Battalion Deputy Commander for Training - Major

Unit: 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment, 76th Guards Air Assault Division, Western Military District

Cargo ID: #574

English Name: Nikolai Mikhailovich Vasiliev

Russian Name: Васильев Николай Михайлович

Date of Birth: June 20, 1978 (age: 44 years)

Place of Birth: Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Region

Place of Death: Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

Education: Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (graduated 2000)

Awards: Hero Of Russia (ph.) (Awarded April 17, 2023), Medal of Suvorov, Medal "For Military Valor" 1st Class, Medal "For Military Valor" 2nd Class, Medal "Army General Margelov", Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 2nd Class, Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 3rd Class, Badge "Officer 3rd Class", Badge "Parachutist Instructor", Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution", Badge "Guard"

Previously Served: North Caucasus, Syria

In 2019 he retired from the army into the reserve, in September 2022 when Mobilization was announced he was mobilized back into the 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment.

Opened on May 24, 2023 in the city of Pskov on the Walk of Fame of the 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment.
Opened on September 29, 2023 in the city of Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Region, on the building of secondary school number 4.

In Akhtubinsk, steles were opened to the dead participants of the North Military District. Two black steles with the carved names of those who died in a special military operation were inaugurated today in the Revival park.