Alexander Panfilov Biography

Father, Panfilov Anatoly Nikolaevich, worked all his life with an electrician at the Vyselkovskaya poultry farm. Mother, Panfilova Galina Nikolaevna, gave 43 years to the work of the teacher of the Russian language and literature. Currently, both parents are pensioners, labor veterans. Since childhood, Alexander grew up on the example of the heroism of fathers and grandfathers, and the question of “who to be” after graduating from high school was completely resolved: “I will only be a military man!

At school, Alexander studied only “good” and “excellent”, especially loved mathematics, physics, historical disciplines, read a lot. The choice of life path was completely independent of him. Still studying at school, he began to play parachute in one of the sports and technical clubs of the city of Krasnodar. In the city, over the years of study, he sent many dozen letters.

It seems that he sent them weekly, or even more often. And each began and ended with questions about the health of relatives and reports that "I have, as usual, everything is fine." Here are separate statements from his letters. They jumped from a parachute tower, from the layout of the silt, laid parachutes. In Krasnodar, parachutes learned to fold three months, but here in one day I learned everything.

I learned to refuel a bed, uniforms. Lectures began. Now there will be a lecture on tactics. Time is cut. " This is not that during the day, it will be more complicated. ” That's just with the German language. I really regret that I did not teach German at school, especially in classes. And now without a language, at least German and hopeless. ” In general, I am making maximum efforts for exemption from exams and tests.

” Almost the whole life of A. Panfilova was a regiment, stationed at that time in the city of the service in this regiment gave a lot in the formation of a military man, and the manifestation of initiative and independence. Here, Alexander was formed as an officer, his career took place here. In the year, Alexander entered the Combined Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which he graduated with honors on June 21, by the decision of the State Certification Commission, he was assigned a qualification “Specialist in the field of management in the specialty of military units and formations of the Ground Forces.

Starting the service as a cadet of the Ryazan Higher Military Commander-in-Komande School, he became the chief of staff of the illustrious guards unit-the 7th Guards Red Banner Order of the Kutuzov II degree of landing and gear division. Only once Alexander changed the place of service. According to the results of the combat training for the winter period of training of the year of the year Guards Parachute-Passenger Regiment named after Dmitry Donskoy, where A.

Panfilov Panfilov commanded the parachute-long battalion of the 7th division in the collective forces to maintain the world in Abkhazia. Peacekeepers served in two security zones KSPM North and South, at 22 posts and 4 checkpoints. In the KSPM control zone, patrols were carried out in 29 mobile groups. Weekly military personnel patrols the Kodor gorge, air monitoring of its upper part.

The total security zone was about 24 kilometers. For comparison: the buffer zone in the city, as part of this battalion, the young Lieutenant Panfilov A. since January G. will be remembered for a long time to the paratroopers of the mountain, where they, in unbearably difficult conditions, blocked the areas of militants adjacent to the Argun gorge. Piercing the path through the meter layer of snow, the Novorossiyans saddle the Dargencel ridge.

There you have to fight not only the enemy, frost, but also with hunger. Due to non-lethal weather, helicopters sometimes could not drop food for many days in a row. But no matter how difficult it was, there were no such heights that did not submit to the landing. Conducting active defense, they tracked the militants.

By leading artillery and aviation, the Novorossiyans exterminated the irreconcilable. And finding and exploding their bases, they took away the last hope of the surviving militants with the coming of the summer to begin a large -scale partisan war. Then there were Dagestan, Abkhazia, Georgia. Behind Panfilova A. Passed the life path-an example of serving the Motherland, a model for the new generation of defenders of our state, skilled leader, consistent adherent of the best traditions of the officer corps of the airborne troops.

By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was very proud of these awards. He died in an accident. It’s incredible and bitter to realize that a person went through several hot spots, jumped with a parachute, has been under bullets more than once and an absurd accident ... an accident in which Alexander was a passenger, he had an hour to meet with his parents. The name of Alexander Panfilov is forever listed in the lists of military personnel of the 7th Guards Airborne Division.

A real man died. A competent commander. Brave warrior. True comrade. A worthy son. Caring father. Together with his wife, he raised his daughter Maria. Alexander dreamed of becoming a general. There was very little left, but not him, not his parents did not wait for this happy day.In this endless life, your military service flew with a burning meteorite and highlighted a name that will always live among people.

The guard Colonel Panfilov A. paid a lot of effort and attention to the upbringing of paratroopers, the increase in the traditions of the airborne troops. In his service, he relied on personal combat experience, which he received in hot spots. For subordinates, he was a strict and fair, faithful and reliable comrade. Alexander Panfilov was buried in the central cemetery of the village of Novomalorossi.

The memory of him will always be stored by a family, friends, colleagues.