Martyr for Faith and Fatherland Yevgeny Rodionov
In the village of Satino - Russkoye there is a cross on the grave of a fighter who died at the hands of Chechen thugs. The inscription on the cross is engraved: “Here lies the Russian soldier Yevgeny Rodionov, who defended the Fatherland and not renounced Christ, executed under Bamut 23 of May 1996 of the year. The death of a 19-year-old was a big blow to his parents. The death of his father Alexander Konstantinovich, who could not survive the blow, took him four years after the death of his son. The death of dear people destroyed the life of the mother.
Lyubov Vasilievna Rodionova, who had long been searching for her son, who was initially declared a deserter, paid the murderers of her boy only for showing her the place of burial. Having lost her health, as she was severely beaten, her mother still found and dug Eugene's decapitated body to bury him in her homeland according to Christian traditions. Then she came back and searched for a long time for the skull of her son, who the gangsters split into pieces, fearing the pursuit of the soul of the murdered. Zhenya was torn to pieces on his birthday, for refusing to take off his pectoral cross and accept the faith of Islam.
Born Yevgeny Rodionov 23 May 1977, in the family of a simple carpenter. Working with wood was a common profession in the area. Evgenia Lyubov Vasilyevna's mother also worked as a technologist at a furniture factory. According to her stories, on the birthday of her son a star fell from the sky, and her heart sank in anticipation of trouble. Perhaps this was only the result of an exhausting process of childbirth, but Lyubov Rodionova herself connects the sensation with the tragic fate of the boy. In his adolescence, Eugene loved to go to the forest and enjoy the beauty of nature, he was interested in the laws of this world, its harmony. The boy did not walk for a long time, and he was baptized, after which his legs became stronger, and Eugene took the first steps. Nine classes of secondary school, then work on the same furniture factory and driver courses - such is the short biography of the martyr's warrior. The army Rodionov went to 18 years, he was ready to fulfill his duty with honor.
Rodionov was sent to the Nazran detachment to the second motivational group of the 479 Special Forces detachment of the Red Banner Border Management of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. It was one of the hottest spots on the border of the Chechen Republic and Ingushetia. Rodionov was enlisted in the squad as a grenade launcher.
Having intervened on the border post, Andrei Trusov, Igor Yakovlev, Yevgeny Rodionov and Alexander Zheleznov did not suspect that they were expecting them in the near future. It is unknown how the assault on the checkpoint took place, however, the bloody traces found at the scene of the battle suggest that the guys resisted. One hundred days of nightmarish captivity, inhuman torture and humiliation were the last days of Russian border guards. Rodionov was the youngest of them. According to some reports, an ambulance arrived at the checkpoint, and even cries for help were heard, but no one raised the alarm and the four border guards disappeared without a trace. Today it is known that the field commander Ruslan Khaikhoroev with the bandits was in the car.
The search for prisoners was not made. Many articles have already been written about this dishonest behavior of the Russian command. Today, shocking data is known about how defenseless mothers tried to find their sons, and the Russian authorities kept silent about the facts of criminal mockery of them. A huge number of grieved women never returned home, torn to pieces by bandits.
The task of our army, voiced by Lieutenant-General Tikhomirov, was to restore full control of Russian troops over a large number of Chechen settlements and the final destruction of armed gangs. However, the tactics of the war of the Highlanders was very different from the usual. There were no open battles of large forces, the militants skillfully hiding among the civilian population and systematically carried out attacks. Russian troops were forced to break up into many small checkpoints, which included several people, and to guard around the clock to avoid an attack. The militants themselves called themselves wolves, and preferred to act under the cover of night.
The unfortunate were kept in an unheated, dilapidated house, depriving them of food and water, regularly beating and humiliating. The practice of the militants included training mockery for juvenile Chechen boys over Russian prisoners. Rodionov and his comrades were forced to write letters asking for ransom to their homeland, but none of them could pay the large sums that were required. All the prisoners were from low-income families. The torture ended on Rodionov's birthday, he turned 19. Haykhoroev offered the exhausted children to convert to Islam and continue to fight on the side of the militants. All the prisoners refused. Yevgeny did not take off his pectoral cross, which the killers demanded; as a result, he was beaten, and then his head was cut off. Mockery over the corpses of young Russian fighters was common in the Chechen camp, so the mother could only identify her son by the cross.
At first, Eugene was declared a deserter, but then they still recognized his being in captivity. The guys waited until the last day for help, but no one was going to look for them. There was no system to search for prisoners and the dead, the state did not take care of this even after the end of hostilities. The mother set off in search of her son, as her father would have been killed immediately in Chechen villages. However, Lyubov Vasilyevna survived terrible mockery. Once she was beaten so severely that her spine was broken, only incredible strength of spirit allowed her to survive and find the remains of Rodionov.
The victim of four young men was avenged, the place where they were tortured and killed was wiped out by the Russian troops who came here again, none of the thugs escaped retribution. Lyubov Vassilievna annually comes to the part where her son began the service and addresses her recruits. She wishes them responsible commanders, not the ones who betrayed Rodionov.
Today we honor the memory of the fallen border guards Andrei Trusov, Igor Yakovlev, Yevgeny Rodionov and Alexander Zheleznov.
Yevgeny was awarded the Order of Glory and Courage, the Orthodox Church canonized Rodionov as a martyr warrior. According to the stories of the clergy, the image of Yevgeny myrrrrrrr, the believers turn to him, for which Archpriest Sidorov composed texts of prayers. In honor of the martyr laid three churches. The school where Zhenya Rodionov studied was named after him in 2009. The following year, a monument “A Candle of Memory” was erected in the courtyard of this school. About Eugene and his comrades filmed documentaries, written performances. The memory of ordinary Russian children who have accepted the martyr's death for the Orthodox Faith will forever remain in our hearts.
Lyubov Vasilievna Rodionova, who had long been searching for her son, who was initially declared a deserter, paid the murderers of her boy only for showing her the place of burial. Having lost her health, as she was severely beaten, her mother still found and dug Eugene's decapitated body to bury him in her homeland according to Christian traditions. Then she came back and searched for a long time for the skull of her son, who the gangsters split into pieces, fearing the pursuit of the soul of the murdered. Zhenya was torn to pieces on his birthday, for refusing to take off his pectoral cross and accept the faith of Islam.
Born Yevgeny Rodionov 23 May 1977, in the family of a simple carpenter. Working with wood was a common profession in the area. Evgenia Lyubov Vasilyevna's mother also worked as a technologist at a furniture factory. According to her stories, on the birthday of her son a star fell from the sky, and her heart sank in anticipation of trouble. Perhaps this was only the result of an exhausting process of childbirth, but Lyubov Rodionova herself connects the sensation with the tragic fate of the boy. In his adolescence, Eugene loved to go to the forest and enjoy the beauty of nature, he was interested in the laws of this world, its harmony. The boy did not walk for a long time, and he was baptized, after which his legs became stronger, and Eugene took the first steps. Nine classes of secondary school, then work on the same furniture factory and driver courses - such is the short biography of the martyr's warrior. The army Rodionov went to 18 years, he was ready to fulfill his duty with honor.
Rodionov was sent to the Nazran detachment to the second motivational group of the 479 Special Forces detachment of the Red Banner Border Management of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. It was one of the hottest spots on the border of the Chechen Republic and Ingushetia. Rodionov was enlisted in the squad as a grenade launcher.
Having intervened on the border post, Andrei Trusov, Igor Yakovlev, Yevgeny Rodionov and Alexander Zheleznov did not suspect that they were expecting them in the near future. It is unknown how the assault on the checkpoint took place, however, the bloody traces found at the scene of the battle suggest that the guys resisted. One hundred days of nightmarish captivity, inhuman torture and humiliation were the last days of Russian border guards. Rodionov was the youngest of them. According to some reports, an ambulance arrived at the checkpoint, and even cries for help were heard, but no one raised the alarm and the four border guards disappeared without a trace. Today it is known that the field commander Ruslan Khaikhoroev with the bandits was in the car.
The search for prisoners was not made. Many articles have already been written about this dishonest behavior of the Russian command. Today, shocking data is known about how defenseless mothers tried to find their sons, and the Russian authorities kept silent about the facts of criminal mockery of them. A huge number of grieved women never returned home, torn to pieces by bandits.
The task of our army, voiced by Lieutenant-General Tikhomirov, was to restore full control of Russian troops over a large number of Chechen settlements and the final destruction of armed gangs. However, the tactics of the war of the Highlanders was very different from the usual. There were no open battles of large forces, the militants skillfully hiding among the civilian population and systematically carried out attacks. Russian troops were forced to break up into many small checkpoints, which included several people, and to guard around the clock to avoid an attack. The militants themselves called themselves wolves, and preferred to act under the cover of night.
The unfortunate were kept in an unheated, dilapidated house, depriving them of food and water, regularly beating and humiliating. The practice of the militants included training mockery for juvenile Chechen boys over Russian prisoners. Rodionov and his comrades were forced to write letters asking for ransom to their homeland, but none of them could pay the large sums that were required. All the prisoners were from low-income families. The torture ended on Rodionov's birthday, he turned 19. Haykhoroev offered the exhausted children to convert to Islam and continue to fight on the side of the militants. All the prisoners refused. Yevgeny did not take off his pectoral cross, which the killers demanded; as a result, he was beaten, and then his head was cut off. Mockery over the corpses of young Russian fighters was common in the Chechen camp, so the mother could only identify her son by the cross.
At first, Eugene was declared a deserter, but then they still recognized his being in captivity. The guys waited until the last day for help, but no one was going to look for them. There was no system to search for prisoners and the dead, the state did not take care of this even after the end of hostilities. The mother set off in search of her son, as her father would have been killed immediately in Chechen villages. However, Lyubov Vasilyevna survived terrible mockery. Once she was beaten so severely that her spine was broken, only incredible strength of spirit allowed her to survive and find the remains of Rodionov.
The victim of four young men was avenged, the place where they were tortured and killed was wiped out by the Russian troops who came here again, none of the thugs escaped retribution. Lyubov Vassilievna annually comes to the part where her son began the service and addresses her recruits. She wishes them responsible commanders, not the ones who betrayed Rodionov.
Icon depicting Yevgeny Rodionov during the procession at the White House in October 2003
Today we honor the memory of the fallen border guards Andrei Trusov, Igor Yakovlev, Yevgeny Rodionov and Alexander Zheleznov.
Yevgeny was awarded the Order of Glory and Courage, the Orthodox Church canonized Rodionov as a martyr warrior. According to the stories of the clergy, the image of Yevgeny myrrrrrrr, the believers turn to him, for which Archpriest Sidorov composed texts of prayers. In honor of the martyr laid three churches. The school where Zhenya Rodionov studied was named after him in 2009. The following year, a monument “A Candle of Memory” was erected in the courtyard of this school. About Eugene and his comrades filmed documentaries, written performances. The memory of ordinary Russian children who have accepted the martyr's death for the Orthodox Faith will forever remain in our hearts.
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