Battery Commander - Major

Unit: Iskander-2 Battery, 152nd Guard Missile Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Baltic Fleet

Cargo ID: #280

Full Name: Alexander Sergeevich Kovrikov

Russian Name: Ковриков Александр Сергеевич

Date of Birth: July 5, 1985 (age: 36 years)

Lived in: Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Region (Temporarily occupied Königsberg, Germany)

Awards: Order of Courage (ph.), others under investigation

152-я гвардейская ракетная бригада | Wikiwand
152-я гвардейская ракетная Брестско-Варшавская, ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, ордена Кутузова бригада — ракетное соединение Береговых войск Военно-морского флота Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации. Бригада дислоцируется в г. Черняховск Калининградской области.[3]

Information on the 152nd Guard Missile Brigade

The opening ceremony of the championship was attended by the assistant to the commander of the Baltic Fleet for physical training, Colonel Dmitry Glazunov, the commander of the missile formation of the guard, Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly Gromov, the deputy head of administration - head of the education department of the Chernyakhovsky municipal district Irina Dushakevich, the widow of the guard Major Alexander Kovrikov Alena with her son Sergei. In addition to the athletes’ colleagues, residents and students of city schools gathered in the stands of the stadium.
The widow of the missile officer sincerely thanked everyone who organized the championship dedicated to the memory of her husband and responded to the call to take part in it. The command of the unit, comrades and former colleagues of the guard of Major Alexander Kovrikov provide Alena and her son with all the necessary assistance.

“For us, holding a competition in memory of our husband is a great honor,” said Alena. – Sasha has always been a sports person. He used every free minute for physical activities. He had more than a dozen parachute jumps to his credit. He invariably passed his physical training tests with the highest score. Sasha's priority was running. He repeatedly spoke out for his military unit and city.