Roman Torokhov

Brigade Commander - Colonel

Unit: 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 1st Army Corps, 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District

Cargo ID: #1125

Call Sign: "Ural" (Урал)

English Name: Roman Sergeevich Torokhov

Russian Name: Торохов Роман Сергеевич

Date of Birth: August 14, 1984 (age: 39 years)

Place of Birth: Belogorsk, Amur region

Lived in: Maykop, Adygea Republic, Russia (aged 14 years onwards)

Place of Death: Avdiivka, Donetsk, Ukraine (Cluster Munitions strike on car)

"He died on November 6, 2023, as a result of a car explosion with cluster munitions at the time of a rocket attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine."

Education: Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School, Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Moscow (graduated 2017)("management of military units and formations")

Awards:
Hero of Russia (ph.)
Hero of the DPR
Order of Courage
Order "For Military Merit"
Medal "For Courage”
Medal of Suvorov
Medal of Zhukov
Medal "For Distinction in Combat"
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 1st Class
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 2nd Class
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 3rd Class
Medal "Participant of the Military Operation in Syria"
Other medals under investigation
Badge "Officer 1st Class"
Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution"
Last badge under investigation

Previously Deployed: Georgia, Syria

After completing the required stages of his military career, in 2014 he entered the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Moscow, which he graduated with honors, He graduated in 2017 in the direction of "management of military units and formations".

After that, he continued his service in one of the formations of the Central Military District in the city of Chebarkul (Chelyabinsk region).

In January - May 2018, he was on a business trip to Syria, where Russia has been conducting a military operation for international terrorist groups since 2015. He was awarded the first military award - the Zhukov Medal.

In 2020, he was appointed head of the department of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army The Southern Military District (administration - the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov region).

Since February 24, 2022, as part of his unit, he took part in the Invasion of Ukraine to Annex Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR).

" During the fighting against the Armed Forces Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Torokhov (call sign "Ural") has repeatedly shown courage, bravery and high professionalism. For distinction in the battles to liberate the city of Volnovakha (DPR), which took place in March 2022, he was awarded the Order of Courage.

Since January 2023 - Commander of the 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle The Yenakiyevo-Danube Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army. Under his command, the brigade successfully solved the assigned combat tasks. On her account is the liberation of a number of settlements and the capture of many fortified areas on the territory of the DPR. By his own example, he raised the personnel to attack. In March 2023, the brigade commander was awarded the title of Hero DNR and received the military rank of Colonel ahead of schedule. During his lifetime, he was presented with the title of Hero of Russia.

He died on November 6, 2023, as a result of a car explosion with cluster munitions at the time of a rocket attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He was buried on November 9, 2023 at the military section of the new city cemetery in Maikop (Adygea)."

The head of Adygea Murat Kumpilov and the acting commander of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Vladimir Kochetkov, on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, handed over the Gold Star of the Hero of Russia to the family of Colonel Roman Torokhov. The ceremony took place at the Government House of the Republic.