Regiment Deputy Commander - Lieutenant Colonel

On the Ka-52 helicopter, the pilot completed 82 sorties

Unit: 696th Research and Instruction Helicopter Regiment, 344th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel of Army Aviation

Cargo ID: #654

Full Name: Alexey Valeryevich Tarasov

Russian Name: Тарасову Алексею Валерьевичу

Date of Birth: June 24, 1981 (age: 41 years)

Place of Birth: Teykovo, Ivanovo region, Russia

Education: Syzran Higher Military Aviation School, Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Air Force of the Air Force Academy (Graduated 2003)

Awards: Hero of Russia (ph.), Order of Courage (ph.), Medal "Nesterov", others under investigation

Previously Deployed: Syria

On 10/02/2022, during a combat mission, he discovered a tank group firing at Russian ground forces and decided to attack the armored vehicles. As a result of the helicopter attack, the enemy offensive was thwarted, but the Ka-52 crew was killed.

Opened on February 22, 2023 in the city of Teykovo, Ivanovo region, on the building of secondary school No. 10 (Molodezhnaya street, building 10)

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