Alexander Makarov

Battalion Commander, Airborne Training Instructor - Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: 3rd Parachute Battalion, 217th Guards Airborne Regiment, 98th Guards Airborne Division, Western Military District

Cargo ID: #616

Full Name: Alexander Dmitrievich Makarov

Russian Name: Макаров Александр Дмитриевич

Date of Birth: July 25, 1983 (age: 39 years)

Place of Birth: Kirovabad (now Ganja), Azerbaijan

Place of Death: Dibrova, Kremina District, Luhansk, Ukraine (Command Post Himars Strike)

Education: St. Petersburg Rocket and Artillery Cadet Corps and the Ryazan Airborne Command School.

Awarded: Order of Courage (ph.), Hero of Russia(ph.)

By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, for the courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty, Guard Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dmitrievich Makarov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

Awarded the Order of Courage (posthumously), medals, including Suvorov, “For Courage”, “For Military Valor”.