Konstantin Mosalev St. Petersburg skull mad company. Callsign "Gyurza": why Chechen fighters were so afraid of the "Mad Company"
I would like to remind everyone about the legendary reconnaissance "Mad Company" of 166 separate motorized rifle brigade under the command of "Gyurza". ", then immediately abandoned their positions (no matter how strong they were) and fled (even if they outnumbered the "Mad Company" many times over).
Alexey Viktorovich Efentiev, the son of a hereditary military man, was born in 1963. He served in active service in the ranks of military sailors. After demobilization, he entered the famous Baku Higher Military Combined Arms Command School, immediately after graduating with the rank of lieutenant, he was sent to Afghanistan. During his service in war-torn Afghanistan, Alexei Efentiev went from platoon commander to head of the reconnaissance group. After that there was Nagorno-Karabakh. From 1992 to 1994, Captain Alexei Efentiev was the head of the headquarters of a separate reconnaissance battalion in Germany.
Since 1994 Alexei Efentiev has been in Chechnya. The military unit he commanded was one of the best and most combat-ready units. Russian troops. A. Efentiev's call sign "Gyurza" was well known. "Gyurza" was a legend of the first Chechen war. On his combat account, dozens of dangerous raids on the rear of the army of Dudayev's militants, the assault on Bamut and the lifting of the blockade from the special Coordination Center surrounded in the center of Grozny, when thanks to the heroism of "Gyurza" many high ranks of the Army and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were saved, as well as large group Russian correspondents. For this feat in 1996, A. Efentiev was presented with the title of "Hero of Russia".
During the service in hot spots was awarded with orders"For Military Merit", "Red Star", "Courage", medal "For Distinction in military service I degree", two medals "For Military Merit" and other awards and distinctions. A. Efentiev was the hero of numerous television programs on central television channels, and also became the prototype of "Gyurza" in Alexander Nevzorov's film "Purgatory".
After the first Chechen war, "Gyurza" pulled into his company more than half of the army, with whom he fought in a separate 166th motorized rifle brigade. He pulled some out of a deep drunkenness, literally picked up some on the street, saved some from being fired. "Special Forces" led by their commander themselves erected a monument to their comrades who died in Chechnya. They ordered a granite monument with their own money, and built the foundation for it on their own.
Reconnaissance commanded by "Gyurza" Chechen fighters called "mad". So that they would not be confused with ordinary infantry, the special forces tied black bandages taken from the killed "Czechs" on their heads, it was a kind of dedication: each newcomer had to remove the black bandage from the "Czech" he had killed and cut off his ears (according to Karan, it is considered that Allah draws into paradise by the ears and cuts off the ears of the killed, the special forces, thereby depriving the Muslim militant of the opportunity to go to paradise. This had a huge psychological impact on the enemy). They invariably went first and joined the battle, even when the numerical advantage was far from their side. In April 1996, under the Belgatoy captured by the militants, the machine gunner Romka, without stopping firing, at point-blank range, at full height, without hiding, went to the firing point, like Alexander Matrosov. The hero died, and his body was pulled out from under the fire of the Chechens by comrade Konstantin Mosalev, whom A. Nevzorov would later show in the film "Purgatory" under the pseudonym "St. Petersburg".
Bamut was taken by a reconnaissance company of the 166th brigade, which bypassed Bamut in the mountains from the rear. On the way to Bamut, the advanced patrol of scouts collided with a detachment of militants, who also went to Bamut. During the battle, 12 militants were killed (the bodies were left abandoned). Private Pavel Naryshkin died and Lance Sergeant Pribylovsky was wounded. Naryshkin died saving the wounded Pribylovsky. The retreating Chechens went in a roundabout way to Bamut, and there began a panic about the "Russian special forces brigade in the rear" (radio interception). After that, the militants decided to break into the mountains along the right slope of the gorge, where they hit the advancing battalion of the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade. In the oncoming battle, about 20 militants were killed, the losses of the 136th brigade were 5 people killed and 15 people were wounded. The remnants of the militants were partially dispersed, partially broke through and went into the mountains. About 30 more were filled during the day when pursued by aircraft and artillery. It was the detachment of scouts of the 166th brigade that entered Bamut first. It was these contractors who were filmed in Nevzorov's report.
"From the heroes of bygone times! (song from the movie "Officers")
"Life to the Fatherland, Honor to no one"
(Motto of Russian officers)
What's in the future? What will I be doing?
What I can do is to benefit my Russia. She is my main personal matter!
Alexey Efentiev
From time immemorial, the Russian Land has stood on such people and will stand forever. Honor and Glory to them, the true Heroes of the Fatherland!
Gyurza is a great huntress. First, she waits for her prey on the ground or on some tree. As soon as a careless animal approaches the reptile, it makes a lightning throw, grabs and does not let go of its prey.
Efentiev Alexey Viktorovich (Gyurza)
AT During the first Chechen campaign, Bamut remained the main outpost of the militants for a long time. "Bamut - Russians will never take!" - this expression, like a spell, was repeated in the Grozny markets, written on the walls of houses, chanted from the crowd. Bamut is a stronghold! Bamut is a symbol! Bamut is faith! Three times Russian troops approached Bamut, and three times there was a failure. Leaving after a multi-day assault, as they say, "on the forehead", burning equipment, dozens of dead and wounded ...
At that time the general Shamanov made the opposite decision. The "Czechs" are used to the fact that Russian units in this war are advancing, as if according to a learned pattern - along the roads, on equipment in open areas, exposing themselves to the fire of Chechen grenade launchers, flying into ambushes and, as a result, incurring losses. With this in mind, the “Chekhovian” defense was built face to the valley and to the roads. But the military acted differently this time.
The troops deployed directly in front of the front of defense, thereby distracting and misleading the militants, demonstrating "usual stupidity", but at the same time not exposing themselves to the lethal fire of the Chechens. And through the mountains, bypassing Bamut, special assault units of motorized rifle brigades advanced with reconnaissance and "special forces" companies attached to reinforce them. The Dudaevites, who had previously believed that the forests were their domain and felt completely safe there, were simply stunned by the appearance of soldiers in their seemingly safest place. They did not expect and did not believe. It couldn't be. Of course, it was a shock for the militants when, on the forest paths and roads along which the caravans with the necessary cargo went, in the places of "layouts" and "cache", they suddenly stumbled upon the Russians, who began to mow down the Russians, who did not understand anything, relaxed, lost their vigilance "Warriors of Allah" Hundreds of them died in these forests, never understanding what had happened.
As a result, panic set in. Those few "spirits" who survived in ambushes, in fiery bags, rushed back to Bamut, reporting on the Russian "special forces" flooding the forests, about the "hordes of apostates" walking along the forest paths. The long held front collapsed. As expected, in the current situation, each of the militants thought only about himself, about his own skin. In a panic, both equipment and ammunition were thrown. "Warriors of Allah" scattered through the forests, trying to seep through barriers and ambushes. For Russian army it was a victory, competent and decisive. For the Chechens, this was the collapse of their last hope, their last outpost.
On the fourth day of the fighting, scouts of the 166th motorized rifle brigade hoisted the Banner of Victory over Bamut. To the complete disgrace of the militants, Bamut himself was taken virtually without a fight. Horror and panic shackled their desire for resistance. On May 25, 1996, it was all over. Dudayevsky Bamut fell. One of the heroes of the famous assault was a short, well-trodden major - the head of intelligence of the 166th motorized rifle brigade Alexei Efentiev, whom many knew by his radio call sign - "Gyurza". It was Efentiev who went at the head of the assault detachment, bypassing the militants from the rear ...
Alexey Viktorovich Efentiev, the son of a hereditary soldier, was born in 1963.
1981-1982 - served urgently in the Navy in the Caspian Sea. 1986 - graduated from the Baku Higher Combined Arms command school. 1987-1988 - service in Afghanistan. Special Forces Group Commander. 1989-1992 - head of intelligence of the regiment in Baku. 1992-1994 - Chief of Staff of a separate reconnaissance battalion in Germany. 1994-1999 - a separate army special forces company in Voronezh. 1999-2000 - Commander of the Rusbat of the Russian peacekeeping battalion in Kosovo, commandant of the Slatina airfield. Behind the war: Afghanistan, Karabakh, Tajikistan, Chechnya, Kosovo.
After demobilization, he entered the famous Baku Higher Military Combined Arms Command School, immediately after graduating with the rank of lieutenant, he was sent to Afghanistan. During his service in war-torn Afghanistan, Alexei Efentiev went from platoon commander to head of the reconnaissance group. After that there was Nagorno-Karabakh. From 1992 to 1994, Captain Alexei Efentiev was the head of the headquarters of a separate reconnaissance battalion in Germany.
Since 1994 Alexei Efentiev has been in Chechnya. The military unit he commanded was one of the best and most combat-ready units of the Russian troops. The call sign of A. Efentiev "Gyurza" was well known. "Gyurza" was a legend of the first Chechen war. On his combat account, dozens of dangerous raids on the rear of the army of Dudayev's militants, the assault on Bamut and the lifting of the blockade from the special Coordination Center surrounded in the center of Grozny, when thanks to the heroism of Gyurza, many high ranks of the Army and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as a large group of Russian correspondents, were saved . For this feat in 1996, A. Efentiev was presented with the title of "Hero of Russia".
During his service in hot spots, he was awarded the Orders of Military Merit, the Red Star, Courage, the medal "For Distinction in Military Service, 1st Class", two medals "For Military Merit" and other awards and distinctions. A. Efentiev was the hero of numerous television programs on central television channels, and also became the prototype of "Gyurza" in the film "Purgatory" by Alexander Nevzorov.
Taking part in the bloody war, he did not harden, did not become embittered. Benevolent and with an open mind, he continued to be in love with his work with boyish excitement. He categorically refuses all official growth and appointments, considering the reconnaissance company his family, his home.
After the first Chechen war, "Gyurza" pulled into his company more than half of the army, with whom he fought in a separate 166th motorized rifle brigade. He pulled some out of a deep drunkenness, literally picked up some on the street, saved some from being fired. The “special forces”, led by their commander, themselves erected a monument to their comrades who died in Chechnya. They ordered a granite monument with their own money, and built the foundation for it on their own.
The reconnaissance unit commanded by Gyurza was nicknamed "mad" by Chechen fighters. So that they would not be confused with ordinary infantry, the special forces tied black bandages on their heads. They invariably went first and joined the battle, even when the numerical advantage was far from their side. In April 1996, under the Belgatoy captured by the militants, the machine gunner Romka, without stopping firing, at point-blank range, at full height, without hiding, went to the firing point, like Alexander Matrosov. The hero died, and his body was pulled out from under the fire of the Chechens by comrade Konstantin Mosalev, whom A. Nevzorov would later show in the film "Purgatory" under the pseudonym "St. Petersburg".
photo by Alexander Nemenov
Bamut was taken by a reconnaissance company of the 166th brigade, which bypassed Bamut in the mountains from the rear. On the way to Bamut, the advanced patrol of scouts collided with a detachment of militants, who also went to Bamut. During the battle, 12 militants were killed (the bodies were left abandoned). Private Pavel Naryshkin was killed and junior sergeant Pribylovsky was wounded. Naryshkin died saving the wounded Pribylovsky. The retreating Chechens went in a roundabout way to Bamut, and there began a panic about the "Russian special forces brigade in the rear" (radio interception). After that, the militants decided to break into the mountains along the right slope of the gorge, where they hit the advancing battalion of the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade. In the oncoming battle, about 20 militants were killed, the loss of 136 brigade - 5 people were killed and 15 people were wounded. The remnants of the militants were partially dispersed, partially broke through and went into the mountains. About 30 more were filled during the day when pursued by aircraft and artillery. It was the detachment of scouts of the 166th brigade that entered Bamut first. It was these contractors who were filmed in Nevzorov's report.
Actually, there was no battle at all in Bamut itself. By this moment, the militants rushed from there at full speed and a heavy battle was on the slope of the gorge, where the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade blocked Bamut. I wrote about him. The "battle" for Nevzorov, indeed, was filmed two days after the capture of Bamut at the request of scouts who wanted to "perpetuate" their feat. It was filmed well, by the way. Against the backdrop of the then Pro-Chechen "chernukha" - it was great!
Konstantin Masalev ("Kostya Pitersky"): And yet we took Bamut! When the detachment defending Bamut was ambushed while moving (between the bridge and the ford), after the battle there was no one to defend the fortress, and when they entered Bamut, there were already only a few militants on mortars and DShK (they later left towards Ingushetia). So they took it. True, in conscience, the militants kept Bamut for a long time, but to fight with the empire is a thankless task ...
Two months later, "Gyurza" and his people were the first in Grozny to make their way to the coordination center, surrounded by militants. For this feat, he was presented to the title of Hero of Russia, but only to this day the performance goes somewhere ...
When unfired contractors come to war, they don't even know which side the bullet is coming from. So that the soldiers do not shy away from the shots, the commander equips the Kalashnikov with live ammunition and pours bursts over the heads of his subordinates. If the staff find out about such an original technique, the officer will be put on trial. But in Chechnya, other rules are professed. To win, you have to be desperate and merciless here.
The Chechen militants called this reconnaissance mad To avoid confusion with the infantry, the special forces wore black armbands. It was a defiance, a contempt for the death that was after them. They always went first and took the fight, even when the numerical superiority was not on their side. They could fight seven against forty and emerge victorious from the battle. In April 1996, near Belgatoy, the machine gunner Romka, shooting at point-blank range, went to the firing point at full height, like Alexander Matrosov. He, already killed, was pulled out of the battle by Kostya Mosalev, who later in the film "Purgatory" under the nickname St. Petersburg will be brought out by Nevzorov.
Twenty days later, as soon as the wound heals, Kostya will run away from the hospital in order to be in time for Bamut's second attack. Former policeman, school teacher, grave digger, miner. Who was not in this frenzied reconnaissance. They, people of different professions and ages, were brought together by the war, like a kind of gambling without end and beginning. It's strange - they were homesick, but as soon as their wounds healed, they were again drawn here - to drag around the mountains, share a can of canned food with a friend, the last cartridge and their own lives.
"Gyurza":
“I remember them all. By first name and last name. Let them stay with me. To some extent, this is our common sin. But they were the best. I loved them and still love them. Even when they leave this life, no one takes their place. Someone came also stands nearby, like them, but no matter how their place is not taken. Someone came, just standing next to you, like them, but, as it were, you don’t take their place ... "
Aleksey Efentiev was the last commander of the frenzied company. This is it, the same legendary "Gyurza".
Not at all similar to the cinematic image of the "special forces" in Kevlar armor, which was fashioned by the author of the scandalous "Purgatory". These shots are seven years old. The troops of the group had just taken Bamut, the firefight had not yet died out, and the scouts stopped, not feeling much joy from the victory, because they had lost Pashka, the second number of the machine gun crew.
I've been here recently, but I go with the boys, na. Over the past 7 days, the people have been shocked ... It's a pity they lost the lad ...
Then, in 1995, Aleksey had just received an army intelligence company, which became the meaning of his life, his destiny. Soon, the call sign "Gyurza" was known to everyone in Chechnya - both ours and the militants, who appointed a lot of money for his head. Even in Afghanistan, he was nicknamed "Lesha - the golden hoof" because where he led his group, there were never any losses on our part. His supernatural sense of danger was already legendary in Chechnya - in his seventh war. In a second, he could determine the place where a mine or shell would fly. He could take a bottle of champagne to the mountains to give to a soldier on his birthday.
There was a real man in my company - Petrovich, for me he was both a father and a faithful comrade ...
Here he is - Petrovich in the footage taken seven years ago in the vicinity of Bamut.
- I'm from Smolensk.
“Do you think we are fighting right here?”
“I think we are fighting right.
- For what?
What they did before this war, they will never be forgiven. Therefore, this scum should have been burned out with a red-hot iron for a long time.
- And there in Moscow the democrats stubbornly shout that the Chechens are fighting for their land, that they are good ...?
“And these democrats need to be brought here someday so that they can see what these militants are doing here. Our compatriot from Smolensk was mutilated beyond recognition, tortured, the skin was removed in patches from the back. How can you forgive them for this? There is no forgiveness for them.
Such - wise men made up the backbone of his company. And in each he valued character most of all. The real Russian character, about which I once - back in childhood, I read in the story of Alexei Tolstoy.
There was such a moment that we captured a Chechen, a militant, well, at first we wanted ... Well, as in wartime ... And a few days passed, Andrei himself, who was the most difficult in relation to them, said: “Come on, commander, let him go, what is he to us sweetheart? Let him live - they let him go. Andriukha was killed by a sniper in Grozny - hit in the head. And there was a teacher, he taught literature with the Russian language at a school in the Bryansk region. It's a little hard for me to remember all this ... But it's just that their character, burned by the winds of war, emerges like a real Russian character.
At that moment, when we released this militant - he was a young 18-year-old guy, at first he thought that maybe my son would be pitied on such fiery roads. To some extent it seemed to me that I was also the father of this Chechen. I was sincerely pleased, putting my hand on my heart. I let him go and my fighters wished him not to fight in the future. He is in debt to us. I was simply shocked, frankly glad that here he is - a real Russian character.
Aleksey showed his real character in August 1996, when Grozny was in the hands of militants who had trapped administrative buildings and a hotel with journalists. Then "Gyurze" managed to unblock the passage to the Coordination Center without loss and withdraw people from there in a day of continuous fighting. And then, when the exhausted scouts were ordered to pull the infantry out of the ambush, the company suffered its heaviest losses. Every second was wounded, every third died ...
It's hard... I even cried... I'll say that the BMP, which I had, received 8 holes from a grenade launcher. I have lost my best people. It happened…
Alexei was introduced to the title of Hero, but the authorities wanted to forget about the shame of those days as quickly as possible, and this idea was lost in the Kremlin offices. Today it is bitter to remember that time. Because those who were spared by the war were not needed by the country. Company special purpose, which he made the best special forces unit of the armed forces, was disbanded on the eve of the second Chechen campaign.
Once upon a time, Nevzorov made a very strong and terrible film about the Chechen war - Purgatory. Many of the characters in that film had real prototypes.
In the continuation of small stories about how it was
Grigorashchenko
Igor Andreevich Grigorashchenko was born on May 12, 1968 in Przhevalsk, Kirghiz SSR.
In 1994 he graduated from the Chelyabinsk Tank School.
In Chechnya, he was the commander of a tank platoon of the 135th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military unit 64201). In Mozdok, he met his classmates who fought, and asked to be transferred to them (74 Omsbr, military unit 21005). At first he was taken as an operator on a captured tank. At first he guarded Rokhlin's command post.1, then he became the commander of a tank platoon.2 In Grozny he replaced three tanks, and after they burned down, he became an infantryman.
He died on January 8, 1995 in Grozny. He was hit by a fragment of a mine when he descended into the hatch of a tank.
Lieutenant Grigorashchenko is buried in Prokhladny. He was posthumously awarded the Terek Cossack Cross "For the battles in Chechnya" 1st degree and the silver cross "For the revival of the Orenburg Cossacks".
Suvorov
Commander of the 131st Omsbr Colonel Ivan Alekseevich Savin. He died on January 2, 1995 in Grozny.
Kostya Pitersky
In a black armband, this is not Cobra, but Max, a machine gunner. This Nevzorov muddied at the time.
"Kostya Pitersky" - he also came up with.
Cobra is the call sign of our flyer.
At that time, this flyer was a company commander.
Gyurza
and Gyurza was the head of intelligence of the brigade, he had his own platoon - the platoon of the directorate of the head of intelligence.
The guy from the second baht stole a sewing machine - you bring him two liters and a raincoat and he sewed unloading to order. The officers brought their own with them, someone on vacation in the military departments of various goods, and a kid from Transnistria showed me how to build unloading from an “Afghan woman” - cheaply and tastefully. And on vacation, then my mother sewed a good thing for me ... in short, the need for inventions is cunning.
Here is what he writes:
I received from Nikolai "Communication" photographs of the "Mad Company" in Bamut, they had not been posted anywhere before.
Nikolai "Svyaz" is the radio operator of Sergei "Cobra". to him, in turn, they were provided by Vasily Prokhanov.
On the left is Vlad Shurygin (journalist), then Nikolai "Svyaz", followed by Max, And then the guys from the third platoon of the "Mad Company". photo adventure56
For soldiers and officers of the 90s, "Gyurza" is the same symbol of military honor and hero, as political instructor Klochkov or senior lieutenant Konstantin Olshansky once was for the front-line soldiers of the Great Patriotic War.
All the years of his service, Efentiev invariably refused staff positions, remaining a line officer, remaining faithful to his beloved "special forces" ...
He left the army against his will.
When bureaucrats from GOMU disbanded separate company“special forces”, to which Alexei gave everything last years, creating it virtually from scratch, from scratch, and making it the best "special forces" company ground forces, him in again they offered a bureaucratic chair at the headquarters, but Efentiev did not accept the “consoling” position and wrote a letter of resignation ...
What usually happens to ex-military? Some kind of quiet private security company or a gatehouse at garages - where, far from the hustle and bustle, retirees earn a little “welding” for retirement. But Alex was not like that. Well, it was impossible to imagine Efentiev guarding someone's warehouse, or dozing in a booth at the barrier. And thirty-eight years is not the age of a pensioner, even if you have long been an “old man” by length of service.
Probably, for many, six years ago, it was almost a shock that Alexei decided to take up agriculture. Well, the image of a brilliant officer, a real “special forces” dog of war, did not fit in any way with peaceful digging in the ground, sowing, harvesting, traveling through the fields, hayfields and fertilizers.
It seemed that Efentiev simply blew it, got confused by an empty hobby that this would soon pass. But six months passed, spring passed, the time for the first harvest came, and at the granaries of the Donskoye farm in the Ramonsky district of the Voronezh region, suddenly, as if by a wave magic wand mountains of selected grain grew. His, Efentevsky, grain, planted and grown by him on this earth.
And then, suddenly, with piercing clarity, it became clear that the land for Efentiev is serious and for a long time. And as once in the ranks, in the war, he could not be "just a major", but only the best, only the first, only the very best, so on earth he could not afford to be an accidental guest, a capricious hobby - only the best, only the first. And now his desktop is littered with books on agronomy, land use, economics. He wanders around exhibitions and elite seed farms. On his MTS, the lights do not go out until late in the evening - mechanics sort out and restore equipment, repair tractors, combines, seeders, harvesters, mowers ...
In just two years, the devastated backward state farm turned into one of the best farms in the Voronezh region.
And yet, even for many of his friends, his choice of work came as a surprise.
Why land, why agriculture? Here is how he himself once answered this question: “I retired in 2000. And I think: what next, where? I began to figure out: my mother is an agronomist, my father-in-law was the chairman of the collective farm for many years. I didn't know anything about agriculture. But I love my land. The earth saved me many times during the war, I dug into it, pressed it. And how many times did I ask God to protect me? From somewhere in my soul I heard the call of my ancestors and made up my mind. Labor on earth is an interesting, creative work. There is an opportunity to earn money. You just need to plow on it properly. Life experience, including military, of course, came in handy. The situation is generally similar. What is an army? Get up early, go to bed late, you constantly work with people, you are in suspense. The same is true in agriculture. And all the time with people and in motion: one field, another. With technology, the same problems as in the army. The same caterpillars and wheels ... So I became the director of an agricultural enterprise.
Of course, one in the field is not a warrior. Here, in the former state farm, and now OOO Donskoye, Alexei did not come alone. He brought a whole team with him. His former colleagues, brothers in the war, with whom he passed the front roads of Chechnya, Kosovo, Karabakh. And it was with a team of like-minded friends that he was able to do the impossible - to revive the earth, raise the fields overgrown with shrubs and thistles, and restore life to the actually dead villages.
But not everyone enjoyed this enthusiasm. ex-spy. For some, the poverty and hopelessness of the peasants, their degradation and savagery were too profitable.
Not everything worked out right away, not everything that he conceived succeeded. Here is how Aleksey says about this time and about himself: “The most valuable thing is my, or rather, our team, with which we came to the village all together, as we went to intelligence. As you can see, the reconnaissance was successful, even went over to a large-scale offensive! An offensive against drunkenness, unemployment, agrarian ignorance and ruin.
Of course, we came to the earth, not like an oil well - pump yourself money and shove it into your accounts until the oil runs out. And this is our main life position and moral principles. We always remember that the earth is a Home, not a Store. The main thing is not what we get on earth: crops, figures, production indicators, but how we will live on it!”
Over the years, the economy has long since risen from its knees, from unprofitable, sitting up to its neck in debt, has turned into a growing profitable business, has gained strength. There are certain hopes in this regard in connection with the implementation of the national project in the field of agriculture.
But not only profit is in the head of the general director - this is now the name of Efentiev's position. While working on the land, Alexey does not forget about the people living on this land. In its central branch, the village of Bogdanovo, he built sports towns, two gyms, and a dance floor. A building has been purchased and renovated for a first-aid post, which has not been here since 1992.
Efentiev Alexey Viktorovich, - General Director of the agricultural enterprise Donskoye LLC. Chairman of the Voronezh regional branch of the Agrarian Party.
Aleksey Efentiev belongs to that unique stratum of our society, which, without any doubt, can be called the “national elite”. Whatever he does, he can do his job only perfectly, only with superlatives definitions. He does not know how to be second, he does not know how to give in to difficulties. And his talent is not the talent of a destroyer, although he spent almost ten years of his life in wars and in “hot spots”. Efentiev is a real harmonizer, creator. And his choice of peaceful labor is only proof of the huge positive potential that lies in it.
Also, Alexei real patriot of Russia. How many times he was made tempting offers to go abroad. To Europe, Israel, to Asia, where they were ready to take him as a leading instructor in large training centers private security guards, to security firms, but he stayed in Russia, chose, probably, the most difficult and ungrateful craft of a farmer and built his future with his own hands ...
He is a true hero of our time. Warrior, plowman, sage.
We are standing in a half-empty hangar, where the last year's crop was stored quite recently. Now, under the tarpaulin, there are only heaps of elite seed wheat. The one that will lie in the ground in the spring to become a new crop by the fall. Aleksey scoops it up with his palm, carefully, like the fingers of a child, kneads it in his fingers ...
— Do you know that Russian grain feeds Afghanistan? It is purchased through the UN and exported to Afghanistan. Maybe my grain...
Why are we still respected in Afghanistan? Yes, because we have never fought against the people. We didn't arrange any crusades for the "modernization" of Islam, as Americans do today. Yes, we fought with the dushmans, sometimes very cruelly, but we always saw people in the Afghans, we were always ready to sit down at the same table with them, share bread, and negotiate peace. We built schools, power plants, factories for them, imported bread, flour, and medicines. We tried to build a peaceful life. And the Afghans remember this...
I keep in my heart the names of all the excellent commanders, those with whom I was lucky to serve and whom I am proud to know. Generals Vasily Vasilievich Prizemlin, Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov, Vladimir Ilyich Moltenskoy, Valery Evgenievich Evtukhovich are people who have greatly influenced me.
I remember all my soldiers. I was not a "kind" commander - I know that many soldiers were afraid of me and scolded me behind my back, but those who went through the war with me already assess my exactingness and rigidity in a completely different way. And I'm not ashamed to look into the eyes of any of my subordinates. And I truly love and respect many of them. An ordinary lives in the Smolensk region afghan war Alexander Kirienko, awarded the Order of the Red Star, Courage, three medals "For Courage". He is disabled. Life is not easy for him. It would seem that such people should be a guide for society. However, it is often difficult for them to settle down in a peaceful life ...
I look at the golden stream of grain exuding through my fingers, and I remember how in Bamut his palm lay heavily and hard on the steel of the Kalashnikov, and it seemed that the machine gun was just an extension of his hand - hard, precise, ruthless. And now the grain, pouring down on a high pile, suddenly softened it, made it some kind of hard-working, peasant, solid, the one that is built and sown ...
- ... Russia is a great power. It is impossible to imagine it as a quiet provincial backyard of Europe. Those who see such a future for her are simply naive and do not understand either her energy or her place in world history. And no matter how today someone in Europe or overseas is writhing with hatred towards us, no matter how many “political scientists” and “experts” bury us, but Russia is rising, Russia is reborn. And it can only be a real Empire. There simply cannot be any other Russia.
What's in the future? What will I be doing?
What I can do is to benefit my Russia. She is my main personal matter!
And also raise children. I have three sons, and I want them to graduate from the special forces department, become Russian officers, real defenders of Russia. The place of a real man is in the army…
bottle in Purgatory. prototypes..
From myself: I thought about doing a similar article, but in the end I abandoned this idea, since Botter has it. In addition, it would be necessary to describe the rest of the guys - "Cobra" and "Bachelor" (In fact, "Bachelor" was nicknamed Nevzorov, the guys called him Dim Dimych), but I do not contact them. It is also necessary to add here the fifth prototype of the film, this is the deceased. There were some inaccuracies in the original article, which I corrected.
Grigorashchenko
Igor Andreevich Grigorashchenko was born on May 12, 1968 in Przhevalsk, Kirghiz SSR.
In 1994 he graduated from the Chelyabinsk Tank School.
In Chechnya - the commander of a tank platoon of the 135th Omsbr (military unit 64201). In Mozdok, he met his classmates who fought, and asked to be transferred to them (74 Omsbr, military unit 21005). At first he was taken as an operator on a captured tank. At first, he guarded Rokhlin's command post.1, then became a commander of a tank platoon.2 In Grozny, he replaced three tanks, and after they burned down, he became an infantryman3.
He died on January 8, 19954 in Grozny. He was hit by a fragment of a mine when he descended into the hatch of a tank.
Lieutenant Grigorashchenko is buried in Prokhladny. He was posthumously awarded the Terek Cossack Cross "For the battles in Chechnya" 1st class and the silver cross "For the revival of the Orenburg Cossacks".
Gyurza
Aleksey Viktorovich Efentiev was born in 1963 in Bayram-Ali, Turkmen SSR, in the family of a hereditary military man. Higher education. Candidate to master sport. Married, has three sons. Lives in the city of Voronezh.
In 1980, after graduating from school, he served in the Caspian Flotilla Navy USSR.
In 1986, after graduating from the Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School, he seeks a direction to Afghanistan and receives command of a special forces group until 1988 ..
In 1990-1992 - Head of intelligence of the regiment, serving in Azerbaijan and Karabakh.
In 1992-1994 - captain, chief of staff of a separate reconnaissance battalion of the grouping of the Russian Armed Forces in Germany.
In 1994 separate part special forces, which he commands, are transferred to the city of Voronezh.
In 1996 he served in Chechnya, became the head of intelligence of the 166th brigade. On his account, dozens of raids on the rear of the Dudayevites, the assault on Bamut and the deblockade of the Coordination Center surrounded in the center of Grozny, when many senior officials of the Army and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as a large group of Russian journalists, were saved. For this feat in 1996, Alexei Efentiev was presented with the title of "Hero of Russia".
In 1999-2000 - commander separate battalion, is located in Kosovo as part of the Russian contingent of peacekeeping forces.
In 2000, he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
In 2001 - Deputy Director of CJSC "Donskoe", and since April 2002 - General Director of LLC "Donskoe". He is the chairman of the board of the Voronezh regional public organization "Life". He is a member of the Agrarian Party of Russia.
He was awarded the Orders of the Red Star, Courage, For Military Merit, two medals for Military Merit, a medal for Distinction in Military Service, 1st Class, and other awards.5
Suvorov
Kostya Pitersky
Konstantin Mosalev for him it was the second war, he transferred to Chechnya
Aleksey Viktorovich Efentiev (born October 1, 1963, Bairam-Ali, TSSR) is a Soviet and Russian officer who performed combat missions in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya and Kosovo. Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. For personal courage in the successful completion of tasks, he was presented to the title of Hero four times Russian Federation but was never awarded.
In 1980, after graduating from school, he served in the Caspian Flotilla of the USSR Navy. Returning, he entered the Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School. In 1986, after graduating from college, he volunteered to serve in Afghanistan, where he served as commander of an intelligence group until 1988. Then there were Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh. From 1992 to 1994 - Chief of Staff of a separate reconnaissance battalion in Germany.
During the first Chechen campaign, Bamut remained the main outpost of the militants for a long time. "Bamut - the Russians will never take!" - this expression, like a spell, was repeated in the Grozny markets, written on the walls of houses, chanted from the crowd. Bamut is a stronghold! Bamut is a symbol! Bamut is faith! Three times Russian troops approached Bamut, and three times there was a failure. Leaving after a multi-day assault, as they say, "on the forehead", burning equipment, dozens of dead and wounded ...
At that time, General Shamanov made the opposite decision. The Chechens are used to the fact that Russian units in this war are advancing, as if according to a learned pattern - along the roads, on equipment in open areas, exposing themselves to the fire of Chechen grenade launchers, flying into ambushes and, as a result, incurring losses. With this in mind, the Chechen defense was built face to the valley and to the roads. But the military acted differently this time.
The troops deployed directly in front of the defense front, thereby distracting and misleading the militants, demonstrating "usual stupidity", but at the same time not exposing themselves to the lethal fire of the Chechens. And through the mountains, bypassing Bamut, special assault units of motorized rifle brigades advanced with reconnaissance and "special forces" companies attached to reinforce them. The Dudaevites, who had previously believed that the forests were their domain and felt completely safe there, were simply stunned by the appearance of soldiers in their seemingly safest place. They did not expect and did not believe. It couldn't be. Of course, it was a shock for the militants when, on the forest paths and roads along which the caravans with the necessary cargo went, in the places of "layouts" and "cache", they suddenly stumbled upon the Russians, who began to mow down those who did not understand anything, relaxed, lost their vigilance militants. Hundreds of them died in these forests, never understanding what had happened.
As a result, panic set in. Those few militants who survived in ambushes, in fire bags, rushed back to Bamut, reporting about Russian "special forces" flooding the forests, about "hordes of apostates" walking along the forest paths. The long held front collapsed. As expected, in the current situation, each of the militants thought only about himself, about his own skin. In a panic, both equipment and ammunition were thrown. The militants scattered through the forests, trying to seep through barriers and ambushes. For the Russian army, this was a competent and decisive victory. For the Chechens, this was the collapse of their last hope, their last outpost.
On the fourth day of the fighting, scouts of the 166th motorized rifle brigade hoisted the Banner of Victory over Bamut. To the complete disgrace of the militants, Bamut himself was taken virtually without a fight. Horror and panic shackled their desire for resistance. On May 25, 1996, it was all over. Dudayevsky Bamut fell.
One of the heroes of the famous assault was a short, well-trodden major - the head of intelligence of the 166th motorized rifle brigade Alexei Efentiev, whom many knew by his radio call sign - "Gyurza". It was Efentiev who went at the head of the assault detachment, bypassing the militants from the rear ...
Two months later, "Gyurza" and his subordinates were the first in the city of Grozny to break through to the coordination center, which was surrounded by militants. For this feat, Alexei Efentiev was presented with the title of Hero of Russia, but for some unknown reason he was never officially awarded.
Since 1994 Alexei Efentiev has been in Chechnya. The military unit he commanded was one of the best and most combat-ready units of the Russian troops. A. Efentiev's call sign "Gyurza" was well known. "Gyurza" was a legend of the first Chechen war. On his combat account, dozens of dangerous raids on the rear of the army of Dudayev's militants, the assault on Bamut and the lifting of the blockade from the special Coordination Center surrounded in the center of Grozny, when thanks to the heroism of "Gyurza" many high ranks of the Army and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as a large group of Russian correspondents were saved . For this feat in 1996, A. Efentiev was presented with the title of "Hero of Russia". During his service in hot spots, he was awarded the Orders of Military Merit, the Red Star, Courage, the medal "For Distinction in Military Service, 1st Class", two medals "For Military Merit" and other awards and distinctions. A. Efentiev was the hero of numerous television programs on central television channels, and also became the prototype of "Gyurza" in the film "Purgatory" by Alexander Nevzorov.
Taking part in the bloody war, he did not harden, did not become embittered. Benevolent and with an open mind, he continued to be in love with his work with boyish excitement. He categorically refuses all official growth and appointments, considering the reconnaissance company his family, his home.
After the first Chechen war, "Gyurza" pulled into his company more than half of the army, with whom he fought in a separate 166th motorized rifle brigade. He pulled some out of a deep drunkenness, literally picked up some on the street, saved some from being fired. "Special Forces" led by their commander themselves erected a monument to their comrades who died in Chechnya. They ordered a granite monument with their own money, and built the foundation for it on their own.
The reconnaissance unit commanded by Gyurza was nicknamed "mad" by Chechen fighters. So that they would not be confused with ordinary infantry, the special forces tied black bandages on their heads. They invariably went first and joined the battle, even when the numerical advantage was far from their side. In April 1996, under the Belgatoy captured by the militants, the machine gunner Romka, without stopping firing, at point-blank range, at full height, without hiding, went to the firing point, like Alexander Matrosov. The hero died, and his body was pulled out from under the fire of the Chechens by comrade Konstantin Mosalev, whom A. Nevzorov would later show in the film "Purgatory" under the pseudonym "St. Petersburg".
Here is what “Gyurza” himself said about his comrades: “I remember them all well. By first name and last name. Let them stay with me forever. To some extent, this can be considered our common mistake. But they were and still are the best. I loved them and still love them to this day. Even when they, by the will of fate, leave this life, no one takes their holy place ... "
From 1999 to 2000, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he commanded a group of 15 gr. protection and provision of the Russian military contingent in Kosovo.
Today Alexey Efentiev - "Gyurza" - is engaged in agriculture in his homeland and is the general director of an agricultural enterprise. Taking a completely bankrupt collective farm under his direct control, within two years, Alexei Viktorovich was able to achieve considerable success. The failed Hero of Russia is currently breeding rabbits and dreams of feeding the army with them. All that Alexey lives now is his beloved children, family and work.
Major Aleksey Efentiev (Gyurza) - a regular soldier - served urgently in the Morflot. Then there was the military command school, Afghanistan, where the officer led the reconnaissance group, serving in Nagorno-Karabakh. For two years, Efentiev led the headquarters of a separate reconnaissance battalion in Germany.
Aleksey Efentiev fought in Chechnya from the beginning of the First Campaign. His reconnaissance company was considered one of the best and combat-ready. Conducting combat operations in the rear of Dudayev's gangs, Efentiev's scouts could fight the Chechen fighters, who were several times larger, and win. As Efentiev's colleagues in Afghanistan recalled, they were nicknamed Lesha the Golden Hoof - for their supernatural sense of danger and the ability to take their reconnaissance unit out of battle without loss.
Once in Chechnya, Efentiev, obeying this instinct, saved his company from inevitable death. Having eliminated the militant unit along with a fairly well-known leader of the bandit formation, a group of scouts fortified in the area of a small locality. Gyurza sensed that something was wrong. I took a trophy radio station, asked to translate what the "spirits" were saying. It turned out that the location of a small detachment of scouts was calculated and a large group of militants was advancing towards it. The scouts managed to change position in time.