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 Russian Federation.(2000)

Biography

He graduated from high school at home, 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 Airborne Regiment.

Since August 1999, paratroopers have fought in Dagestan against the Basayev and Khattab bands that invaded from Chechnya. He showed courage and high professionalism in battles. Commanding a reconnaissance group, he carried out a number of important tasks of the command, inflicting heavy losses on the militants. In the same place 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 exit in the area of ​​the village of Scheglovskaya, when the scouts received an order to help out a group of special forces of the Airborne Forces surrounded by large enemy forces. Covertly approaching the enemy on two infantry fighting vehicles, the scouts suddenly attacked him from the rear. Many militants found their deaths in this battle without even realizing what had happened. Within minutes, the encircled and attacking fighters united. Wasted no time, Mikhail Minenkov led the evacuation of the wounded and organized retreat. Himself with several scouts remained to cover the removal of the wounded and the bodies of the dead to the location of the Russian troops. In this battle, the BPM unfolding next to Mikhail was blown up by a land mine, several soldiers were injured and concussed, and Mikhail Minenkov was seriously wounded in the leg. However, he pulled a tourniquet over his leg and continued to command and fire at the enemy. Was carried from the battlefield by his soldiers. Both groups of the Airborne Forces safely reached the main forces. In the hospital, the leg was amputated. But the willpower and strong body of the athlete helped to withstand. Even before the New Year, Minenkov returned to his regiment.

By the decree of the Acting President of the Russian Federation of January 17, 2000, Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Anatolyevich Minenkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for courage and heroism displayed during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.

He continued to serve in the ranks of the Russian Army.

In 1999-2001, he was first assistant to the chief of intelligence, and

since 2001 - Chief of Intelligence of the 247th Guards Airborne Regiment.

At the same time, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Stavropol State University in 2002.

Graduated from the Combined Arms Academy in 2004 Armed Forces 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 a deputy of the Stavropol City Duma, where he was deputy chairman of the standing commission on legality and local self-government.

Since 2006 - in stock. 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 for Construction, Municipal Economy and Economy.

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 the work on the economic and social development of the city.

Members of the Council of Leaders of Nevinnomyssk supported the candidacy of Mikhail Minenkov, having prepared a number of orders and wishes for him.

Minenkov's candidacy was approved by the deputies of the Duma of the city of Nevinnomysk.

I have long wanted to talk about the heroes of Russia in the release of RVVDKU in '98.

Born on July 25, 1977. Graduated from the Sverdlovsk SVU 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 Airborne Assault Regiment.

For ten years in a row, he celebrates his rebirth on October 14. After in 1999, in the Shelkovsky region, it was necessary to conduct a reconnaissance of the terrain on 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 vehicles - one was led by Minenkov, the other, in the neighboring square, by Major (now Colonel, Hero of Russia) Vadim Pankov, whose scouts were accompanied by paratroopers from the special forces regiment. Having completed the task, the fighters met, hugged, exchanged news, laughed, even compared who had better and more modern weapons and equipment. On that and parted.

Only a few minutes had passed when the hoarse voice of Pankov was heard in Mikhail Anatolyevich's radio station: “We are dying. There are "two hundred" and "three hundred" (ie, killed and wounded). Minenkov, instantly assessing the situation, shouted into the microphone: “Understood. I'm going to help! " "Armor" sharply turned around, and the car rushed in the opposite direction. At the site of the battle, one spetsnaz armored personnel carrier shot at point-blank range was smoking, the dead were lying around it, and the surviving paratroopers fired 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 fast, we entered the battle much earlier than the others. I was on the tower, protected by a hatch. The gunner-operator Vitya Gorbachev, who was inside the car, reported that, they say, he did not see where to shoot - the dense foliage closed the sight. Then I had no choice but to sit on top, turn his head with my own hands in the direction where it was necessary to release the shells. The gun turned along with the gunner's head. And I looked out from behind the hatch, through which bullets were whipping, and, as best I could, corrected the direction. In a couple of minutes, we fired off 500 ammunition and suppressed the main firing points of the enemy.

By this time, regiment commander Yuri Em, intelligence chief Igor Shikin, chief of the engineering service Valentin Vasilishin and seven more scouts arrived in time. They took up defenses 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 killed were carried out. But it was necessary to take care of the evacuation of the spetsnaz armored personnel carriers, since they contained secret documentation, ammunition and weapons.

There is an unwritten law of war, - explains Minenkov, - you always have to go around a puddle, because there it is very convenient for the enemy to hide a land mine. When Vadim Pankov's "armor" was moving along a dirt road, the first armored personnel carrier bypassed the puddle, but the terrorist, seeing this, shot him with a grenade launcher.

It was decided, under cover of fire, to pull out the damaged armored personnel carrier, attaching two cables to the remaining equipment in the ranks. But at the time of transportation, one of the armored vehicles nevertheless drove into the unfortunate puddle, a deafening explosion was heard, and the fourteen-ton car flew into the air. Then the regiment commander was severely concussed, Vasilishin was seriously wounded. And Minenkov felt a sharp, almost unconscious pain. He took out a rubber band and bandaged his leg. Realized that now he could not get up on his own, and prepared a grenade - "in that very case." However, the scouts, albeit with serious losses, managed to get out of the battle.

In Kizlyar, in the medical tent of a military field hospital, the doctors could not save Mikhail Anatolyevich's wounded leg.

I remember the almost 30-degree heat, the threatening buzzing of a "grinder" with a nickel-plated metal circle-saw and how I swore terribly, ”Minenkov smiles. - Such a grudge was on fate, because the master of sports in hand-to-hand combat, and what's the point now? It seemed to me, a 22-year-old boy, that everything was over - and my friends would turn their backs on me, and no one would go fishing with me. Then he passed out under anesthesia ...

In a hospital near Moscow in January 2000, he found out that he was nominated for the title of Hero. On February 19, Mikhail Anatolyevich had a son, and on the 23rd in the Kremlin, then acting president of the country, Vladimir Putin handed Minenkov the Gold Star and asked what wishes the intelligence officer had. He replied that he wanted to stay in the army.

The wish came true. At the age of 24, he entered the Frunze Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the rank of captain. After graduating from a military university, he again went to Chechnya. And in 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Minenkov realized that he would not be able to feed a family with his salary, which by that time had three children. Therefore, I began to do business. By the way, despite the fears of ten years ago, his friends have not diminished, but, on the contrary, have increased. And he does business with them, goes fishing and hunting.

We continue the rubric "Stavropolites - Heroes of Russia", in which we talk about the inhabitants of the region who bear this high title. Today's publication is dedicated to the Hero of Russia, retired lieutenant colonel, deputy of the Stavropol City Duma, Mikhail Minenkov.

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Photo from M. Minenkov's archive.

Photo from M. Minenkov's archive.

Glorious pedigree

“Everything is simple for me,” says Mikhail. - I come from an ordinary family: dad, Anatoly Mikhailovich, is a career military man, a missile engineer, and mom, Lyubov Pavlovna, is an ambulance doctor.

His family on the paternal side in the 18th century moved from the Kursk province to Aleysk, Altai Territory. In this city, the first church and the first school were built by Minenkov's ancestors. Grandfather, Mikhail Panteleevich, born in 1916 (only recently passed away), always wrote to his fathers-commanders and was interested in the success of his grandson in the service. He constantly monitored the guy, even when he was in hospitals. During the Great Patriotic War, Panteleich was the battalion's senior machine-gun master, but he went on the attack on a par with everyone else. He often told his grandson about the battles and the hardest army days, so Mikhail already had some idea of ​​the war.

On my mother's side (the Germanov family), my grandfather, Pavel Dmitrievich, a well-known person in Altai, Hero of Socialist Labor and holder of three Orders of Lenin. He mastered the virgin lands - the Kulunda steppe, worked as a foreman on a collective farm, at the age of 53 he died in a wheat field, driving a combine. Until now, the hero-grandfather for all the Minenkovs is an example of a real man, a Man with capital letter who devotedly served the Motherland.

"System product"

Once in the first grade, Misha, out of his own carelessness, put his feet on the desk during the lesson. This greatly amused the classmates, but greatly shocked the teacher, who was not slow to call the prankster's mother to school. By the way, Lyubov Pavlovna that day came to the educational institution first and last time- then no one called her, there was no need. The indignant teacher then, in her hearts, threw little Misha's mother:

- For all the years that I have been working here, there were two such insolent students, and how do you think their fates developed? One went to prison, the other became a pilot.

This phrase firmly touched Lyubov Pavlovna's pride, so that until the age of 14, Misha, as they say, "did not get off his belt." To get a “four” for him meant “complete failure”, so he was an excellent student. It so happened that the mother took the upbringing of the child into her own hands and built his future herself.

As Mikhail Minenkov now recalls, during his childhood all his friends and acquaintances dreamed of becoming military men, and for a start - Suvorovites. This was considered prestigious and honorable. The boy grew up exemplary: he carried a briefcase for the girl and protected her from hooligans, stood up for his comrades. With sincere pride, he tied a red tie around his neck, even on cold winter days he did not wear a scarf or button the collar of his jacket so that those around him could see this pioneer symbol. And of course, he dreamed of joining the ranks of the Komsomol.

Once he watched the Soviet feature film "Solitary Voyage" and firmly decided: I will be a Marine! So he was mesmerized by our marines, who fought with the American "bad guys" on a desert island where the US military base was located.

- It must be admitted that the ideological education of the younger generation in the 80s in our country was on the highest level, - Mikhail Anatolyevich is convinced. - And I, a “product of the system,” spent two shifts over the summer at the pioneer and sports camps, studied in circles and sections, "built airplanes" in the aircraft model.

As always, you will answer: "Yes!"

In 1992, Mikhail entered the Sverdlovsk Suvorov School, having overcome the competition of 30 people for one place. It was forbidden to drink alcohol and smoke, study poorly or be "gouged". Along with general education subjects, the children comprehended the world of art, dance, painting, poetry, ethics and aesthetics. If someone did not meet the requirements, they were kicked out with a bang. But Minenkov was noticed right away: a 14-year-old boy, being a master of sports in sambo in his years, who weighed 85 kilograms and pulled himself up on the horizontal bar an incredible number of times, got into the third platoon of the second company. It was a sports division. The Suvorov School was a harsh, but very serious school of formation young man.

Two years of study allowed me to enter the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School without exams, although the competition was also huge. Asked for a reconnaissance platoon.

- What guided you? Yes, nothing. The usual romance: camouflage, vest, blue beret (by the way, there is such an army song), - Mikhail Anatolyevich admits. - I think everyone there is “with a bullet in the head”, and they understand perfectly well that during the years of study (I had four, and now it is five) they will undergo severe physical and moral-psychological education. You know, how we said: “Here they will call you a slob, they will erase your dignity and honor, and in your heart you will send everyone to the figs and, as always, you will answer:“ Yes! ”. But those who survive all this will forever be ranked among the elite of the Russian Armed Forces - the Airborne Forces.

Mikhail acquired the specialty of a military intelligence officer, and in sporting achievements achieved the title of champion of the Airborne Forces and prize-winner of the Russian Armed Forces in army hand-to-hand combat.

After graduating from a military university, he was offered a career professional athlete, but he refused - not in order, they say, to study to be a scout. And, moreover, like many graduates, he achieved that he was sent to a combat unit - to Stavropol, to the 247th Caucasian Cossack Airborne Assault Regiment.

- In 1998, we, young lieutenants, went to serve for 600 rubles a month, lived in temporary houses, - Mikhail shares his memories. - But there was no thought of quitting the army because of low wages and lack of living conditions. Because our profession is to defend the Motherland, we were preparing for this. And if it happened, they didn't take someone on a "hot business trip", but left them on the farm, then those guys were very worried, maybe even crying "in themselves" - why, they say, am I not worthy?

Not on purpose

“Probably, they don’t become heroes on purpose, that is, it somehow turns out due to certain circumstances and his majesty of the case,” Minenkov reflects.

How did he do it himself? Mikhail was born on July 25, 1977, but for the twelfth time in a row he will also celebrate his second birth - on October 14. That day is forever engraved in his memory. In 1999, in the Shelkovsky district of Chechnya, it was necessary to conduct a 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 in vehicles - one was led by Minenkov, the other, in the neighboring square, by Major (now Colonel, Hero of Russia) Vadim Pankov, whose scouts were accompanied by paratroopers from the special-purpose regiment. Having completed the task, the fighters met, exchanged news, laughed, even compared who had better and more modern weapons and equipment. On that and parted.

Only a few minutes had passed when the hoarse voice of Pankov was heard in Mikhail's radio station: “We are dying. There are "two hundred" and "three hundred" (ie, killed and wounded). Minenkov, instantly assessing the situation, shouted into the microphone: “Understood. I'm going to help! " "Armor" sharply turned around, and the car rushed in the opposite direction. At the battle site, one spetsnaz armored personnel carrier shot at point-blank range was smoking, the dead were lying around it, and the surviving paratroopers fired at the militants from behind the surviving armored personnel carrier.

- All my scouts "dismounted" and ran after the equipment, - says Mikhail. - And since the driver-mechanic Yuri Muravyov was driving quite fast, we entered the battle much earlier than the others. I was on the tower, protected by a hatch. The gunner-operator Vitya Gorbachev, who was inside the car, reported that, they say, he did not see where to shoot - the dense foliage closed the sight. Then I had no choice but, sitting on top, turn his head with my own hands in the direction where it was necessary to release the shells. The gun turned along with the gunner's head. And I looked out from behind the hatch, through which bullets were whipping, and, as best I could, corrected the direction. In a couple of minutes, we fired off 500 ammunition and suppressed the main firing points of the enemy.

By this time, regiment commander Yuri Em, intelligence chief Igor Shikin, chief of the engineering service Valentin Vasilishin and seven more scouts arrived in time. They took up defenses 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 killed were carried out. But it was necessary to take care of the evacuation of the spetsnaz armored personnel carriers, since they contained secret documentation, ammunition and weapons.

- There is an unwritten law of war, - explains Minenkov, - you always have to go around a puddle, because there it is very convenient for the enemy to hide a land mine. When Vadim Pankov's "armor" was moving along a dirt road, the first armored personnel carrier bypassed the puddle, but the terrorist, seeing this, shot him with a grenade launcher.

It was decided, under cover of fire, to pull out the damaged armored personnel carrier, attaching two cables to the remaining equipment in the ranks. 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 car flew into the air. Then the regiment commander was severely concussed, Vasilishin was seriously wounded. And Minenkov felt a sharp, almost unconscious pain. He took out a rubber band and bandaged his leg. Realized that now he could not get up on his own, and prepared a grenade - "in that very case." However, the scouts, albeit with serious losses, managed to get out of the battle.

In Kizlyar, in the medical tent of a military field hospital, the doctors could not save Mikhail's wounded leg.

- I remember the almost 30-degree heat, the threatening hum of a "grinder" with a nickel-plated metal saw-circle and how I swore terribly, - says Minenkov. - Such an offense was on fate, after all, 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 everything was over - and my friends would turn their backs on me, and no one would go fishing with me. Then he passed out under anesthesia ...

The Scout's Fate

A week after the operation, he got up, and a month later he returned to duty, having been appointed to the post of assistant chief of intelligence of the regiment. Three months later, he was summoned to Moscow, where on February 23, 2000, in the Kremlin, then acting president of the country, Vladimir Putin presented Mikhail Minenkov with the Star of the Hero of Russia. At the age of 24, a combat officer entered the Frunze Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. After graduating from a military university, he again went to the "hot spots", led the regimental intelligence. Now he lives a peaceful life - is engaged in business, decides important questions in the City Duma of Stavropol and heads the regional public organization "Union of Heroes of the USSR and Russia."

We live here

The persona of the December Pro is Mikhail Anatolyevich Minenkov, Hero of Russia, retired lieutenant colonel who took part 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 satisfied with your life at the moment?

Mikhail Minenkov: What could be better than life, if only not life itself! It must be appreciated. I was convinced of this once again when I got to the war. In general, I have always been happy with life.

Pro: Was your whole life connected with the army?

Mikhail Minenkov: My mother in every possible way led me 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, my mother was called to school. The teacher told her: “There have been two such boys during all my time working here - one of them is now in prison, and the other became a pilot. Your son is the third such student. After this conversation, my mother took me seriously. I studied very well - 4 and 5. Thanks to her, I became who I am now.

Pro: How old did you become independent?

Mikhail Minenkov: Mom helped me for a long time. I am very grateful to her, it was a real support of a loved one.

Pro: Where did you study?

Mikhail Minenkov: I myself am from Altai. 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 law faculty of the Stavropol State University.

Pro: How did it happen that you stayed in our city?

Mikhail Minenkov: After graduating from the Ryazan School, he strove to get to the south. Tired of Siberian frosts (laughs). So he ended up in Stavropol, was assigned to the 247th Airborne Assault Regiment, where he took command of a reconnaissance company platoon. I really liked the city - fertile, beautiful. Here I met my future wife Olga, my children were born here, my friends live.

Pro: Now a lot is being said about the reform of the Russian army, about its transfer to a contract basis ... Do you think every young man should serve?

Mikhail Minenkov: Yes, I believe that every man should serve. This also applies to my sons.

Pro: You are a participant in the hostilities in the Chechen Republic and in Dagestan ... Tell us about it.

Mikhail Minenkov: Before that, I only saw in the movies what war is. As a child, I watched such films and thought: how great and honorable it is to defend your homeland! I dreamed about it ... And when the time came to actually protect her, I wondered: is it really a reality, is it really happening to me? My wife brought my personal belongings, came to see me off, and I, sitting in a combat vehicle, leaving the checkpoint at the airport at six in the morning, rejoiced like a child that I had the opportunity to defend my homeland. But when I got to the war, I realized what responsibility lies on me - I felt it every second and every second I saw the struggle between life and death.

Pro: Tell me, what thoughts and feelings possessed you before the fight?

Mikhail Minenkov: First of all, I thought about completing a combat mission and about keeping my scouts alive. Of course, I was directly responsible for the lives of my children. The soldier should, if possible, return home safe and sound. Indeed, 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 thought it right not to send youngsters on risky missions, but to carry them out ourselves.

Pro: Remember some interesting incident ...

Mikhail Minenkov: There was a case when we moved from one region of Chechnya to another. Before that, a convoy of cars had passed along the road and, it seemed, nothing portended 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 friend, the elder of this car, was wounded. Imagine our condition! But the most interesting thing is that the soldier who drove the Ural, after the explosion, got out of the car, walked around it, knocked on the wheels, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Thank God that the slopes are all intact, otherwise we would have to board." ... That is, in this extreme situation, a person still did not lose his head and did not forget about responsibility for his personal area of ​​work.

Pro: What was the most important thing for you then to stay alive?

Mikhail Minenkov: The main thing for us was to fulfill our task and at the same time stay alive. I, as a commander, understood that if I give a slack in something, then my guys will no longer respect me, they will cease to understand. The soldiers think that the officer knows everything that he can do everything, so I had to show that I am the best.

Pro: You set a worthy example, it is not without reason that you have such honorable awards ... For what feat you were awarded the Gold Star medal of the Hero of Russia?

Mikhail Minenkov: In August 1999 I fought in Dagestan against the Basayev and Khattab gangs invading from Chechnya. In the same place in Dagestan I was awarded the medal "For Courage". Then Chechnya ... On October 14, 1999, we were returning from another reconnaissance trip in the Shelkovsky district of the Chechen Republic. In parallel with my group, guys from the special forces of the Airborne Forces worked. After the completed assignment, we met on the banks of the Terek. We stopped to talk, then went our separate ways. We drove away from each other about 500 meters, and suddenly they get in touch, asking 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 BMP, on which I was closing the column, was the first, and we were the first to enter the battle. The enemy was shooting at us almost point-blank. The driver of the first car began to go around a big puddle - this is the law of war. The enemy realized that the land mine had gone around, ran between the armored personnel carriers with an RPG-7 and planted a grenade in the stern of the first car, 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 land mine, while another vehicle - 10 tons - simply flew away. I was wounded in the leg. I pulled it over with a tourniquet, there was a great loss of blood. But at that moment I didn't even feel pain. It was just a shame, because I was involved in sports, I was the champion of the Airborne Forces. And then ... My leg was not saved in the hospital. But it did not knock me down, although it was hard at first. Friends then supported - both morally and financially. My wife took care of 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, behind is Moscow, and I am always ready to defend my Motherland.

Pro: Do ​​you still have the consequences of those stressful situations that 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, with dignity, because I set an example for all the young people of our country.

Pro: As a person who has gone through the war, what can you say about the current situation in the North Caucasus?

Mikhail Minenkov: As a former military man, and just a citizen, I believe that the situation is very weakly controlled. Unfortunately, we do not have a clear state regional policy in relation to the population. North Caucasus, its ethnic characteristics. The regions cannot put their internal policies in order, cannot fight those who are used to making money on terrorism. The ideological struggle that exists between us and the terrorists is quite serious. And while we do not win it.

Pro: Do ​​you keep in touch with your coworkers?

Mikhail Minenkov: We are not just maintaining 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 that is above all for me. We have created together the Stavropol Regional Public Organization of Heroes of the USSR, the Russian Federation and Full Cavaliers of the Order of Glory, we are engaged in charity work.

Pro: Who do you help?

Mikhail Minenkov: To everyone who turns to us: military families, orphans, pensioners. Someone needs heart surgery, someone needs a computer, someone needs to go to university. Every year we carry out different sport competitions, big tournament in acrobatics for the Cup of the Patriot-Center motor show. We help children who are engaged in military-patriotic training.

Pro: You are a brave person, do you overcome difficulties easily?

Mikhail Minenkov: I can't say easily or not, but they can be 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 work day?

Mikhail Minenkov: For all my employees, the working day, as usual, starts at nine o'clock, naturally, earlier for me. I can have a business meeting with someone already at eight.

Pro: How do you relax?

Mikhail Minenkov: The best rest 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 by the stove. By the way, here I am a specialist in "lyapan" 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 woman, does her favorite thing - she guards the family hearth. Sons go to school, go in for sports: senior - table tennis, the youngest - swimming, the daughter goes to dances, in general, everyone is busy in their own way.

Pro: Do ​​you manage to devote time to children?

Mikhail Minenkov: Not as often as we would like. It's stable on Sunday. Well, every day I try to support with at least some trifles - help my sons solve the equation, my daughter read a fairy tale.

Pro: Do ​​you often go on vacation with your whole family?

Mikhail Minenkov: Unfortunately, no. There are so many things to do that I don't have enough time to live.

Pro: What personal act are you proud of?

Mikhail Minenkov: I recently quit smoking. Before that I smoked a lot, but one day I said to myself: “That's it. Enough".

Pro: Do ​​you like fashionable dress? What brands do you prefer?

Mikhail Minenkov: No. In this - I am a slob. Behind my appearance my Olya is watching.

Pro: You are a young enough man ... Are you a party-goer? Do you go to restaurants, nightclubs?

Mikhail Minenkov: Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto (I am a human being and nothing human is alien to me. (Translated from lat.)

Pro: Do ​​you like being alone?

Mikhail Minenkov: If I were in a situation like Robinson Crusoe on a desert island, I would die on the third day from loneliness. I cannot live without communication, the strongest emotions I get 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 and not by their amount, not by status. This is the health of my family, mom and friends.

Pro: Are you a believer?

Mikhail Minenkov: Yes, I am an Orthodox Christian.

Pro: What country would you like to live in?

Mikhail Minenkov: Only in Russia.

Pro: A reform that you value especially highly?

Mikhail Minenkov: Reforms of Peter I.

Pro: What's your favorite food?

Mikhail Minenkov: Siberian dumplings

Pro: Your favorite books?

Mikhail Minenkov: Historical

Pro: What is your favorite literary hero?

Mikhail Minenkov: All those heroes who defended our Motherland.

Pro: What, in your opinion, is above all in a person?

Mikhail Minenkov: Honor, conscience, own dignity.

Pro: What's your motto?

Mikhail Minenkov: We must win and survive to win again.

Pro: What's your favorite place in town?

Mikhail Minenkov: Observation deck on the Fortress Hill.

Pro: What would you wish the residents of our city in the New Year?

Mikhail Minenkov: Courage, discrimination, love for each other and for our Motherland. We live here!

Minenkov 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 Aleisk, Altai Territory. Russian. He graduated from high school at home, 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 Airborne Regiment (Stavropol). Since August 1999, paratroopers have fought in Dagestan against the Basayev and Khattab bands that invaded from Chechnya. He showed courage and high professionalism in battles. Commanding a reconnaissance group, he carried out a number of important tasks of the command, inflicting heavy losses on the militants. In the same place 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 exit in the area of ​​the village of Scheglovskaya, when the scouts received an order to help out a group of special forces of the Airborne Forces surrounded by large enemy forces. Covertly approaching the enemy on two infantry fighting vehicles, the scouts suddenly attacked him from the rear. Many militants found their deaths in this battle without even realizing what had happened. Within minutes, the encircled and attacking fighters united. Wasted no time, Mikhail Minenkov led the evacuation of the wounded and organized retreat. Himself with several scouts remained to cover the removal of the wounded and the bodies of the dead to the location of the Russian troops. In this battle, the BPM unfolding next to Mikhail was blown up by a land mine, several soldiers were injured and concussed, and Mikhail Minenkov was seriously wounded in the leg. However, he pulled a tourniquet over his leg and continued to command and fire at the enemy. Was carried from the battlefield by his soldiers. Both groups of the Airborne Forces safely reached the main forces. In the hospital, the leg was amputated. But the willpower and strong body of the athlete helped to withstand. Even before the New Year, Minenkov returned to his regiment. By the decree of the Acting President of the Russian Federation of January 17, 2000, Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Anatolyevich Minenkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for his courage and heroism during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus. " He continued to serve 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 the Stavropol State University in 2002. Graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2004. Since 2004, Captain M.A. Minenkov - Deputy Military Commissioner 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 a deputy of the Stavropol City Duma, where he was deputy chairman of the standing commission on legality and local self-government. Since 2006 - in stock. 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 for construction, municipal services and ecology. Lieutenant colonel. He was awarded the medal "For Courage".