do not pass by when someone needs help. The exploits of these people are not always noticed by officials, they are not awarded certificates, but this does not make their actions any less significant.
A country should know its heroes, so this selection is dedicated to brave, caring people who have proven by their deeds that heroism has a place in our lives. All events occurred in February 2014.
Schoolchildren from the Krasnodar region Roman Vitkov and Mikhail Serdyuk saved an elderly woman from a burning house. While heading home, they saw a building on fire. Running into the yard, the schoolchildren saw that the veranda was almost completely engulfed in fire. Roman and Mikhail rushed into the barn to get a tool. Grabbing a sledgehammer and an ax, breaking out the window, Roman climbed into the window opening. An elderly woman was sleeping in a smoky room. They managed to get the victim out only after breaking the door.
“Roma is smaller in build than me, so he easily got through the window opening, but he couldn’t get back out with his grandmother in his arms in the same way. Therefore, we had to break down the door and this was the only way we managed to get the victim out,” said Misha Serdyuk.
Residents of the village of Altynay, Sverdlovsk region, Elena Martynova, Sergey Inozemtsev, Galina Sholokhova, saved children from the fire. The owner of the house committed the arson by blocking the door. At this time, there were three children aged 2–4 years and 12-year-old Elena Martynova in the building. Noticing the fire, Lena unlocked the door and began to carry the children out of the house. Galina Sholokhova and the children’s cousin Sergei Inozemtsev came to her aid. All three heroes received certificates from the local Ministry of Emergency Situations.
And in the Chelyabinsk region, priest Alexey Peregudov saved the life of the groom at a wedding. During the wedding, the groom lost consciousness. The only one who was not at a loss in this situation was Priest Alexey Peregudov. He quickly examined the man lying down, suspected cardiac arrest and provided first aid, including chest compressions. As a result, the sacrament was successfully completed. Father Alexey noted that he had only seen chest compressions in movies.
In Mordovia, Chechen war veteran Marat Zinatullin distinguished himself by saving an elderly man from a burning apartment. Having witnessed the fire, Marat acted like a professional firefighter. He climbed up the fence onto a small barn, and from there climbed onto the balcony. He broke the glass, opened the door leading from the balcony to the room, and got inside. The 70-year-old owner of the apartment was lying on the floor. The pensioner, who was poisoned by smoke, could not leave the apartment on his own. Marat, opening the front door from the inside, carried the owner of the house into the entrance.
An employee of the Kostroma colony, Roman Sorvachev, saved the lives of his neighbors in a fire. Entering the entrance of his house, he immediately identified the apartment from which the smell of smoke was coming. The door was opened by a drunk man who assured that everything was fine. However, Roman called the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The rescuers who arrived at the scene of the fire were unable to enter the premises through the door, and the uniform of an EMERCOM employee prevented them from entering the apartment through the narrow window frame. Then Roman climbed up the fire escape, entered the apartment and pulled out an elderly woman and an unconscious man from a heavily smoky apartment.
A resident of the village of Yurmash (Bashkortostan), Rafit Shamsutdinov, saved two children in a fire. Fellow villager Rafita lit the stove and, leaving two children - a three-year-old girl and a one-and-a-half-year-old son, went to school with the older children. Rafit Shamsutdinov noticed smoke from the burning house. Despite the abundance of smoke, he managed to enter the burning room and take out the children.
Dagestani Arsen Fitzulaev prevented a disaster at a gas station in Kaspiysk. Only later did Arsen realize that he was actually risking his life.
An explosion unexpectedly occurred at one of the gas stations within the boundaries of Kaspiysk. As it turned out later, a foreign car driving at high speed crashed into a gas tank and knocked down the valve. A minute of delay, and the fire would have spread to nearby tanks with flammable fuel. In such a scenario, casualties could not be avoided. However, the situation was radically changed by a modest gas station worker, who, through skillful actions, prevented the disaster and reduced its scale to a burnt-out car and several damaged cars.
And in the village of Ilyinka-1, Tula Region, schoolchildren Andrei Ibronov, Nikita Sabitov, Andrei Navruz, Vladislav Kozyrev and Artem Voronin pulled a pensioner out of a well. 78-year-old Valentina Nikitina fell into a well and could not get out on her own. Andrei Ibronov and Nikita Sabitov heard the cries for help and immediately rushed to save the elderly woman. However, three more guys had to be called in for help - Andrei Navruz, Vladislav Kozyrev and Artem Voronin. Together the guys managed to pull an elderly pensioner out of the well.
“I tried to climb out, the well is shallow - I even reached the edge with my hand. But it was so slippery and cold that I couldn’t grab the hoop. And when I raised my arms, ice water poured into my sleeves. I screamed, called for help, but the well is located far from residential buildings and roads, so no one heard me. I don’t even know how long this lasted... Soon I began to feel sleepy, with the last of my strength I raised my head and suddenly saw two boys looking into the well!” – said the victim.
In the village of Romanovo, Kaliningrad region, twelve-year-old schoolboy Andrei Tokarsky distinguished himself. He saved his cousin who fell through the ice. The incident occurred on Lake Pugachevskoye, where the boys and Andrei’s aunt came to skate on the cleared ice.
A policeman from the Pskov region Vadim Barkanov saved two men on. While walking with his friend, Vadim saw smoke and flames of fire escaping from the window of an apartment in a residential building. A woman ran out of the building and began to call for help, since two men remained in the apartment. Calling the firefighters, Vadim and his friend rushed to their aid. As a result, they managed to carry two unconscious men out of the burning building. The victims were taken by ambulance to the hospital, where they received the necessary medical care.
Hero of Russia is the highest title given for services to the state and people associated with the accomplishment of a heroic deed. This section contains information about the heroes of Russia and gives a description of some of their feats. The Hero of the Russian Federation is awarded a sign of special distinction - the Gold Star medal. The total number of known awards of the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (as of July 10, 2018) is 1099 people, of which 479 Heroes were awarded the title posthumously. Lists of citizens awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation and most Presidential Decrees on conferring the title of Hero are not officially published. The exact number of titles awarded remains unknown due to the secrecy of many awards, which often leads to errors and contradictions in media publications on this topic.
List of heroes of Russia, exploits, photos and videos
Below are the names and brief descriptions of some Heroes of the Russian Federation by year of their award1992 - 10 people
Plotnikova Marina Vladimirovna(1974-1991) - the youngest Hero of the Russian Federation, the first woman - Hero of the Russian Federation (1992, posthumously). At the cost of her own life, Marina saved three drowning children. June 30, 1991 was a hot day - two younger sisters Zhanna and Lena and their friend Natasha were swimming in the river, but suddenly Natasha Vorobyova moved a little further from the shore and, finding herself in the depths, began to drown. Marina, who saw this, rushed after her and pushed her towards the coastal bushes. Turning back, she saw that her two sisters, frightened for her, also rushed after her. Caught in a whirlpool, Zhanna and Lena began to drown. The girl managed to save them, but she herself, having spent all her strength, died. At the cost of her life, a 17-year-old girl saved the lives of three girls.1993 - 55 people
Zaitsev Anatoly Grigorievich(born 1945) - Soviet and Russian submarine officer, captain 1st rank. Commander of an experienced ultra-deep-sea nuclear submarine. For courage and heroism shown while performing a special task in conditions involving risk to life, he was awarded the title of Hero of Russia1994 - 39 people
Kozlov Oleg Anatolievich(born 1972) – military man, sniper.
On the night of August 18-19, 1994, a detachment of Mujahideen tried to break through the outpost (Tajik border) and began shelling it. At a time when the main efforts of the border guards-paratroopers were concentrated on the right flank, the left flank of the main defense remained open, which created the threat of encirclement by the enemy. Having assessed the situation, Kozlov decided to cover the left flank of the defense. Having taken a convenient position, he conducted sniper fire at enemy firing points with virtually no cover, destroyed an RPG crew, two snipers, and suppressed a machine gun crew. By his actions, Private Oleg Kozlov prevented the enemy from breaking through to the left flank of the defense. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin, Private Oleg Anatolyevich Kozlov was awarded the title of Hero of Russia. 1995 - 146 people
Lelyukh Igor Viktorovich(1967 - 1995) - captain, group commander of the 67th separate special forces brigade of the GRU General Staff.
On January 1, 1995, during the assault on Grozny during the First Chechen War, units of the 131st brigade were surrounded in the area of the railway station. The units suffered heavy losses in manpower, lost almost all their armored vehicles and could not escape from the city on their own. The command assigned Captain Lelyukh's reconnaissance group the task of breaking through the encirclement as soon as possible and facilitating the brigade's exit from the city. Igor Lelyukh objected that without the support of armored vehicles by the forces of one reconnaissance group, the task was impossible, but the objections were rejected due to the catastrophic situation of the brigade and the lack of any other reserves. The reconnaissance group managed to break through the encirclement and approach the brigade's positions. But soon the reserves of the Dudayevites were brought up, and the decision was made to retreat. Igor Lelyukh was seriously wounded and remained to cover the retreat of the fighters. For 30 minutes he held off the militants with machine gun fire and grenades, after which he was wounded a second time and shot at point-blank range while unconscious. For courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 7, 1995, Captain Lelyukh Igor Viktorovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) 1996 - 128 people
Alexander Vasilievich Margelov (1945-2016)
On January 23, 1976, for the first time in world practice, a BMD-1 (combat tracked amphibious vehicle) was parachuted and soft-landed using a parachute-rocket system, also with two crew members on board - Major Alexander Vasilyevich Margelov and Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Ivanovich Shcherbakov. The landing was carried out at great risk to life, without personal means of rescue. Landing equipment with a crew on jet systems made it possible to bring airborne divisions into battle not in seven days, as before, but in 22 minutes. This became a serious trump card during the Cold War. For his feat, Alexander Margelov was awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Twenty years later, for the feat of the seventies, both were awarded the title of Hero of Russia. 1997 - 49 people
Evgeniy Nikolaevich Parchinsky(1946 - 2012) – railway worker, diesel locomotive driver.
On October 6, 1996, at 11:25 a.m., as a result of deliberate criminal actions of an unknown person, the TEM2-595 diesel locomotive was set in motion; After making sure that the locomotive was picking up speed, the attacker jumped off. When the dispatcher raised the alarm, the distance between the trains was only two kilometers. There was no time to think. Alexander and his assistant stopped their train, uncoupled the locomotive and made the only right decision: use the locomotive as a battering ram, drive towards the freight train and take the hit themselves. This was the only way to save the passengers. The uncontrollable diesel locomotive was moving, as calculations showed, at a speed of 120 km/h. As a result of the collision, both locomotives cannot be restored. The driver and his assistant survived, having received minor injuries. The train passengers (more than 200 people) were not injured; a possible explosion of a nearby oil pipeline was prevented. For courage and heroism shown in an extreme situation to prevent a passenger train crash, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with the Golden Star medal. 1998 - 46 people
Andrey Nikolaevich Rozhkov(1961-1998) - Russian rescuer, mountaineer.
He took part in many search and rescue operations in Russia and abroad, participated in the operation to deliver humanitarian aid during the war in Bosnia, in the search for helicopter pilots who died during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the area of the Kodori River, and evacuated the sick during the first Chechen war and wounded from Grozny, rescued exhibits of the local museum. He led a ski group during the exercises of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations at the North Pole. Andrei Rozhkov died on April 22, 1998 while diving into the waters of the Arctic Ocean while testing new rescue diving equipment. On June 30, 1998, for the courage and heroism shown during testing of new rescue diving equipment, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. 1999 - 68 people
Irina Yurievna Yanina(1966-1999) – nurse, sergeant.
On August 31, 1999, during the cleansing of the village of Karamakhi (Dagestan), Irina Yanina, as part of an evacuation group, provided assistance to wounded soldiers. At the risk of her life she provided assistance to 15 wounded people. Three times she drove an armored personnel carrier directly to the line of fire, from where she took out another 28 wounded soldiers of the federal forces. During the fourth sortie, the enemy launched a counterattack and Yanina, having organized the loading of the wounded, covered the operation with machine gun fire. During the retreat, the armored personnel carrier was hit by two grenades, resulting in a strong fire. Irina Yanina helped the wounded get out of the burning car. Thanks to her, captain A.L. Krivtsov, privates S.V. Golnev and I.A. Lyadov were saved. Irina herself did not have time to leave the burning car. She left behind a son. 2000 - 176 people
Alexey Viktorovich Galkin(born 1970) - GRU officer, participant in the Chechen war.
In 1996-2002 he served in the North Caucasus Military District. Alexey Galkin repeatedly participated in counter-terrorism operations, acting as part of a strictly classified reconnaissance group, and in the fall of 1999 he was captured by Basayev himself. It’s better not to remember what the officer suffered in captivity. Galkin himself told his friends what happened: he prayed to God that when shelling militant bases, his shell would hit the place of his imprisonment. However, fate decreed otherwise. The courageous intelligence officer, who went through all the circles of Chechen hell, managed to escape with weapons in his hands. After escaping from captivity, Basayev and Khattab, who was still alive, promised a million dollars for Galkin’s head. The GRU officer was a very strong trump card for them, and they really planned to take him to London for some political intrigue. In the fall of 2002, A.V. Galkin’s reconnaissance group, during a special operation, captured important documents that confirmed the involvement of international terrorism in the activities of separatist gangs in Chechnya. 2001 - 28 people
Sergey Alexandrovich Shreiner(1979 - 2000) - senior sergeant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
On May 26, 1997 he was called up for military service. During all his years of service, he served in Chechnya and was awarded five commendations for conscientiously fulfilling his duty to the Fatherland on the Dagestan-Chechen border. After completing his military service, he remained to serve under a contract. He was the owner of a maroon beret. On July 14, 2000, during a military operation, he covered a grenade thrown by militants with his body and thereby saved the life of the commander and several colleagues. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia. 2002 - 31 people
2003 - 32 people
2004 - 35 people
2005 - 23 people
2006 - 15 people
2007 - 16 people
2008 - 41 people
2009 - 20 people
2010 - 18 people
2011 - 10 people
2012 - 16 people
2013 - 7 people
2014 - 13 people
2015 - 5 people
2016 - 21 people
2017 - 11 people
2018 - 4 people
Roman Nikolaevich Filipov(1984-2018) - Russian military pilot, deputy squadron commander.
Filipov was an ace pilot of attack aircraft, repeatedly took part in the All-Russian military maneuvers “Aviadarts”, where in 2013 he took second place among attack aircraft. On February 3, 2018, while flying over the Idlib de-escalation zone (Syria) to monitor the ceasefire, the leading Russian Su-25SM attack aircraft in a pair, under the control of Major Filipov, near the city of Serakib was shot down by a shot from a MANPADS. The pilot tried to keep the plane in the air and reported that he was attacked by a missile, after which he ejected. On the ground, the pilot was surrounded by militants and died in the ensuing battle: while firing back from the attackers with a Stechkin pistol, he was seriously wounded, and then blew himself up with a grenade with the words “This is for the boys!” They say that there were too many tragic events in the past year, and there was almost nothing good to remember on the eve of the New Year. Constantinople decided to argue with this statement and collected a selection of our most outstanding compatriots (and not only) and their heroic deeds. Unfortunately, many of them accomplished this feat at the cost of their own lives, but the memory of them and their actions will support us for a long time and serve as an example to follow. Ten names that made a splash in 2016 and should not be forgotten.
Alexander Prokhorenko
A special forces officer, 25-year-old Lieutenant Prokhorenko, died in March near Palmyra while carrying out missions to direct Russian air strikes against ISIS militants. He was discovered by terrorists and, finding himself surrounded, did not want to surrender and drew fire on himself. He was awarded the title of Hero of Russia posthumously, and a street in Orenburg was named after him. Prokhorenko’s feat aroused admiration not only in Russia. Two French families donated awards, including the Legion of Honor.
Farewell ceremony for the hero of Russia, senior lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko, who died in Syria, in the village of Gorodki, Tyulgansky district. Sergey Medvedev/TASS
In Orenburg, where the officer is from, he left behind a young wife, who, after the death of Alexander, had to be hospitalized in order to save the life of their child. In August, her daughter Violetta was born.
Magomed Nurbagandov
A policeman from Dagestan, Magomet Nurbagandov, and his brother Abdurashid were killed in July, but the details became known only in September, when a video of the execution of police officers was found on the phone of one of the liquidated militants of the Izberbash criminal group. On that ill-fated day, the brothers and their relatives, schoolchildren, were relaxing outdoors in tents; no one expected an attack by bandits. Abdurashid was killed immediately because he stood up for one of the boys, whom the bandits began to insult. Mohammed was tortured before his death because his documents as a law enforcement officer were discovered. The purpose of the bullying was to force Nurbagandov to renounce his colleagues on record, recognize the strength of the militants and call on Dagestanis to leave the police. In response to this, Nurbagandov addressed his colleagues with the words “Work, brothers!” The enraged militants could only kill him. President Vladimir Putin met with the brothers’ parents, thanked them for their son’s courage and awarded him the title of Hero of Russia posthumously. The last phrase of Mohammed became the main slogan of the past year and, one might assume, for the years to come. Two small children were left without a father. Nurbagandov's son now says that he will only become a policeman.
Elizaveta Glinka
Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS
The resuscitator and philanthropist, popularly known as Doctor Lisa, accomplished a lot this year. In May, she took children out of Donbass. 22 sick children were saved, the youngest of whom was only 5 days old. These were children with heart defects, oncology, and congenital diseases. Special treatment and support programs have been created for children from Donbass and Syria. In Syria, Elizaveta Glinka also helped sick children and organized the delivery of medicines and humanitarian aid to hospitals. During the delivery of another humanitarian cargo, Doctor Lisa died in a TU-154 plane crash over the Black Sea. Despite the tragedy, all programs will continue. Today there will be a New Year's party for the guys from Lugansk and Donetsk...
Oleg Fedura
Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Primorsky Territory, Colonel of the Internal Service Oleg Fedura. Press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Primorsky Territory/TASS
Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Primorsky Territory, who distinguished himself during natural disasters in the region. The rescuer personally visited all the flooded cities and villages, led search and rescue operations, helped evacuate people, and he himself did not sit idly by - he has hundreds of similar events on his account. On September 2, together with his brigade, he was heading to another village, where 400 houses were flooded and more than 1,000 people were waiting for help. Crossing the river, the KAMAZ, in which Fedura and 8 other people were, collapsed into the water. Oleg Fedura saved all the personnel, but then could not get out of the flooded car and died.
Lyubov Pechko
The entire Russian world learned the name of the 91-year-old female veteran from the news on May 9. During the festive procession in honor of Victory Day in Slavyansk, occupied by the Ukrainians, the column of veterans was pelted with eggs, doused with brilliant green and sprinkled with flour by the Ukrainian Nazis, but the spirit of the old soldiers could not be broken, no one fell out of action. The Nazis shouted insults; in occupied Slavyansk, where any Russian and Soviet symbols are prohibited, the situation was extremely explosive and could at any moment turn into a massacre. However, the veterans, despite the threat to their lives, were not afraid to openly wear medals and St. George ribbons; after all, they did not go through the war with the Nazis in order to be afraid of their ideological followers. Lyubov Pechko, who took part in the liberation of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War, was splashed with brilliant green directly in the face. Photos showing traces of brilliant green being wiped off Lyubov Pechko’s face have spread across social networks and the media. The sister of an elderly woman, who saw the abuse of veterans on TV and suffered a heart attack, died from the resulting shock.
Danil Maksudov
In January of this year, during a severe snowstorm, a dangerous traffic jam formed on the Orenburg-Orsk highway, in which hundreds of people were trapped. Ordinary employees of various services showed heroism, leading people out of icy captivity, sometimes putting their own lives at risk. Russia remembers the name of policeman Danil Maksudov, who was hospitalized with severe frostbite because he gave his jacket, hat and gloves to those who needed it most. After that, Danil spent several more hours in the snowstorm helping to get people out of the jam. Then Maksudov himself ended up in the emergency traumatology department with frostbitten hands; there was talk of amputating his fingers. However, in the end the policeman recovered.
Konstantin Parikozha
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orenburg Airlines Boeing 777-200 crew commander Konstantin Parikozha, awarded the Order of Courage, during the state awards ceremony in the Kremlin. Mikhail Metzel/TASS
A native of Tomsk, the 38-year-old pilot managed to land a plane with a burning engine, which was carrying 350 passengers, including many families with children and 20 crew members. The plane was flying from the Dominican Republic, at an altitude of 6 thousand meters a bang was heard and the cabin was filled with smoke, panic began. During landing, the plane's landing gear also caught fire. However, thanks to the skill of the pilot, the Boeing 777 was successfully landed and none of the passengers were injured. Parikozha received the Order of Courage from the hands of the President.
Andrey Logvinov
The 44-year-old commander of the Il-18 crew that crashed in Yakutia managed to land the plane without wings. They tried to land the plane until the last minute and in the end they managed to avoid casualties, although both wings of the plane broke off when it hit the ground and the fuselage collapsed. The pilots themselves received multiple fractures, but despite this, according to rescuers, they refused help and asked to be the last to be evacuated to the hospital. “He managed the impossible,” they said about Andrei Logvinov’s skill.
Georgy Gladysh
On a February morning, the rector of the Orthodox church in Krivoy Rog, Priest Georgy, as usual, was riding home from service on a bicycle. Suddenly he heard cries for help from a nearby body of water. It turned out that the fisherman had fallen through the ice. The priest ran to the water, threw off his clothes and, making the sign of the cross, rushed to help. The noise attracted the attention of local residents, who called an ambulance and helped pull the already unconscious retired fisherman out of the water. The priest himself refused honors: " It wasn't me who saved. God decided this for me. If I had been driving a car instead of a bicycle, I simply would not have heard the cries for help. If I started to think about whether to help the person or not, I wouldn’t have time. If the people on the shore had not thrown us a rope, we would have drowned together. And so everything happened by itself"After the feat, he went on to perform church services.
Yulia Kolosova
Russia. Moscow. December 2, 2016. Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of the Russian Federation Anna Kuznetsova (left) and Yulia Kolosova, winner in the "Children-Heroes" nomination, at the awards ceremony for the winners of the VIII All-Russian festival on the theme of safety and rescue of people "Constellation of Courage". Mikhail Pochuev/TASS
The Valdai schoolgirl, despite the fact that she was only 12 years old, was not afraid to enter a burning private house after hearing the screams of children. Julia took two boys out of the house, and already on the street they told her that their other little brother remained inside. The girl returned to the house and carried a 7-year-old baby in her arms, who was crying and afraid to go down the stairs shrouded in smoke. As a result, none of the children were harmed. " It seems to me that in my place any teenager would do this, but not every adult, because adults are much more indifferent than children", says the girl. Concerned residents of Staraya Russa collected money and gave the girl a computer and a souvenir - a mug with her photo. The schoolgirl herself admits that she did not help for the sake of gifts and praise, but she, of course, was pleased, because she is from a low-income family - Yulia’s mother is a saleswoman, and her father works at a factory.
On the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day and the seventieth anniversary of Victory, heroes of bygone times are increasingly remembered. But even in our time there are people who, out of duty, risk their lives every day. FederalPress compiled a list of the top 10 heroes who gave their lives for others in peacetime. Of course, there are much more than ten stories about the courage of doctors, firefighters, police officers, soldiers and officers.
On the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day and the seventieth anniversary of Victory, heroes of bygone times are increasingly remembered. But even in our time there are people who, out of duty, risk their lives every day. FederalPress compiled the top 10 heroes who gave their lives for others in peacetime. Of course, there are much more than ten stories about the courage of doctors, firefighters, police officers, soldiers and officers. We just wanted to remind you that there is always a place for heroism in life.
In September 2014, an emergency occurred on the territory of a military unit during an exercise in Lesnoy. The junior sergeant pulled the pin on the grenade and dropped the ammunition. Colonel Serik Sultangabiev managed to react in time.
The President of Russia, on the recommendation of the command of the Internal Troops, signed a decree conferring the highest rank of ““” on the colonel.
In July 2014, several journalists and photojournalist Andrei Stenin went to Donbass to provide reliable information about what was happening in southeastern Ukraine.
The circumstances of the death of Andrei Stenin in Donbass. As FederalPress previously reported, the column of refugees in which the photographer was located came under fire northwest of the village of Dmitrovka. The Ukrainian army, presumably the 79th airmobile brigade, opened fire on the vehicles of civilians with cannons and machine guns. As a result, ten cars were destroyed, but several people managed to escape and hide in the roadside bushes.
The next day, representatives of the Ukrainian command inspected the site of the shelling of the convoy, after which the area with the remains of the dead and broken vehicles was treated with Grad rocket launchers. All journalists who died in Donbass were posthumously awarded.
Last June, a major accident occurred at the Achinsk Oil Refinery. During startup work at the gas fractionation unit, a volumetric explosion and fire occurred. As a result.
In January 2012, a fire occurred in the basement of a residential building in Omsk. Thick black smoke came from there and enveloped the second entrance of the house; people were asking for help from the windows. Arriving firefighters evacuated 38 people, eight of them children, and went to the smoky basement.
Despite zero visibility, the fire brigade, led by senior warrant officer of the sixth fire department Alexander Kozhemyakin, removed two gas cylinders that could have exploded.
Half an hour later, the firefighters' breathing apparatus alarms went off. This meant that the air in the cylinders was running out. Kozhemyakin, realizing that there was a real threat to the lives of his subordinates, became the leader and helped his comrades get out of the smoke-filled and cluttered basement. While freeing a subordinate entangled in a wire, the commander suddenly lost consciousness. For more than an hour, emergency doctors tried to bring him back to life, but without regaining consciousness. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.
In September 2010, a fire broke out in the engine room of the destroyer Bystry at the Fokino naval base due to a short circuit in the wiring when a fuel pipeline broke. Aldar Tsydenzhapov, who took up duty as a boiler crew operator, immediately rushed to plug the leak. He was in the center of the fire for about nine seconds; after eliminating the leak, he was able to independently get out of the compartment engulfed in flames, receiving severe burns. The prompt actions of Aldar and his colleagues led to the timely shutdown of the ship's power plant, which otherwise could have exploded and caused severe damage to the ship.
Aldar was taken to the Pacific Fleet hospital in Vladivostok in critical condition. Doctors fought for his life for four days, but he died. In 2011, the sailor posthumously became.
Superheroes aren't just for comics and movies. There are many real-life heroes around the world who perform superhuman feats. From unimaginable strength to incredible displays of courage and perseverance, these real people showed by example what incredible feats can be accomplished through the power of the human spirit.
10. A blind man saved a blind woman from a burning house
Imagine what it's like to try to rescue a blind person from a burning building, guiding them step by step through searing flames and smoke. Now imagine that you too are blind, just like in this inspiring story. Jim Sherman, who is blind from birth, heard his 85-year-old neighbor's cries for help as she became trapped in her burning home. In a feat that can certainly be called heroic, he snuck into her house from his trailer next door, feeling his way along the fence.
Once he reached the woman's house, he somehow managed to get inside and locate his frightened neighbor, Annie Smith, who is also blind. Sherman pulled Smith from the burning house to safety.
9. Skydiving instructors sacrificed everything to save their students.
Not many people survive a fall from thousands of meters. However, no matter how incredible it may seem, two women managed to do it, thanks to the selfless actions of two men. The first man gave his life to save the man he had just met. Skydiving instructor Robert Cook and his student, Kimberley Dear, took to the skies so she could make her first jump when the plane's engine failed. In an incredible feat, Cook told Deere to sit on his lap, locking their gear together. As the plane crashed to the ground, Cook's body absorbed the impact, killing him but protecting Kimberly Dear from what should have been a fatal accident.
Another skydiving instructor, Dave Hartsock, also saved his student from being hit. This was Shirley Dygert's first tandem jump with an instructor. Although their plane did not malfunction, Diegert's parachute did not open. During a terrifying freefall, Hartsock was able to position himself underneath his student, taking the impact as they fell to the ground together. Even though Dave Hartsock broke his spine, leaving his body paralyzed from the neck down, they both survived the fall.
8. A man carried four soldiers from the battlefield
Despite being a mere mortal, Joe Rollino spent his 104-year life performing incredible, superhuman feats. Although he only weighed approximately 68 kilograms at his prime, he could lift 288 kilograms with his fingers and 1,450 kilograms on his back. He has won several strongman titles and many accolades.
However, what made him a hero in the eyes of many people was not his talent in strength competitions or his title of “The Strongest Man in the World”, which he received at Coney Island. During World War II, Rollino served in the Pacific and received a Bronze & Silver Star for gallantry in the line of duty, as well as three Purple Hearts for his combat injuries that caused he spent a total of 24 months in hospital. He is best known for the fact that he pulled his comrades off the battlefield, two in each hand, and then returned to the line of fire to carry more of his wounded brethren to safety.
7. A father fought an alligator to save his son.
A father's love can inspire superhuman feats, as two fathers from different parts of the world proved. In Florida, Joseph Welch came to the aid of his six-year-old son when an alligator grabbed the boy's arm. With no regard for his own safety, Welch continually punched the alligator in an attempt to force it to let go of his son. Finally, a passerby arrived to help Welch and began kicking the alligator in the stomach until the animal finally let go of the boy.
In Mutoko, Zimbabwe, another father saved his son from a crocodile attack in a river. The father, named Tafadzwa Kacher, began poking reeds into the crocodile's eyes and mouth until it released his son. Having released the boy, the crocodile rushed at his father. Tafadzwa had to gouge out the animal's eyes to free his hand. The boy eventually lost his leg to a crocodile attack, but survived and spoke of his father's superhuman bravery.
6. Two real-life Wonder Women who lifted cars to save lives
Men are not the only ones who can display superhuman strength in times of crisis. The daughter and mother showed that women can also be heroes, especially when a loved one is in danger. In Virginia, a 22-year-old woman saved her father's life when the BMW he was working on slipped off a jack and landed on his chest, crushing him. Realizing there was no time to wait for help, the young woman lifted the car and pulled her father out, then performed CPR on him to get him to breathe.
In Georgia, another jack slipped out and lowered a 3,000-pound Chevy Impala onto a young man. Without help, his mother, Angela Cavallo, lifted the car and held it for five minutes until neighbors managed to pull her son to safety.
5. A woman stopped an unmanned school bus.
Not all superhuman abilities consist of strength and courage, some of them involve the ability to think quickly and act in an emergency. In New Mexico, a school bus carrying children became a road hazard when the driver suffered a seizure. A girl waiting for the bus saw that the bus driver was in trouble and turned to her mother for help. The woman, Rhonda Carlsen, immediately came to the rescue.
She ran next to the bus and, using gestures, convinced one of the children on the bus to open the door. After the door was opened, Carlsen jumped onto the bus, grabbed the steering wheel, and calmly stopped the bus. Her quick reflexes helped prevent any harm that could have been caused to the children on the bus, not to mention any bystanders who might have been in the path of the unmanned bus.
4. A teenager pulled a man out of a truck hanging over a cliff.
A truck and trailer careened over the edge of a cliff in the dead of night. The cab of the large truck creaked as it stopped, and began to dangle dangerously over the gorge below. The truck driver was trapped inside. The young man came to his aid, broke the window and pulled the driver to safety with his bare hands. This is not a scene from an action movie, but a real event that happened in New Zealand in the Waioeka Gorge on October 5, 2008.
18-year-old Peter Hanne, who became a hero, was in his house when he heard a crash. Without thinking about his own safety, he climbed onto the balancing truck, jumped into the narrow gap between the cab and the trailer, and broke the rear window of the driver's cab. He carefully helped the injured driver to safety as the truck creaked and rocked under their feet. In 2011, Hanne was awarded the New Zealand Bravery Medal for his heroic actions.
3. A soldier riddled with bullets who returned to the battlefield
War is full of heroes, and many of them risk their lives to save their fellow soldiers. In the movie Forrest Gump, we saw how the eponymous fictional character saved several of his fellow soldiers, even after he suffered a gunshot wound. In real life, there are even more exciting stories, such as the story of Robert Ingram, who received the Medal of Honor.
In 1966, while under siege by the enemy, Ingram continued to fight and save his comrades after he was hit by three bullets - one in the head, which left him partially blind and deaf in one ear, a second in the arm, and a third bit into his left knee. Despite his wounds, Ingram continued to kill North Vietnamese soldiers who were leading an attack on his unit, and went under fire to save his fellow soldiers. His bravery is just one breathtaking example of the many wartime heroes who defended their countries by performing incredible feats.
2. World champion swimmer saved 20 people from a sinking trolleybus
Aquaman is no comparison to Shavarsh Karapetyan, who saved 20 people from drowning in a trolleybus that fell into the water in 1976. The 11-time world record holder, 17-time world champion, 13-time European champion, seven-time USSR champion, Armenian speed swimming champion was finishing a training race with his brother when he witnessed a trolleybus with 92 passengers slide off the road into a reservoir , falling into the water 24 meters from the shore. Karapetyan dived into the water, kicked out the rear window and began to pull dozens of passengers out of the trolleybus, which by that time was already at a depth of 10 meters in icy water.
It was estimated that it took him approximately 30 seconds to save one person, allowing him to save person after person before he himself lost consciousness in the cold, murky water. Of all the people he pulled out of the trolleybus in this short time, 20 people survived. However, Karapetyan’s heroic work did not end there. Eight years later, he ran into a burning building and pulled several people to safety, suffering severe burns. Karapetyan received the Order of the Badge of Honor from the USSR and many other awards for underwater rescue, but he maintained that he was not a hero and only did what he had to do.
1. A man took off a helicopter to save his employee.
A TV show set became a real-life drama when a helicopter from the hit TV series Magnum PI crashed into a drainage ditch in 1988. While preparing for a soft landing, the helicopter suddenly tilted, went out of control and fell to the ground, all of which was captured on film. One of the show's pilots, Steve Kux, was trapped under a helicopter in shallow water. In an incredible moment straight out of Man of Steel, Warren "Tiny" Everal ran up and lifted the helicopter off of Kax. The helicopter was a Hughes 500D, and the helicopter weighs at least 703 kilograms when unloaded.
Tiny's quick reactions and superhuman strength saved Cax from the weight of the helicopter that pinned him to the water, which could have crushed him. Although the pilot's left arm was injured, he recovered from what could have been a fatal crash thanks to a local Hawaiian hero.