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# Vyacheslav Zangiev
- URL: https://topcargo200.com/509/
- Published: 2022-11-01T02:19:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-04T19:04:25.000Z
- Author: Top
- Tags: Lieutenant Colonel, Cargo200, Wagner PMC

*Regiment Commander and Mi-8 Pilot - Lieutenant Colonel*

**Unit:** Combat Helicopter Regiment, [Wagner PMC](https://topcargo200.com/tag/wagner)

**Cargo ID:** #509

**Full Name:** Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Zangiev 

**Russian Name:** Вячеслав Михайлович Зангиев 

**Date of Birth:** 2 November, 1960 (age: 61 years and 363 days)

**Awards:** "holder of the Order of the Red Star, the Order of Military Merit and the Order of Courage (ph.)", others under investigation

**Previously Deployed:** Afghanistan, North Caucasus

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![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2024/02/509.jpg)

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The videos below show the destruction of the Mi-8 it is believed Zangiev was piloting. This helicopter was delivering retired mid-level officers, who were specially hired by Wagner PMC to command the cons and other mercenaries. Of the 18 men onboard, only 1 survived the crash. That survivor was Lieutenant Colonel Lapikov \[[Cargo ID #734](https://topcargo200.com/734)\], who died from his wounds a week later.

Fair warning: Some videos have music added (not my doing!).

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Retired in 2019

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2024/02/509newb.jpg)

> The stand in memory of Vyacheslav Zangiev was opened by his sister; representatives of the family, classmates, and residents of the republic came to pay tribute.