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10 Facts About Aleksey Nagin

1.

Aleksey Yuryevich Nagin was a Russian army officer.

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Aleksey Nagin was the commander of one of the assault detachments of the Wagner Group.

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Aleksey Nagin was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously when he was killed in action in the Battle of Bakhmut, as well as the Hero of the Donetsk People's Republic, and the Luhansk People's Republic.

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Aleskey Nagin was born on 21 March 1981 in Vertyachy in the Gorodishchensky district of the Volgograd Oblast, to his father, Yury Viktorovich, who is a former military man, and Galina Andreevna Zayler-Ivanova.

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Aleksey Nagin was drafted into the Armed Forces of Russia, and was a participant in the hostilities in Chechnya.

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Aleksey Nagin was part of the fighting in the Russo-Georgian War.

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Aleksey Nagin was participating in the Syrian civil war, as he spent 3 years there, and the Second Libyan Civil War.

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In 2022, Aleksey Nagin participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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On 20 September 2022, Aleksey Nagin was killed in action in the Battle of Bakhmut.

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Aleksey Nagin was buried in Volgograd at the Dimitrievsky cemetery.