Spetsnaz Battalion Commander - Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: Logistics Battalion, 16th Spetsnaz Brigade, GRU

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Died in Chistovodivka, Kharkiv region

Cargo ID: #357

Full Name: Anatoly Sergeevich Vasin

Russian Name: Васин Анатолий Сергеевич

Date of Birth: September 4, 1978 (age: 43 years)

Lived In: Serebryany Bor, Kostroma region, Russia

Place of Death: Chistovodovka, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Education: Nizhny Novgorod Higher Military School of Logistics (graduated 2000)

Awards: Order of Courage (ph.); Medal "Participant in the military operation in Syria"; Medal "For Distinction"; Medal "For Combat Distinctions"

Previously Deployed: Syria

He was involved in the school military-patriotic club “Young Paratrooper”. He enthusiastically studied the structure and types of parachutes. Carefully practiced the actions of a parachutist in the air and actions in extreme situations.
"On July 5, 2022 my compatriot, classmate Anatoly Vasin died heroically in Ukraine during special military operation for defense of Donbass. For bravery and heroism, shown during military service Anatoly Vasin was awarded with the order of Courage posthumously by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation. Anatoly was buried with military honors on the Glory Alley in Tambov, he still has two daughters."

Armored vehicles "Tiger" and "Typhoon" passed through Red Square The column was led by Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly Vasin.

In 2020, he took part in the Victory Parade on Red Square.

He was buried with all honors, as a hero of the Russian Federation, at his place of service in Tambov in the city cemetery on the Alley of Heroes.

On the building of the elementary school, the former secondary school No. 3, a memorial plaque was unveiled to Anatoly Sergeevich Vasin, a graduate of the third school - a memorial sign that will again and again remind of courage, service to the Motherland, and enormous maternal and human grief.

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