Memories of the tragedy in Beslan 13 years ago are still fresh in people's memory. There could have been many more victims of the tragedy if it were not for the courage, bravery and valor of the employees of the Russian special forces. The souls of many of them remained forever within the walls of the long-suffering school… One of these heroes was Lieutenant Colonel Ilyin Oleg Gennadievich.
Childhood and youth
The future officer was born in Kyrgyzstan in 1967. This event took place in the countryside - the village of Krasnooktyabrsky. Oleg's parents were ordinary working people without titles or regalia.
Being a very mobile child, the boy was engaged in all kinds of sports available to him. These were football, volleyball, athletics. But most of all Oleg liked to go hiking.
Dreams of military duty appeared in the guy after he watched the movie "Officers" at the age of 9.
Study and service
Secondary school located in Dnepropetrovskarea, the young man graduated in 1985. Then he went to Ryazan to enter the Higher Military School of Communications.
After studying, the guy went to serve in the Airborne Forces. There he spent 6 years and became a platoon commander, and then a company commander.
In 1994, representatives of the Vympel elite unit came to the military unit to recruit new personnel. The future Hero of Russia, Oleg Gennadievich Ilyin, immediately decided to go through a tough selection. And among the units coped with this task. After that, he became a full-fledged special forces fighter. When asked about the reason for his desire to join Vympel, the fighter answered without hesitation: “I want to serve Russia at a high level!”
In those years, "Vympel" experienced not the best of times. After the October coup of 1993, the unit was transferred to the department of internal affairs. Chaos reigned everywhere. And only officers loyal to the country remained to serve in the special forces.
Oleg Ilyin was such an officer. He brought to the end any business he started, he devoted himself to the service.
Interesting facts
In the biography of the Hero of Russia Oleg Ilyin, the most pleasant moment is meeting his wife. It happened during the service in the Airborne Forces. Oleg was already married at that time, but relations with his wife did not go well.
The only woman served in the unit. And she, too, was officially married. But is it possible to order the heart not to love? Soon their relationship was talked about all over the town. In order to stop gossip, Ilyin, in front of all the officers, declared hisdivorce. And that he wants to marry Anna. A few months later, young people already lived as a family. Anya had a son, Zhora. Soon he began to call Oleg father. And after 6 years Seryozhka was born - their common child.
Oleg and Anya lived a happy life for 10 years. Of these, for 8 years they did not have a permanent home. And 2 years before the tragedy, they were finally given their own apartment! But the war hero Ilyin Oleg Gennadievich was not destined to enjoy family happiness in full …
Features of the character of the hero
Fighting friends gave Oleg the affectionate nickname Beacon. All because Ilyin caught fire with every new idea and did not retreat until it was implemented. For example, he personally checked the ammunition of the fighters, standing in it under jets of water. And then he directly told his superiors that "uniforms are not suitable, as they let moisture through." The same thing happened with the sleeping bag - Ilyin spent the whole night in it to test …
It was with his arrival in the mining department of Vympel that economic support improved significantly. Then he was transferred to another department. There, on the initiative of Ilyin, a group of freelance divers was formed.
But most of all my friends remember Mayachok's hang-glider flights in the morning. So he himself tested the technique and figured out how best to use it.
Oleg's call sign in the squad is Skala. And this was caused not only by physical data, but also by strength of character and fortitude. Friends recalled the case when the lieutenant colonel dragged a grenade launcherseveral kilometers in full combat gear.
In the family circle, Ilyin was always cheerful, inventing a variety of leisure activities and never spoke about the operations in which he participated.
Gatherings with colleagues friends jokingly called "Ilyinsky". At a party before a trip to Ossetia, the future Hero of the Russian Federation, Oleg Gennadievich Ilyin, made a strange but prophetic toast, the meaning of which was to keep weapons in battle to the last. In fact, this is how it happened…
Important Operations
Oleg's first combat test as part of Vympel was to be an operation to destroy a group of terrorists in Budyonnovsk. But the unit commander considered Ilyin a newcomer, and the ardent fighter had to stay at home.
But 6 months later hostage-taking followed in the village of Pervomaisky, Kizlyar region. Oleg also went there as part of a small group. When trying to storm the sniper's bullet passed a millimeter from the head of a young commando. He still thought then that it was not time for him to die yet.
Then there were private trips to Chechnya. There, Ilyin actively participated both in hostilities and in operational work. Thanks to his efforts, many sorties ended only in negotiations, without bloodshed.
In 2002 Russia was shaken by a new nightmare. The terrorists took hostages in the building of the theater located on Dubrovka. One of the first to go there was Ilyin with his group. Hisconfident action contributed to the release of several dozen hostages.
Beslan
Before the tragedy in South Ossetia, the Ilyinas were planning a long-awaited vacation. They were going to visit friends in Murmansk. Fishing, hunting, mushrooms were planned…
Oleg and his wife went to the office in order to get the required vacation pay. It was here that Ilyin learned about Beslan.
He was going to quickly. In parting, Anya asked her husband to take care of himself. Oleg smiled strangely and replied that he "will try very hard".
Arriving at the center of events, the special forces first underwent training on the created model of the school. This was necessary to understand the combat mission. Ilyin took care of his people here too, he personally went through all the stages with each of them. The commander left one of the fighters in reserve. The fact was that this commando’s wife was soon to give birth to her first child…
Last fight
Combat response unit led by Ilyin consisted of 5 people. When there was an unexpected explosion in the school building, Oleg and his guys were the first to rush there.
The soldiers saw how frightened people began to run out of the doors. The bandits opened fire on them. Ilyin's group literally defended the surviving hostages with their breasts.
At this time armored vehicles arrived. The Chechens began to fire at her indiscriminately. After such a shot from a grenade launcher, the lieutenant colonel received a shrapnel wound. Was wounded and his ward - Denis Pudovkin.
The head of the department insisted that the wounded return to the base, but Ilyin persuaded the leadershipleave him and Denis in the ranks.
After a few minutes, the battle subsided, and the special forces managed to get inside the room. Already on the ground floor, the bandits put up fierce resistance. But the specialists were able to destroy almost everyone. Only three managed to break through. Ilyin's group followed them.
The commander walked ahead of everyone and ran into a hidden terrorist around the corner. Both guns fired almost simultaneously. The bandit was killed on the spot. But covering his comrades with his body, Skala also heroically died…
Anna had a premonition of trouble, but hoped that her husband was wounded. But when the staff officers came home, the woman understood everything without words.
Hero of Russia Ilyin Oleg Gennadievich was buried with honors on September 8, 2004. The Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery was determined as the place of last refuge.
Achievements
The first medal "For Courage" was received by Ilyin for participation in the counter-terrorist operation in the village of Pervomaisky in 1995. It was then that Oleg first saw the cruel "face of war".
After participating in battles with Basayev's militants in Botlikh, Lieutenant Colonel Ilyin Oleg Gennadievich was awarded the Order of Courage.
Nord-Ostovsk operation led to the fact that Mayachok received the Order of Merit. He also became a Knight of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
For the heroism shown in South Ossetia, Oleg Ilyin was posthumously awarded the most honorary military title - Hero of Russia.
For 10 years of service in partsspecial purpose Ilyin did not lose a single fighter. This achievement speaks of Oleg's talent as a commander and his human qualities.
Life after death
The leadership of the communications school, where the future Hero of Russia Oleg Ilyin studied the basics of the profession, decided to perpetuate his memory and erect a monument.
In the homeland of Ilyin, sports competitions in various types of martial arts are held every year. The tournament bears the name of a famous countryman.
9 years after the death of the officer, a postage stamp with the image of a lieutenant colonel appeared in circulation.
The story of the Hero of the Russian Federation Oleg Gennadyevich Ilyin is an example of not only courage and fidelity to duty, but also devotion to family and oneself…
