Yevgeny Pisarenko

Detachment Commander - Colonel

Unit: Spetsnaz Detachment, "Akhmat" Special Rapid-Response Unit (SOBR), Kadyrovites, Rosgvardia

Cargo ID: #835

Call Sign: "Big" [Bolshoi] (Большой)

English Name: Yevgeny Valeryevich Pisarenko

Russian Name: Писаренко Евгений Валерьевич

Date of Birth: April 16, 1984 (age: 39 years)

Awards: Under investigation

it was publicly announced that, having been awarded the medals “For Courage” and “For Military Valor,” he was nominated for the title of Hero of Russia. Posthumously.

Evgeniy Pisarenko is from a Cossack family. The grandfather is a front-line soldier, and the father is a farm chieftain, awarded two medals “For Courage.” Valery Alekseevich received the first for service in Afghanistan, the second in the Northern Military District zone. The example of his loved ones inspired Evgeniy to connect his life with service.

After school, he entered the University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He started working as a district police officer, then rose to a leadership position and transferred to the Russian Guard with the rank of colonel.

He died next to an Abkhaz and a Russian. The singer of Ossetia defended the interests of Russia in the Northern Military District “Foma” takes a deep breath. “It’s hard,” he admits. - I asked him to be careful. I myself didn’t go because of shell shock, and he didn’t want to take me, he kept asking me to wait. He said he would die a hero. He walked to the front line, under fire, closer to the fighters, as if he was not afraid of anything.”

Many volunteers asked to join the “Bolshoi” detachment - this was the call sign of Evgeny Pisarenko, not only because of his tall stature and powerful physique. He was nicknamed “Big” for his humanity and kindness. For his big heart.

The colonel was left with a wife and three children at home. Parents are famous people in the village. His mother works as the director of a rural cultural center, and his father is the ataman of the Vrevsky farm Cossack society. Their youngest son Alexei was also on the front line, but as part of the airborne troops. A few days before the death of his older brother, he was seriously injured.