Vladimir Kochetkov

Regiment Commander

Unit: 1232 Motorized Rifle Regiment (Tarastan), 3rd Army Corps, Western Military District

Cargo ID: #932

Call Sign: "Reservation" (Бронь)

English Name: Vladimir Gennadievich Kochetkov

Russian Name: Кочетков Владимир Геннадьевич

Date of Birth: June 29, 1971 (age: 52 years)

Place of Birth: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Education: Kazan Higher Tank Command School (1990's)

Social Media: OK.ru

"At the end of June, the colonel turned 52 years old. In the 1990s, he graduated from the Kazan Tank School, after many years of service he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He worked as an engineer in various Kazan firms, and in the fall of 2022 he returned to the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again - as a mobilized. On October 30, 2022, Kochetkov, while still in the regiment's deputy commander, but already with the rank of colonel, led thousands of mobilized servicemen from Tatarstan. Later he headed the division. And on August 17, during the performance of another combat mission, he died, and, as his acquaintances said, not from a fragment or bullet, but from cardiac arrest."