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)
On February 22, 2024, at school No. 10 in the city of Teykovo, the grand opening of the “Party of Heroes” was held for school graduates - Alexey Valerievich Tarasov and Sergei Igorevich Taldykin.
