Regiment Commander - Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment, 76th Guards Air Assault Division, Russian Airborne Forces (VDV)

Cargo ID: #1413

Call Sign: "Skipper" (Шкипер)

English Name: Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Kurin

Russian Name: Курин Александр Вячеславович

Education: Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School; Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Armed Forces

Date of Birth: April 13, 1980 (age: 44 years)

Date of Death: September 11, 2024 (via FPV Drone)

Place of Death: Glushkovo, Glushkovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia

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Wounded in the drone strike that killed Major Yuri Aleksandrovich Mikhailov [Cargo ID #1411] on August 29, 2024, Aleksandr lived two more weeks before a second drone strike (video below) finished the job.
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Reportedly the strike that killed Lieutenant Colonel Kurin

Social Media: VK.com, OK.ru

Address: Russia, Ryazan, 4th line st., bldg. 66, apt. 212

Phone Number: +7-910-620-74-20

Passport Number: 9929272143

Alfa-Bank Account Number: 40817810411220019004

Awards:
Order of Courage (ph.), 
Order of Courage, 
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, 
Badge "Officer 2nd Class", 
Badge "Parachutist Instructor", 
Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution", 
Badge "Guard"

Wife

English Name: Natalia Kurina (Kulagina)

Russian Name: Наталья Курина (Кулагина)

Date of Birth: September 10, 1977

Social Media: OK.ru

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