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anatoly v. lebedev (b. 1963) - hero of the russian federation, lieutenant special vdv officer 45 th guards separate order of alexander nevsky intelligence regiment for special purposes.
biography
in the armed forces since 1981. military service was in the airborne troops. then graduated from the lomonosov military aviation technical school in 1986 and fought in 1986-1987. in afghanistan in the composition of the helicopter regiment, made sorties as borttehnika helicopters. he served in the group of soviet troops in germany.
in 1994, retired to the reserve.
since november 1999, participated in the counterterrorist operation in the north caucasus. having bought all the necessary equipment, flew to makhachkala volunteer to protect dagestan from attack fighters. he was assigned to the combined group of police. when the military operation has moved into the territory of chechnya, he went to moscow and signed a contract with the ministry of defense, and then came back to war. he served in the region of gudermes, argun, on the outskirts of grozny, in the vedeno district.
in 2003, in the mountains of ulus-kert anatoly swan hit a mine, resulting in his foot was amputated. command went towards fighting the officer and allowed to continue service with the prosthesis.
in a subsequent battle their own bodies covered a wounded series of grenade rounds. having been blind shrapnel wounds in the back, continued to command the main rounds. as a result of the battle was captured by militants and destroyed base connected shamil basayev. presidential decree of 6 april 2005 for their courage and heroism demonstrated in the performance of military duty in the north caucasus region, anatoly v. captain swan was awarded the title hero of the russian federation.
in 2008, participated in the fighting in south ossetia, which won the second knight of the order of st. george the 4 th degree.
russian president dmitry medvedev during ceremony of awarding the 1 october 2008 said:
among us there is also an officer of special airborne troops hero of the russian federation anatoly v. swan. in carrying out combat operations, he was on the edge of the attack and has always demonstrated examples of personal courage