Mikhail Anatolyevich Minenkov(born July 25, 1977, Altai Territory, Russia) - Russian, military leader, politician. 6th Mayor of the city of Nevinnomyssk (2016).
Lieutenant Colonel of the Russian Airborne Forces.
Hero of the Russian Federation. (2000)
Biography
He graduated from high school in his homeland, and in 1994 from the Yekaterinburg Suvorov Military School.
In the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since 1994.
In 1998 he graduated from the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School.
Since 1998, he commanded a reconnaissance platoon in the 247th Guards Parachute Regiment.
Since August 1999, paratroopers fought in Dagestan against the gangs of Basayev and Khattab invading from Chechnya. He showed courage and high professionalism in battles. While commanding a reconnaissance group, he carried out a number of important command tasks and inflicted heavy losses on the militants. There in Dagestan he was awarded a medal.
In October 1999, Russian troops were already advancing across the territory of Chechnya.
On October 14, 1999, a group of senior lieutenant Minenkov was returning from another reconnaissance mission in the area of the village of Shcheglovskaya, when the scouts received an order to help out a group of airborne special forces surrounded by large enemy forces. Secretly approaching the enemy in two infantry fighting vehicles, the scouts suddenly attacked him from the rear. Many militants found their deaths in this battle without even understanding what happened. In a matter of minutes, the surrounded and attacking fighters united. Without wasting time, Mikhail Minenkov led the evacuation of the wounded and an organized retreat. He himself, with several scouts, remained to cover the removal of the wounded and bodies of the dead to the location of the Russian troops. In this battle, the BPM deployed next to Mikhail was blown up by a landmine, several soldiers were wounded and shell-shocked, and Mikhail Minenkov was seriously wounded in the leg. However, he tied his leg with a tourniquet and continued to command and fire at the enemy. He was carried from the battlefield by his soldiers. Both airborne groups reached the main forces safely. At the hospital, the leg was amputated. But the athlete’s willpower and strong body helped him survive. Even before the New Year, Minenkov returned to his regiment.
By decree of the Acting President of the Russian Federation dated January 17, 2000, senior lieutenant Mikhail Anatolyevich Minenkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for the courage and heroism shown during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.
He continued his service in the ranks of the Russian Army.
In 1999-2001, he was first assistant chief of intelligence, and
since 2001 - chief of intelligence of the 247th Guards Parachute Regiment.
At the same time, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Stavropol State University in 2002.
In 2004 he graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Since 2004, Captain M.A. Minenkov has been Deputy Military Commissar of the Shpakovsky District of the Stavropol Territory.
Since 2004 - head of the department of the military commissariat of the city of Stavropol.
In April 2004, he was elected to the Stavropol City Duma, where he was deputy chairman of the standing commission on legality and local self-government.
Since 2006 - in reserve. Lives in the city of Stavropol.
In March 2011, he was re-elected as a deputy of the Stavropol City Duma, chairman of the committee on construction, urban management and economics.
Mayor of Nevinnomyssk
In the fall of 2016, it became known that Mikhail Minenkov would be appointed mayor of the city.
The head of the Nevinnomyssk city administration, Vasily Shestak, believes that such a person will strengthen the city’s position both at the regional level and in work on the economic and social development of the city.
Members of the Council of Leaders of Nevinnomyssk supported the candidacy of Mikhail Minenkov, preparing a number of orders and wishes for him.
Minenkov's candidacy was approved by deputies of the Duma of the city of Nevinnomysk.
We live here
The person of the December Pro is Mikhail Anatolyevich Minenkov, Hero of Russia, retired lieutenant colonel who participated in hostilities, director of the Patriot Center car dealership (official dealer of UAZ OJSC). Mikhail Anatolyevich has many awards, but, despite all his merits, he is a simple and sociable person.
Pro: Mikhail Anatolyevich, tell me, are you happy with your life at the moment?
Mikhail Minenkov: What could be better than life, if only not life itself! She must be appreciated. I was convinced of this once again when I went to war. In general, I have always been satisfied with life.
Pro: Has your whole life been connected with the army?
Mikhail Minenkov: My mother led me in every possible way to choose this particular profession. When I went to school, the first thing I did was sit down at my desk and put my feet on the table. Naturally, mom was called to school. The teacher told her: “There were two such boys in all my time working here - one of them is now in prison, and the second became a pilot. Your son is the third such student. After this conversation, my mother seriously “took after me.” I studied very well - 4 and 5. Thanks to her, I became who I am now.
Pro: At what age did you become independent?
Mikhail Minenkov: My mother helped me for quite a long time. I am very grateful to her, it was real support for a loved one.
Pro: Where did you study?
Mikhail Minenkov: I’m from Altai myself. He graduated from high school there. He entered the Sverdlovsk Suvorov Military School, then the Ryazan Higher Military Airborne Command School. In 2000-2002 he studied at the Frunze Military Academy, then at the Faculty of Law of Stavropol State University.
Pro: How did it happen that you stayed in our city?
Mikhail Minenkov: After graduating from the Ryazan College, I tried to get to the south. Tired of the Siberian frosts (laughs). So I ended up in Stavropol, received an appointment to the 247th Air Assault Regiment, where I took command of a platoon of a reconnaissance company. I really liked the city - gracious, beautiful. Here I met my future wife Olga, my children were born here, my friends live here.
Pro: There is a lot of talk now about the reform of the Russian army, about transferring it to a contract basis... Do you think every young person should serve?
Mikhail Minenkov: Yes, I believe that every man should serve. This also applies to my sons.
Pro: You are a participant in hostilities in the Chechen Republic and Dagestan... Tell us about it.
Mikhail Minenkov: Before that, I had only seen in movies what war was. As a child, I watched such films and thought: how cool and honorable it is to defend your homeland! I dreamed about it... And when the time came to actually defend her, I wondered: is this really reality, is this really happening to me? My wife brought personal belongings, came to see me off, and I, sitting in a combat vehicle, leaving the checkpoint for the airport at six o’clock in the morning, rejoiced like a child that I had the opportunity to defend my Motherland. But when I got to war, I realized what responsibility I had - I felt it every second and every second I saw the struggle of life and death.
Pro: Tell me, what thoughts and feelings did you have before the fight?
Mikhail Minenkov: First of all, I thought about completing the combat mission and keeping my scouts alive. Of course, I was directly responsible for the lives of my guys. If possible, the soldier should return home safe and sound. After all, in civilian life, any job requires strong and healthy people; it is difficult for disabled people to fit into the surrounding reality. Therefore, for me, as an officer, it was important to protect my guys. At times, both I and other commanders considered it right not to send young men on risky missions, but to carry them out ourselves.
Pro: Remember some interesting case...
Mikhail Minenkov: There was a time when we were moving from one region of Chechnya to another. Before this, a convoy of cars passed along the road and, it seemed, there were no signs of danger. And then suddenly there was an explosion. But the main charge did not work, and only the detonating one did. Thanks to which everyone remained alive. My comrade, the man in charge of this car, was wounded. Imagine our condition! But the most interesting thing is that the soldier who was driving the Ural got out of the car after the explosion, walked around it, tapped on the wheels, wiping sweat from his forehead, and said: “Thank God that the ramps are all intact, otherwise I would have had to board it.” . That is, in this extreme situation, the person still did not lose his head and did not forget about responsibility for his personal area of work.
Pro: For you then, the most important thing was to stay alive?
Mikhail Minenkov: The main thing for us was to complete our task and at the same time stay alive. I, as a commander, understood that if I gave up on something, my guys would stop respecting me and stop understanding me. The soldiers think that the officer knows everything, that he can do everything, so I had to show that I was the best.
Pro: You set a worthy example, it’s not for nothing that you have such honorable awards... For what feat were you awarded the Gold Star medal of the Hero of Russia?
Mikhail Minenkov: In August 1999, I fought in Dagestan against the gangs of Basayev and Khattab who invaded from Chechnya. There in Dagestan I was awarded the medal “For Courage”. Then Chechnya... On October 14, 1999, we were returning from another reconnaissance mission in the Shelkovsky region of the Chechen Republic. In parallel with my group, guys from the airborne special forces detachment worked. After completing the task, we met on the banks of the Terek. We stopped to chat, then went our separate ways. We drove 500 meters away from each other, and suddenly they got in touch and asked for help. I reported to the commander that the guys were ambushed. We have my platoon of eight scouts plus a reconnaissance group with the regiment commander. It so happened that the infantry fighting vehicle, on which I brought up the rear of the column, was the first, and we were the first to enter the battle. The enemy fired at us almost point-blank. The driver of the first car began to drive around a large puddle - this is the law of war. The enemy realized that they had gone around the landmine, ran with an RPG-7 between the armored personnel carriers and planted a grenade in the rear of the first vehicle, and from the forest they began to shoot those who were sitting on the armor. The group commander and several other soldiers died immediately. I shot all the ammunition. The evacuation of the wounded and an organized retreat began. I myself, with several scouts, remained to cover the exit from the ambush and the removal of the bodies of the dead. An armored personnel carrier deployed nearby was blown up by a landmine, while another vehicle - 10 tons - simply flew away. I was wounded in the leg. I tied it with a tourniquet, there was a lot of blood loss. But at that moment I didn’t even feel pain. It was just a shame, because I was involved in sports and was a champion of the Airborne Forces. And then... They didn’t save my leg in the hospital. But it didn’t knock me down, even though it was hard at first. Friends then supported me - both morally and financially. My wife looked after me for two months. The desire to live and work helped me start everything from scratch. I could have gone to Altai, but my most difficult years passed in Stavropol, so I decided to stay here. Moreover, all of Russia is behind us, Moscow is behind us, and I am always ready to defend my Motherland.
Pro: Do you still have the consequences of the stressful situations you were exposed to during the war?
Mikhail Minenkov: I understood everything quite soberly and understand why I was there. Today, neither I nor my comrades have any - as they say - “syndrome”.
Pro: You are a Hero of Russia. Do you feel special?
Mikhail Minenkov: First of all, this is a great responsibility. I must always behave correctly and with dignity, because I set an example for all the young people of our country.
Pro: As a person who went through the war, what can you say about the current situation that is developing in the North Caucasus?
Mikhail Minenkov: As a former military man, and just a citizen, I believe that the situation is very poorly controlled. Unfortunately, we do not have a clear state regional policy regarding the population of the North Caucasus and its ethnic characteristics. The regions cannot put their internal politics in order and cannot fight those who are accustomed to making money from terrorism. The ideological struggle that exists between us and the terrorists is quite serious. And we haven't won it yet.
Pro: Do you keep in touch with your co-workers?
Mikhail Minenkov: It’s not that we maintain relations. Those guys with whom I fought are now even more than just colleagues and friends, they are, one might say, brothers, relatives. We have a kind of military brotherhood, which is above all for me. We created together the Stavropol Regional Public Organization of Heroes of the USSR, the Russian Federation and Full Knights of the Order of Glory, and we are engaged in charity work.
Pro: Who do you help?
Mikhail Minenkov: To everyone who contacts us: military families, orphans, pensioners. Some people need heart surgery, some need a computer, some need to go to university. Every year we hold various sports competitions, a large acrobatics tournament for the Patriot Center Auto Show Cup. We help children who are engaged in military-patriotic training.
Pro: Are you a brave person, do you overcome difficulties easily?
Mikhail Minenkov: I can’t say whether it’s easy or not, but they are being overcome. I am a very purposeful, optimistic person and I believe that there is not a single problem that cannot be solved.
Pro: How do you start your working day?
Mikhail Minenkov: For all my employees, the working day, as usual, begins at nine o’clock; for me, naturally, it starts earlier. I can already have a business meeting with someone at eight.
Pro: How do you relax?
Mikhail Minenkov: The best vacation is with your family. I like to sit in front of the TV, holding my daughter on my lap, and watch her favorite cartoons with her, or stand at the stove. By the way, here I am a specialist in making dumplings.
Pro: Tell us about your family.
Mikhail Minenkov: I have a big, friendly family. I got married in 1998. I have two sons and a daughter. Misha is 11 years old, Yura is 8, and Alexandra recently turned 3 years old. The wife, a local Cossack, is doing her favorite thing - protecting the family hearth. The sons go to school, play sports: the eldest plays table tennis, the youngest plays swimming, the daughter goes to dances, in general, everyone is busy in their own way.
Pro: Are you able to devote time to your children?
Mikhail Minenkov: Not as often as we would like. On Sunday - stable. Well, every day I try to support at least some small things - to help my sons solve an equation, to read a fairy tale to my daughter.
Pro: Do you often go on vacation with your whole family?
Mikhail Minenkov: Unfortunately, no. There is so much to do that I don’t have enough time to live.
Pro: What personal accomplishment are you proud of?
Mikhail Minenkov: I recently quit smoking. Before that I smoked a lot, but one fine day I said to myself: “That’s it. Enough".
Pro: Do you like to dress fashionably? What brands do you prefer?
Mikhail Minenkov: No. I'm a slob in this regard. My Olya watches over my appearance.
Pro: You are quite a young man... Are you a party animal? Do you go to restaurants, nightclubs?
Mikhail Minenkov: Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto (I am a man and nothing human is alien to me. (Translated from Latin)
Pro: Do you like solitude?
Mikhail Minenkov: If I found myself in a situation like Robinson Crusoe on a desert island, I would die on the third day from loneliness. I can’t live without communication; I get the strongest emotions from people.
Pro: What can you say about the concept of “love”?
Mikhail Minenkov: Love is boundless trust.
Pro: How is your well-being measured?
Mikhail Minenkov: My well-being is not measured by money or its quantity, not by status. This is the health of my family, mother and friends.
Pro: Are you a believer?
Mikhail Minenkov: Yes, I am an Orthodox Christian.
Pro: Which country would you like to live in?
Mikhail Minenkov: Only in Russia.
Pro: Reform that you value especially highly?
Mikhail Minenkov: Reforms of Peter I.
Pro: What is your favorite dish?
Mikhail Minenkov: Siberian dumplings
Pro: What are your favorite books?
Mikhail Minenkov: Historical
Pro: Who is your favorite literary character?
Mikhail Minenkov: All those heroes who defended our Motherland.
Pro: What, in your opinion, is most important in a person?
Mikhail Minenkov: Honor, conscience, personal dignity.
Pro: What is your motto?
Mikhail Minenkov: We must win and survive in order to win again.
Pro: What is your favorite place in the city?
Mikhail Minenkov: Observation deck on Fortress Mountain.
Pro: What do you wish to the residents of our city in the New Year?
Mikhail Minenkov: Courage, discernment, love for each other and for our Motherland. We live here!
M Inenkov Mikhail Anatolyevich - commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 247th Guards Parachute Regiment of the 7th Guards Airborne Division, senior lieutenant.
Born on July 25, 1977 in the city of Aleysk, Altai Territory. Russian. He graduated from high school in his homeland, and in 1994 from the Yekaterinburg Suvorov Military School.
In the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since 1994. In 1998 he graduated from the Ryazan Higher Military Airborne Command School. Since 1998, he commanded a reconnaissance platoon in the 247th Guards Parachute Regiment (Stavropol).
Since August 1999, paratroopers fought in Dagestan against the gangs of Basayev and Khattab invading from Chechnya. He showed courage and high professionalism in battles. While commanding a reconnaissance group, he carried out a number of important command tasks and inflicted heavy losses on the militants. There in Dagestan he was awarded a medal.
In October 1999, Russian troops were already advancing across the territory of Chechnya. On October 14, 1999, a group of senior lieutenant Minenkov was returning from another reconnaissance mission in the area of the village of Shcheglovskaya, when the scouts received an order to help out a group of airborne special forces surrounded by large enemy forces. Secretly approaching the enemy in two infantry fighting vehicles, the scouts suddenly attacked him from the rear. Many militants found their deaths in this battle without even understanding what happened. In a matter of minutes, the surrounded and attacking fighters united. Without wasting time, Mikhail Minenkov led the evacuation of the wounded and an organized retreat. He himself, with several scouts, remained to cover the removal of the wounded and bodies of the dead to the location of the Russian troops. In this battle, the BPM deployed next to Mikhail was blown up by a landmine, several soldiers were wounded and shell-shocked, and Mikhail Minenkov was seriously wounded in the leg. However, he tied his leg with a tourniquet and continued to command and fire at the enemy. He was carried from the battlefield by his soldiers. Both airborne groups reached the main forces safely.
At the hospital, the leg was amputated. But the athlete’s willpower and strong body helped him survive. Even before the New Year, Minenkov returned to his regiment.
U Order of the Acting President of the Russian Federation dated January 17, 2000 for the courage and heroism shown during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus to senior lieutenant Minenkov Mikhail Anatolyevich awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation."
He continued his service in the ranks of the Russian Army. In 1999-2001, he was first assistant chief of intelligence, and from 2001, chief of intelligence of the 247th Guards Parachute Regiment. At the same time, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Stavropol State University in 2002. In 2004 he graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Since 2004, Captain M.A. Minenkov is the Deputy Military Commissar of the Shpakovsky District of the Stavropol Territory. Since 2004 - head of the department of the military commissariat of the city of Stavropol. Since 2006 - in reserve.
While still in military service, in April 2004, he was elected to the Stavropol City Duma, where he was deputy chairman of the standing commission on legality and local self-government. Member of the United Russia party. In March 2011, he was elected for the second time as a deputy of the Stavropol City Duma, in this convocation he served as chairman of the committee on construction, urban management and ecology (he resigned his mandate in April 2014 due to the transition to municipal service). From 2006 to 2014, he was engaged in business, was the commercial director and executive director of Magnat-2002 LLC (a dealership center for the sale and repair of UAZ cars). From April 8, 2014 - first deputy, and from April 18 of the same year - head of the administration of the city of Mikhailovsk, Stavropol Territory. Since October 2016 - first deputy, and since November 2016 - head of the administration of the city of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory.
Lives in the city of Stavropol.
Lieutenant colonel. Awarded the medal "For Courage".
On the Alley of Heroes of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School named after. A bust of the Hero was installed in V. F. Margelov.
For a long time I wanted to talk about the heroes of Russia from the 1998 edition of the RVVDKU.
Born on July 25, 1977. Graduate of the Sverdlovsk Airborne Forces in 1994. In 1998 he graduated from the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School, after which he was appointed commander of a reconnaissance platoon in the 247th Stavropol Cossack Air Assault Regiment.
He has been celebrating his second birth on October 14 for ten years in a row. After in 1999, in the Shelkovsky region, it was necessary to conduct reconnaissance of the area along the route of the regiment commander (by the way, the regiment commander was then the current military commissar of the Stavropol Territory, Hero of Russia Yuri Em). At the same time, two groups were working in the forest, moving on equipment - one was headed by Minenkov, the other, in the next square, was Major (now Colonel, Hero of Russia) Vadim Pankov, whose scouts were accompanied by paratroopers from a special forces regiment. Having completed the task, the fighters met, hugged, exchanged news, laughed, and even compared who had better and more modern weapons and equipment. That's where we parted.
Only a few minutes passed when Pankov’s hoarse voice was heard in Mikhail Anatolyevich’s radio station: “We are dying. There are “two hundredths” and “three hundredths” (that is, killed and wounded). Minenkov, instantly assessing the situation, shouted into the microphone: “I got it. I’m coming to help!” The “armor” turned sharply, and the car rushed in the opposite direction. At the battle site, one special forces armored personnel carrier, shot at point-blank range, was smoking, the dead were lying around it, and the surviving paratroopers were firing at the militants from behind the surviving armored personnel carrier.
All my scouts “dismounted” and ran after the equipment, recalls Mikhail Antolyevich. - And since the driver-mechanic Yuri Muravyov was driving quite quickly, we entered the battle much earlier than the others. I was on the tower, protected by a hatch. Gunner-operator Vitya Gorbachev, who was inside the car, reported that, they say, he could not see where to shoot - thick foliage obscured the sight. Then I had no choice but to sit on top and use my hands to turn his head in the direction where the shells needed to be fired. The gun turned along with the gunner's head. And I looked out from behind the hatch, through which bullets were lashing, and, as best I could, corrected the direction. In a couple of minutes, we shot 500 rounds of ammunition and suppressed the main enemy firing points.
By this time, regiment commander Yuri Em, intelligence chief Igor Shikin, engineering service chief Valentin Vasylishin and seven more intelligence officers arrived. They took up defensive positions on an artificial earthen rampart on the very bank of the Terek and entered the battle. During the battle, gradually, one by one, all the wounded and dead were carried out. But it was also necessary to take care of the evacuation of special forces armored personnel carriers, since they contained secret documentation, ammunition and weapons.
There is an unwritten law of war,” explains Minenkov, “you must always go around a puddle, because it is very convenient for the enemy to hide a landmine there.” When Vadim Pankov’s “armor” was moving along a dirt road, the first armored personnel carrier went around the puddle, but the terrorist, seeing this, shot him with a grenade launcher.
It was decided to pull out the damaged armored personnel carrier under cover of fire, attaching two cables to the remaining equipment in service. But at the time of transportation, one of the armored personnel carriers nevertheless drove into the unfortunate puddle, a deafening explosion was heard, and the fourteen-ton vehicle flew into the air. Then the regiment commander was severely shell-shocked, and Vasylishin was seriously wounded. And Minenkov felt a sharp pain that almost deprived him of consciousness. He took out a rubber tourniquet and bandaged his leg. He realized that now he would not be able to get up on his own, and prepared a grenade - “just in case.” However, the scouts, although with serious losses, managed to get out of the battle.
In Kizlyar, in the medical tent of a military field hospital, doctors were unable to save Mikhail Anatolyevich’s wounded leg.
I remember the almost 30-degree heat, the threatening buzz of the grinder with a nickel-plated metal saw, and how I swore terribly,” Minenkov smiles. - It was such a shame against fate, because he is a master of sports in hand-to-hand combat, but what’s the point now? It seemed to me, a 22-year-old boy, that it was all over - that my friends would turn their backs on me, and that no one would go fishing with me. Then he passed out under anesthesia...
In a hospital near Moscow in January 2000, he learned that he had been nominated for the title of Hero. On February 19, Mikhail Anatolyevich gave birth to a son, and on the 23rd, in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, then acting president of the country, presented Minenkov with a Gold Star and asked what wishes the intelligence officer had. He replied that he wanted to remain in the army.
The wish came true. At the age of 24, with the rank of captain, he entered the Frunze Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. After graduating from a military university, he again went to Chechnya. And in 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Minenkov realized that on his salary he would not be able to feed his family, which by that time already had three children. That's why I started doing business. By the way, his friends, contrary to those fears ten years ago, have not decreased, but on the contrary, they have become more numerous. And he does business with them, goes fishing and hunting.
