Biography Kovalev Alexander

Kovalev Alexander Gennadievich - deputy commander of the group for work with the personnel of the Armavir detachment of special forces of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, senior lieutenant. Born on October 15 in the village of Krasnoarmeyskaya from the year - Poltava Krasnoarmeysky district of the Krasnodar Territory. After graduating from school, he entered the Saratov Higher Military Command School of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, which he graduated in the year.

He served as a platoon commander, deputy company commander. Since the year - deputy commander of the Armavir detachment of the special forces of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. He died on September 10 under Novolak in Dagestan. In a battle at a height, 3 senior lieutenant A. Kovalev covered the withdrawal of his subordinates, shot to the last cartridge.

Having spent ammunition, he let the bandits to himself and blew them up and himself a grenade. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 30, Senior Lieutenant Kovalev Alexander Gennadievich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously. By order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the units were forever enrolled in the lists of personnel.

In the village of Poltava Krasnoarmeysky district, a bust of the hero was opened an order - by six in the morning they took a height. Soon his group buried in the ground, keeping the approaches to the height. The spare position was higher - in case it was very difficult.

At dawn, the battle began. Basaev’s gang was five times superior in terms of the number of special forces. The bandits did not have a lack of ammunition. Special forces, forced to save ammunition, snapped in bursts, holding back the attacks of the militants. And they came closer, and now the grenades flew into the soldier. Alexander Kovalev gave the command to the fighters to overlook, but the bandits, as if guessing about their maneuver, opened a hurricane fire, preventing them from raising their heads.

Kovalev began to beat short bursts directly on the flash of shots. I will cover you. This is an order! I myself! The fighters moved to a reserve position. The next attack of the Basayevtsev choked, pushing Kovalev on the machine gun queue. Forty -five minutes, his battle with bandits lasted. Those simply could not believe that in their way there was the only special forces and, having stumbled upon the fire, lay, again treated the height with grenades, machine -gun fire.

After waiting, they again went on the attack. Having given the last, Kovalev postponed the machine gun. Shooted shops were lying nearby. There was one grenade. The Basaevites did not believe in the unexpected silence, carefully picked up to him. Then they dared, rose and went openly. The position, which they stormed for several hours, was only one special forces - senior lieutenant Alexander Kovalev.

Wounded, with a bloody spot on a regional ward, he looked at the approaching bandits. They no longer shot when the militants' ring closed around, Alexander pulled the check of the biography: the international patriotic Internet project “Heroes of the country”.