Battalion Commander - Lieutenant Colonel
Unit: Bars 11 "Kuban" Cossack Brigade
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Mikhail is listed in a few publications as a full "Ataman" this rank/title is normally a Colonel, however the above image is the only one to show his senior rank and that is the equivalent of a Lieutenant Colonel
Cargo ID: #1029
English Name: Mikhail Anatolievich Samorukov
Russian Name: Саморуков Михаил Анатольевич
Date of Birth: November 22, 1961 (age: 61 years)
Place of Residence: Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Place of Death: Marinka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (Grad Missile Strike)
Awards: Order of Courage (ph.), Others under investigation
Previously Deployed: Chechnya
Ataman of the Tuapse District Cossack Society, Mikhail Anatolyevich SAMORUKOV, was officially recognized as dead in the Northern Military District.
In the decision of the Tuapse District Court, the date of death of Mikhail Anatolyevich Samorukov is November 26, 2022.
Mikhail Samorukov – Special Forces Major, passed through “hot spots”. At SVO from spring 2022.
He fought as part of the Bars-11 Kuban detachment and headed the headquarters.
Their armored personnel carrier was blown up, and the wounded Samorukov lay down under it. This was seen from 'copters. He told the guy who wanted to pull him out to leave because... he was also wounded. There was no way to get to the ataman: snipers were working.
The first business trip of the ataman of the Tuapse regional Cossack society, Mikhail Samorukov, “for the ribbon” was in the spring of 2022. He, a former special forces major, was appointed chief of staff by the command.
In October of the same year, Mikhail Anatolyevich again left for the Northern Military District zone at the head of a detachment of Tuapse Cossacks who responded to the call for help from the Russian people of Donbass. On November 26, the battle near Marinka in the DPR was his last.
According to the stories of his comrades, Samorukov led a heavy assault on the fortified area, which was never taken.
