Battalion Deputy Commander - Major

Unit: Unknown, 247th Military Equipment Storage and Repair Base, Eastern Military District

"He prepared more than 7000 mobilized men for the special operation."

Cargo ID: #1231

English Name: Ilya Dmitrievich Fetisov

Russian Name: Фетисов Илья Дмитриевич

Date of Birth: May 28, 1990

Place of Birth: Novotsimlyanskaya, Tsimlyansky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia

Place of Death: Military Medical Academy of St. Petersburg

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Ilya took a mortal shrapnel wound to the head from a mortar strike on March 13, 2024. He finally succumbed to his wound on April 14, 2024.

Education: Nizhny Novgorod Higher Military Command School (graduated 2012)

Awards:
Order of Courage (ph.),
Order of Courage,
Medal of Suvorov,
Medal of Zhukov,
Medal "For Military Valor" 1st Class,
Medal "For Military Valor" 2nd Class,
Medal "Participant of the Military Operation in Syria",
Medal "Participant in a Special Military Operation",
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 2nd Class,
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 3rd Class,
Badge "Officer 3rd Class",
Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution",
Badge "For Service in the North Caucasus"

Previous Deployments: Syria, Libya

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We do not know why the Russian photoshop of Ilya's officer portrait is so poorly done. They placed a Major's star on a junior officer's epaulette. Despite the visual discrepancy, we have confirmed that he was a full Major at the time of his death.

Wife:

English Name: Maria Fetisova

Russian Name: Мария Фетисова

Date of Birth: August 12, 1987

Social Media: VK.com

Daughter:

Liza was 24 when her father was killed (this image is from 2015)

English Name: Liza Fetisova

Russian Name: Лиза Фетисова

Date of Birth: January 21, 2000

Social Media: VK.com

Note: the translation above is imprecise. Ilya was killed by a mortar, not a mine.