Alexey Kalmykov

Spetsnaz Deputy Commander - Major

Unit: Unknown. Likely spetsnaz detachment from either the 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, 150th Motorized Rifle Division, or the 810th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, 58th Combined Arms Army.

Previously: "In 2011-2012, he served as commander of a radio jamming platoon of an electronic warfare company of the 205th separate motorized rifle brigade (location point - the city of Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory) of the 49th combined arms army. In his first officer certification by the command of the military university, it was noted that, along with the successful mastery of military disciplines, Lieutenant Kalmykov has outstanding leadership qualities and is proficient in hand-to-hand combat techniques. After a short time, the promising officer, after undergoing strict selection and additional special training, was transferred to the special forces brigade of the Main (Intelligence) Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He went from deputy commander of a special forces group to deputy commander of a special forces detachment. In 2014, he participated in the operation to return Crimea to Russia, and performed other special tasks, for which he was awarded medals."

Cargo ID: #237

Awards: Hero of Russia (ph.) Medal "Suvorov", Other under investigation

Full Name: Alexey Nikolaevich Kalmykov

Russian Name: Калмыков Алексей Николаевич

Date of Birth: December 8, 1988 (age: 33 years)

Place of Birth: Astrakhan, Russia

Place of Death: Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Ukriane (Hand Held "Flamethrower" "Bumblebee", Shoulder Fired Thermobaric charge fired from a weapon like an RPG-7)

Alexei Kalmykov, a major, deputy commander of a special forces unit of the Russian Defense Ministry, was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his bravery and heroism, services to the state and the people of the Russian Federation. Posthumously.

In the special military operation on demilitarization and denationalization of Ukraine Alexey took part almost from its very beginning. Special Forces carried out the most difficult tasks, acting, as they say, on the "front line". In February, Major Kalmykov and his subordinates broke through to Mariupol, where the enemy had concentrated not only a large number of its armed forces, but also nationalists from the "Azov" regiment. There were also many local residents, whom the nationalists deliberately prevented from leaving the city and covered them as a human shield. In general, the situation was "very bad. A convoy of Russian spetsnaz, which was on its way to the city, was ambushed. Fire was dense, hitting from all sides. Alexei, in such a, to put it mildly, not easy situation, did not lose his temper, giving clear instructions, led his men out from under fire of the enemy, and the commandos went into battle. And so - day after day from line to line, freeing settlements, through fire of the enemy, commandos with fights, showing courage and heroism, came to the outskirts of the city, together with their commander, Major Kalmykov, who inspired his subordinates by example. In March, the main assault on the city began. The spetsnaz moved forward, destroying the fiercely resisting enemy. The bitterness of the losses, the pain of the wounds, the suffering of the local residents - all merged into one picture. As the Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov wrote - "The ground was shaking - like our breasts, horses and people were mixed up, and volleys of a thousand guns merged into a long howl ...". The enemy bombarded the special forces with fire of all available means. Kalmykov was repeatedly contused, in addition to contusions, received a mine blast injury, multiple gunshot wounds with shrapnel in both legs, but did not leave the battlefield. By late March, fewer than 10 men remained in the ranks, but they continued to carry out the mission, engaging in combat with the superior forces of the enemy.

At the beginning of April Kalmykov was walking with the head patrol near the sea port in Mariupol. There was a radio operator next to him. They walked along the ruins, pressed tightly against the wall of a building occupied by the enemy. From the corner of his eye, Alexei noticed that from behind the corner of the opposite building a hand-held flamethrower was fired at the commandos. Alexei could practically see a grenade, launched from a Bumblebee, flying at them. There was an instant before the explosion. And the commander covered the fighter with himself. Explosion. The dust was settling. The radio operator, bruised by shrapnel, was shaking the commander, trying to see a spark of life in his eyes. But it was too late - the brave officer was killed.

That was the way we remembered major Alexey Kalmykov - the officer of Russian Special Forces. Strong, courageous, real