Andrey Turkin is a Russian hero you didn’t know about. Two Andrey Turkin

The grenade thrown by terrorists at children could have taken several lives, but it took only one from Russia, Andrei Turkin. This is exactly how the story needs and should begin, about this courageous man, looking at his portrait in the “Heroes of the Memory of Beslan” museum of GBOU Secondary School No. 2010. Andrey was a simple ordinary guy. Born on October 21, 1975 in the city of Orsk. It so happened that I grew up without a father. He began to grow up early: he knew how to tinker, saw, plan, and in the school sports section he was engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and also sang in the choir.

After the eighth grade, wanting to help his mother, Andrei entered SPTU No. 63, from which he graduated with a degree in driver-fitter. Then everything was as usual: conscription into the army, became a border guard and served in the Trans-Baikal border district with a deployment location at one of the outposts of the Argunsky border detachment. And here it is necessary to insert a small remark into our hero.

The fact is that in August 2008, the Book and Magazine Publishing House “Granitsa” of the FSB of the Russian Federation organized a raid called “Eyes on the Book” in the Trans-Baikal District, including a visit to the Argunsky border detachment. Writers and poets were included in the landing party to conduct interesting and educational meetings with border guards.

Our like-minded person, reserve officer paratrooper Alexander Karpukhin, together with all the invited guests, visited the detachment’s museum and suddenly saw materials about Andrei Turkin. It turned out that he served in military service here, and to this day his bunk at the outpost is neatly filled, and still, when entering service in a border patrol, his last name is pronounced first...

It was then that Alexander Karpukhin called Andrei’s colleagues in Moscow, already at the TsSN FSB of Russia, and a little later, another of our like-minded people, journalist and singer-songwriter, Colonel in the reserve Alexander Minaev, brought Andrei Turkin’s camouflage and other personal belongings to the detachment’s museum to decorate a separate stand - memory. And Andrei Turkin’s service was not simple and was not limited only to the Trans-Baikal border. There was also a period of contract service in his life in the Republic of Tajikistan, where he managed to take part in hostilities, performing tasks to protect the state border.

Returning home, Andrey entered the correspondence department of the Krasnodar Institute of Marketing and Information Technology Systems. But still, the craving for military service did not cool down in his thoughts and heart. It must be said that even before the army he attended a bodyguard school. In April 1997, an important event occurred in his life - he was accepted into the service of the Vympel Directorate of the TsSN FSB of Russia.

There is no need to talk about how Andrey successfully mastered the basics of special forces science: fire, operational, physical, parachute, light diving, mountain and other training. In a word, the fighter was from God - he mastered everything he needed and studied everything he needed. Andrei Turkin also participated in the operation to free the hostages at the Theater Center on Dubrovka. He had many more dangerous business trips. Evidence of this is the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second degree, with swords. He was even nominated for the Order of Courage, but did not have time to receive it... Together with the Vympel group, A. Turkin arrived in the city of Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania.

There, on September 1, 2004, a group of 32 terrorists captured over a thousand children and adults in the building of school No. 1. Here is what is briefly known about his feat from official sources. “...After explosions occurred at the school on the third day, causing a fire and the collapse of part of the walls through which the hostages began to scatter, Andrei, as part of the assault group, received an order to storm the building. Even at the beginning of the assault, Andrei Turkin was wounded when, as part of his unit, under heavy fire from militants, he burst into the school building, but did not leave the battle. While covering the rescue of the hostages with fire, he personally destroyed one terrorist. Seeing a terrorist running out and preparing to throw a grenade at the hostages, Andrei instantly realized that he would not have time to eliminate him, so, rushing at the terrorist, he pressed him to himself with a death grip, thus blocking the grenade with his body.

Having died in the explosion, Andrei saved Russian and Ossetian children at the cost of his own life...” Andrei Turkin gave his life, saving another... for Ossetian children... and, alas, left his children Vladislav and Andrei, who was born after the death of his father and was named in his honor, mother Valentina Ivanovna, wife Natalya without a son, father and husband. The holy memory of the Hero of the Russian Federation, awarded the Suvorov Medal, the Medal “For the Rescue of the Perished” and the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, II degree, will remain forever in our hearts. Andrei Turkin was buried in Moscow, at the NikoloArkhangelsk cemetery. In the Hero's homeland, in the city of Orsk, in the Heroes' Square on the Walk of Fame, a bust of the Hero of Russia was installed. The name of the Hero of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant Andrei Turkin, was assigned to the cadet class of Orsk Cadet School No. 53, and in the Krasnodar Territory, in the village of Dinskaya, secondary school No. 1 bears his name. Also, a memorial plaque was installed in front of the school entrance. The village hosts boxing tournaments in memory of the Hero. In the city of Krasnodar, on the building of the Academy of Marketing and Social Information Technologies (IMSIT), where Andrei Turkin studied, a memorial plaque was installed in memory of the hero’s feat. Of course, our portrait made in oil on canvas by our like-minded artist Vladimir Varukha is added to the general memory of Lieutenant Andrei Turkin. This work of the artist is worthily placed among Andrei’s friends from Vympel and Alpha, and they are all here together, as if in one bundle, in our museum in memory of the Heroes of Beslan. I would like to add the main thing that all the portraits, including his, are not just weighed, but together with us they participate in conducting “Lessons of Courage” among schoolchildren and youth not only in Moscow, but, if possible, throughout Russia.

Information and analytical monthly “Federal Patriotic Bulletin” No. 08/15 (August 2013)

Andrey Alekseevich Turkin(October 21, 1975, Orsk, RSFSR, USSR - September 3, 2004, Beslan, North Ossetia - Alania, Russia) - Russian serviceman, officer of Directorate "B" (Vympel) of the Special Purpose Center of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation , a lieutenant who died during the liberation of hostages during the terrorist attack in Beslan. Posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Biography

early years

Andrey Turkin was born on October 21, 1975 in Orsk. Andrey grew up without a father, so he learned to tinker, saw, and plan early. While studying at school, Andrei practiced hand-to-hand combat in the school section and sang in the choir. After the eighth grade, wanting to help his mother, Andrei left school, enrolling in vocational school No. 63 in the village of Dinskaya, from which he graduated with a degree in driver-fitter.

Service on the Tajik-Afghan border

In December 1993, Turkin was called up for military service in the Armed Forces. In 1993-1995 he served in the Argunsky border detachment of the Transbaikal border district. In 1995, he volunteered to go to Tajikistan, where he took part in hostilities on the Tajik-Afghan border. In July 1995, Turkin was transferred to the reserve with the rank of sergeant, after which he returned to the Krasnodar region, where he worked and studied at the institute.

In the group "Vympel"

In April 1997, Andrei Turkin joined Directorate “B”. In the ranks of Vympel, Turkin participated in hostilities in Chechnya and in the operation to free hostages in Dubrovka.

The last battle in Beslan

Together with the Vympel group, Turkin arrived in the city of Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, where on September 1, 2004, a group of thirty-two terrorists captured over a thousand children and adults in school building No. 1.

After explosions occurred on the third day in the gym where most of the hostages were kept, causing a partial collapse of the roof and walls of the gym, the surviving people began to scatter. The operational combat group, which included Andrei Turkin, received an order to storm the building, as the militants opened heavy fire on the hostages. Even at the beginning of the assault, Turkin was wounded when, as part of his unit, under heavy fire from militants, he burst into the school building, but did not leave the battle. While covering the evacuation of the hostages with fire, Lieutenant Turkin personally destroyed one terrorist in the dining room, where the militants had driven the hostages who survived the explosions in the gym. When another bandit threw a grenade into a crowd of people, Andrei Turkin saved the lives of the hostages by shielding them from the explosion with his body:

We shouted not to shoot, that there were hostages here. Then the Alpha men knocked out the grate and jumped into the dining room. A militant named Ibrahim jumped up from behind the stove and threw a grenade shouting “Allahu Akbar.” There was an explosion and my leg was crushed by a shrapnel. The Alpha man jumped on us and covered us with himself. Then they started saving us. I didn’t see that my leg was bleeding, I tried to get up and felt that my leg had collapsed under me. I fell, but still continued to crawl. Then they pulled me out.

Nadezhda Badoeva, hostage rescued by Andrei Turkin

For the courage and heroism shown during the performance of a special task, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 6, 2004, Lieutenant Andrei Alekseevich Turkin was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (medal No. 830).

Turkin was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelskoye cemetery (site 75a) in Moscow along with eight other Alpha and Vympel officers who died in Beslan.

Memory

• In the Hero’s homeland in the city of Orsk, in the Heroes’ Square on the Walk of Fame, a bust of the Hero of Russia was installed. The name of the Hero of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant Andrei Turkin, was assigned to the cadet class of Orsk Cadet School No. 53.
• In the Krasnodar Territory, in the village of Dinskaya, a street is named after him. Secondary school No. 1 located in the village also bears his name, and a memorial plaque is installed in front of the school entrance. The village hosts boxing tournaments in memory of the Hero.
• In the city of Krasnodar, on the building of the Academy of Marketing and Social Information Technologies (IMSIT), where Andrei Turkin studied, a memorial plaque was installed in memory of the hero’s feat.
• The Children and Youth Center for Patriotic Education in the city of Novaya Lyalya, Sverdlovsk Region, bears the name of Hero of Russia A. A. Turkin. There is a memorial plaque on the façade of the center building.
• A photograph of A. A. Turkin with a description of the feat is installed on the stand “Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia - students of the Red Banner FSB border department in the Trans-Baikal Territory” in the city of Chita.

Family

Mother - Valentina Ivanovna Turkina. Wife - Natalya. Sons - Vladislav (born 2001) and Andrey (born five months after his father’s death and was named in his honor.

According to Valentina Ivanovna, the Turkin family now considers the Badoev family to be their blood relatives.

Awards and titles

• Hero of the Russian Federation
• Suvorov Medal
• Medal "For saving the dead"
• Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree

Andrey Turkin - Hero of Russia

Andrei Alekseevich Turkin was born on October 21, 1975 in Orsk, Orenburg Region, into a working-class family, which then moved permanently to the village of Dinskaya, Krasnodar Territory. Here he graduated from school No. 1 and in 1993 - vocational school (SPTU-63) as a car repair mechanic. In December 1993, he was called up for compulsory military service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He served in the border troops in Tajikistan and took part in hostilities on the Tajik-Afghan border. In July 1995, he was transferred to the reserve with the rank of sergeant, returned to the Krasnodar region, worked and studied at the Krasnodar Institute of Marketing and Information Technology Systems. In April 1997, he voluntarily entered service in Directorate “B” of the Federal Security Service, better known as the special forces group “Vympel”.Participated in hostilities on the territory of the Chechen Republic during the second Chechen war, in the operation to free hostages in the theater center on Dubrovka in Moscow in October 2002 (Nord-Ost).He died in 2004 while performing a combat mission to rescue hostages at school No. 1 (Beslan, North Ossetia).For the courage and heroism shown during the performance of a special task, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 6, 2004, Lieutenant Andrei Alekseevich Turkin was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).

Andrei Turkin, as part of the Vympel group and other FSB units, arrived in the city of Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, where on September 1, 2004, a terrorist group of 32 militants captured over 1,000 children and adults in school building No. 1. On the third day of this barbaric action, explosions occurred at the school, causing a fire and the collapse of part of the walls... Exhausted hostages, the overwhelming majority of them children, began to run away through the holes in the walls. The terrorists immediately opened machine-gun and machine-gun fire on those escaping. Special forces units received orders to rescue hostages at any cost and destroy terrorists.Andrei Turkin, as part of his unit, burst into the school building under heavy fire from militants. At the same time, he was wounded, but did not leave the battle. While covering the rescue of the hostages with fire, he personally destroyed one terrorist. When one of the terrorists threw a grenade at the hostages, the officer rushed at it and covered it with his body. Killed in an explosion. Andrei Turkin's last steps saved the lives of dozens of Ossetian and Russian children.Andrei died a short time before his 29th birthday. However, the feat will remain immortal not only in the hearts of loved ones and fellow countrymen, but also of all residents of our country; their children will have to sacredly preserve the memory of the hero who sacrificed himself for the lives of other people.For the courage and bravery shown in the performance of official duty in conditions involving risk to life, Andrei Turkin was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second degree, the Suvorov and For the Rescue of the Victims medals.He was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk Cemetery of the Hero City of Moscow.The name of Hero of the Russian Federation Andrei Turkin was given to the cadet class of Orsk Cadet School No. 53, a bust of the Hero was installed in the Heroes Square on the Walk of Fame in the city of Orsk, Orenburg Region, his name is carved on the monument to the fallen special forces soldiers in Beslan.Andrey Turkin was posthumously awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of the Dinsky District.” Secondary school No. 1 in the village of Dinskaya was named after him, a memorial plaque was installed, information about him is collected in the school museum, and “Memory Evenings” are held for Hero of Russia Andrei Alekseevich Turkin. Pervorechensky Lane in the village of Dinskaya, where Andrei spent his childhood and youth, was renamed the street named after. A.A. Turkina.Heroes live among us, we need to study their exploits and biographies. Let them be a shining example and guide for us in life. You need to love your Motherland and learn to work for its good in order to make life happy and prosperous.Heroes are born in a country that remembers and honors departed heroes.

They say that we are all born the same, and what makes us heroes or traitors is society, life and our own worldview. How strange it is that most people live very similar lives, but every now and then heroes appear among us whose exploits we want to hear about and about whom the website “Outside the City” gladly talks.

Andrey Turkin was born in 1975 in the Ural town of Orsk, where, living with his mother, he early recognized himself as a man. He quickly learned to do all the men's work around the house, and after graduating from the eighth grade he entered vocational technical school No. 63 in the Kuban village of Dinskaya, where by that time a small family had moved.

In difficult years for our country, namely in 1993. the future Hero of Russia was drafted into the Armed Forces. His place of service was turbulent - the Tajik-Afghan border, where conflicts broke out at that time and there were shootouts. Andrey served for two years, received the rank of sergeant, after which he returned to the Krasnodar region, where he got a job and entered college. Two years after his return, Turkin was called to join the special unit “Vympel” at the Special Forces Center of the FSB of Russia. From that moment on, his life began to spin like a hectic carousel: incessant hostilities in Chechnya, rescue operations of those caught in an ambush and participation in the release of hostages from Nord-Ost in October 2002.
For us, ordinary people, the life of special forces officers can be called the dull word “combat.” In reality, it is daily risk, shootings, restless nights, ambushes, wounds, blood, pain and homesickness. And at home, I miss my comrades and my very dangerous, but very necessary work.

On September 1, 2004, one of the most horrific and most cynical terrorist attacks in the modern history of Russia occurred - the seizure by militants of secondary school No. 1 in the city of Beslan, North Ossetia, which “Beyond the City” has already talked about. There were 32 terrorists, more than a thousand hostages - children and adults. Knowledgeable people know that in such cases it is impossible to decide anything quickly. It is necessary to develop tactical plans and distribute roles among those who were supposed to enter into confrontation with the bandits.

Lieutenant Turkin's assault group set out to storm the building on the third day, when explosions were heard in the gym and the roof partially collapsed. The hostages began to run away in panic, and the militants began to shoot those running in the back. Turkin was wounded at the very beginning of the battle, when his group broke into the building. But, realizing the importance of the task, Andrei remained in service. Trying to get the hostages out of the dining room, Turkin killed one of the militants. At that moment, a grenade flew at them, which he, without hesitation, covered with his own body. In the loud noise, dense smoke and almost tangible panic, no one saw the lieutenant’s feat. This is pathetic and beautiful only in Hollywood movies. In reality, there is only fear, blood and the desire to survive. Everyone has it.

The hostages survived, and the hero, as usually happens in life, gave his life in exchange for theirs.

Lieutenant Andrei Turkin was posthumously awarded the title “Hero of Russia”, and the widow was awarded a medal for No. 830. In the Ural city, a bust was erected in Andrei’s honor, and cadet school No. 53 was named after him.

Sports school No. 1 in the village of Dinskaya, which the future hero once attended, is named after him, and boxing tournaments dedicated to his memory are regularly held in the village itself.
A nameplate has been installed at the Krasnodar Academy of Marketing and Social Information Technologies.

And two sons, Vladislav and Andrey, are growing up in the family, who already know for sure that they will not disgrace their father’s memory.

Black Day of Beslan: Andrey Turkin

Andrey Alekseevich Turkin was born on October 21, 1975 in the city of Orsk, Orenburg Region, into a working-class family. After graduating from eight classes of Dinskaya secondary school No. 1 in the Krasnodar region, he entered the Dinskaya secondary vocational school. In 1993 he received the specialty “car repair mechanic”.

In December 1993, Andrei was called up for military service in the Border Troops. He served on the Tajik-Afghan border and retired to the reserve in July 1995 with the rank of sergeant. Entered the Krasnodar Institute of Marketing and Social Information Technologies. But Andrei Turkin’s true calling turned out to be military service. On April 18, 1997, he enlisted in Vympel, a special forces group of the FSB of Russia, formed back in August 1981.

Together with his comrades, Lieutenant Turkin took part in a special operation to free hostages at school No. 1 in Beslan. On September 1, 2004, a school in this Ossetian city was seized by 32 terrorists armed with machine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers and explosives; 1,128 people were taken hostage. The bandits, under the influence of drugs, kept children and school staff in inhumane conditions. On September 3, after explosions occurred in the school building, the storming of the building began.

Monument at the grave of A. A. Turkin

At the beginning of the assault, Lieutenant Turkin was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield. When penetrating into the dining room, in which there were up to 250 hostages, Lieutenant Turkin took an advantageous position and destroyed the enemy’s firing point, thereby allowing the combat group to deploy. Suddenly a terrorist appeared with a grenade in his hands. Andrei realized that he would not have time to destroy him, and, rushing to the bandit, squeezed him with a death grip, blocking the grenade with his body. At the cost of his life, the officer saved many child hostages and his colleagues...

On September 6, 2004, Andrei Turkin was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. Andrei Turkin was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelskoye cemetery in Moscow. In the hero's hometown, Orsk, a monument was erected to him.

In total, during the special operation to free the hostages in Beslan, 10 special forces soldiers died heroically, including the commanders of all assault groups - Lieutenant Colonels Oleg Ilyin and Dmitry Razumovsky and Major Alexander Perov. They were also posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

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