Deputy Regiment Commander/Mi-28 Helicopter pilot - Major

Unit: 487th Separate Helicopter Regiment, 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army, Southern Military District

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Shot down on April 21, 2022 to the south from the village of Malinovka, Pohovsky district, Zaporizhzhia oblast (47.66292, 36.49465), with a 9K38 Igla MANPAD.

Cargo ID: #263

English Name: Alexander Alexandrovich Savelyev

Russian Name: Савельев Александр Александрович

Date of Birth: May 21, 1979 (age: 41 years)

Place of Birth: Syrzan, Samara oblast, Russia

Education: Voronezh Higher Military Aviation Engineering School; Syzran Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots

Awards:
Order of Courage (ph.),
Order of Military Merit,
Medal "For Courage",
Medal of Nesterov,
Medal "For Strengthening the Military Community”,
Medals "For Distinction in Military Service” 1st Class,
Medals "For Distinction in Military Service” 2nd Class,
Medals "For Distinction in Military Service” 3rd Class,
Others under investigation.

Previously Deployed: Syria, Chechnya

Social Media: OK.ru

Personnel Number: F-821169

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Wife:

English Name: Vera Savelyeva (Mavrina)

Russian Name: Вера Савельева (Маврина)

Date of Birth: September 7, 1984

Education: Syzran Mechanical and Technological College

Social Media: OK.ru


Sister:

English Name: Irina Simonova (Savelyeva)

Russian Name: Ирина Симонова (Савельева)

Date of Birth: September 16, 1974

Education: Far Eastern State Aviation Academy, Voronezh Higher Military Aviation Engineering School, Syzran Pedagogical College

Social Media: OK.ru

Married to: Major Alexander Simonov


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