Deputy Army Commander - Colonel

Unit: 18th Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District
Previously: Commander of 77th Separate Naval Infantry brigade, 61st Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade

Cargo ID: #1148

English Name: Magomed Kamilievich Magomedzhanov

Russian Name: Магомеджанов Магомед Камильевич

Place of Birth: Zrykh village, Republic of Dagestan

Place of Death: Sevastopol Hospital (died from severe wounds and loss of blood). The injury received was in Krynki, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine (FPV drone strike).

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The remains of Magomed's vehicle after the drone stike

Education: Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School

Awards: Order "For Military Merit", Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 1st Class, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd Class, Medal "For Courage", Medal of Suvorov, Medal of Zhukov, Medal "For Military Valor" 1st Class, Medal "For Military Valor" 2nd Class, 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", Badge "Parachutist Instructor", Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution", Badge "Guard", 1 unidentified badge under investigation

Previous Deployments: Syria

Magomedali Kamilievich is a graduate of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School named after Army General Margelov.
Upon graduation, he expressed a desire to serve in the Marine Corps. He began serving in the brigade back in 1991.
In 1994, already senior lieutenant Magomedzhanov transferred to the Caspian Flotilla.
And in 2005 he returned to Sputnik as a lieutenant colonel and holder of the Order of Military Merit and medals of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st and 2nd class with swords. Then he was appointed deputy brigade commander. In April 2008, he became a brigade commander and received the rank of Colonel.

Senior Lieutenant Magomedali Magomedzhanov (right) - commander of an airborne assault company, November 1993. A native of the village of Khlut, Rutul district of the DASSR.