Officer Vladislav Posadsky became widely known after his death. Freeing the hostages in Chechnya, he stood unarmed under the bullets and shielded the civilians with his body. Then four militants were killed, including a field commander. Posadsky died, becoming a hero of Russia posthumously.
Biography
Posadsky Vladislav Anatolyevich was born on September 11, 1964 in Saltykovka near Moscow, near Balashikha. His father was an officer, and from an early age Vladislav dreamed of following in his footsteps. At that time, many boys dreamed of the Suvorov school. Then it was considered very prestigious. But not everyone was taken there. Posadsky at the age of 13, secretly from his mother, filed an application. Thanks to his good physical characteristics, he became a Suvorovite without any problems.
After college, Vladislav joined the ranks of the Soviet army. Having served the term, I decided to become an officer. For this, he moved to Vladikavkaz and was enrolled in the students of the Marshal A. I. Eremenko.
Service to the Motherland
After graduating from college, Posadsky served on assignment in various military districts. First, he ended up in an airborne regiment in Belarus, and then in Transcaucasia.
In 1994 he was transferred to the special forces of the GRU of the General Staff of the Russian Federation. Vladislav was the company commander. According to the distribution, his division in the same year ended up in Krasnodar. Then in the south of Russia it was restless because of the Chechen campaign. Together with the company, Posadsky often stayed on the territory of Chechnya, where he directly participated in operations to suppress attacks by militants. Vladislav was repeatedly in the line of fire.
During a break between combat missions, Posadsky led the hand-to-hand fighting section at Krasnodar School No. 87. He invited local boys to classes and taught them combat skills. After the first Chechen war, he was awarded a personalized "firearm".
During the second Chechen campaign, Posadsky was already in the epicenter of hostilities - in the North Caucasus. At that time, he was no longer in charge of a company, but the entire headquarters of the famous Vostok special forces battalion, which was stationed in Chechnya.
On January 23, 2004, Vladislav was among the servicemen who were releasing the hostages. Women and children were under fire from militants. After an active exchange of fire, the Russian military's ammunition was reduced to nothing. Posadsky made a heroic decision: he went out unarmed under the bullets, covering civilians with his body. Vladislav died. The Russian soldiers who came to the rescue killed four militants and a field commander.
Posadsky was buried at the Slavic cemetery in Krasnodar. A month later, he became a hero of the Russian Federation posthumously. A memorial plaque was soon hung on the house in Krasnodar, where Vladislav lived during the service.
In the Krasnodar village of Industrialny, one of the streets bears his name. Also in Gudermes, on the base of the GRU Vostok battalion, there is a memorial obelisk.
Personal life
Vladislav Posadsky was married. The marriage had four children. After Posadsky's death, his family remained in Krasnodar. The eldest daughter is engaged in science. One of the sons graduated from the Suvorov School and works in the prosecutor's office, and the other is a psychologist. The youngest daughter is a graduate of the Presidential Cadet Corps.
