Serik Primkhanov

Battalion Chief of Staff - Major

Unit: 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion, 57th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 5th Combined Arms Army, Eastern Military District

Cargo ID: #1144

English Name: Serik Sabitovich Primkhanov

Russian Name: Примханов Серик Сабитович

Date of Birth: September 29, 1987 (age: 35 years)

Place of Birth: Topolinoye, Tomponsky district of Yakutia, Russia

Place of Death: Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (Drone dropped shell)

“Now everything is not the same as before; there are almost no direct clashes. A drone dropped a shell on them, two were wounded, and my husband, unfortunately, died. He did not hide behind others and was not afraid of danger, he was a brave officer,” said the hero’s wife Oksana Primkhanova."

Education: Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School (Graduated 2010)

Awards:
Order of Courage (ph.);
Order of Courage (x2);
Medal "For Courage";
Medal "For Life Saving";
Medal "For Military Valor" 1st Class;
Medal "For Military Valor" 2nd Class;
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 2nd Class;
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 3rd Class;
Medal “For Military Merit (LPR)”;
Other medals under investigation;
Badge "Officer Master Class";
Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution";
Badge "Guard"

"Received a shrapnel wound. After rehabilitation he returned to duty again. From August to October 2022, he was engaged in combat training of mobilized military personnel. After which he again went to carry out combat missions in the Northern Military District zone. September 6, 2023 Serik Primkhanov died while performing a combat mission."

"He loved children very much - he always took them with him, took them to the stadium while jogging. Now daughter Michaela is 7 years old, Malika is 4 years old, they are proud of their father.

“At the Arktika school in Neryungri, they unveiled a memorial plaque in honor of our dad,” says Oksana Primkhanova. “We attended with our daughters, and they were impressed by how their father’s memory was being honored. The head of the Neryungri district, the mayor of Neryungri, and the ataman of the Cossack army came to the opening of the memorial plaque. The museum has an exhibition telling about Serik. At the concert in honor of the school’s anniversary they said about him that thanks to such courageous officers we can not fear for the future of our children. All this deeply touched me and my children.

Primkhanov’s family donated Serik’s chevrons and commander’s watch to the school museum. Oksana Primkhanova expresses gratitude to everyone who helped the family in difficult times.

“My husband died at the age of 35, just 23 days short of his 36th birthday,” says Oksana. – I want to tell everyone who is waiting for their loved ones - don’t stop believing, be courageous. Only thanks to our husbands, fathers, brothers, sons will our country overcome this difficult time for us."

"At the Arktika school they remember and are proud of their graduate, a real officer, a hero, whose feat is a shining example of courage and self-sacrifice in the name of Russia."