Bondarev Brothers Street
The street appeared in 2017 and is located in the Zarechnaya part of the city between Melnikaite and Alabashevskaya street.
Valery and Igor Bondarev are twin brothers — the participants of the war in Afghanistan.
They were born on May 25, 1964 in Tobolsk. Later, the family moved to Tyumen. The boys graduated from secondary school No. 34 here. In 1981, the boys entered the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School. In September 1985, the Bondarev brothers were sent to serve in Afghanistan in the 154th separate special forces detachment (military unit pp 35 651) of the 15th separate special forces brigade.
In 1985, the brothers were appointed platoon commanders in the Jalalabad area of Nangarhar province: Valery — mining, and Igor — an engineering company.
They were born on May 25, 1964 in Tobolsk. Later, the family moved to Tyumen. The boys graduated from secondary school No. 34 here. In 1981, the boys entered the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School. In September 1985, the Bondarev brothers were sent to serve in Afghanistan in the 154th separate special forces detachment (military unit pp 35 651) of the 15th separate special forces brigade.
In 1985, the brothers were appointed platoon commanders in the Jalalabad area of Nangarhar province: Valery — mining, and Igor — an engineering company.
Valery Evgenievich participated in 70 combat missions, where he showed courage, determination and professional skills as a sapper officer.
On September 4, 1986, a platoon under the command of Lieutenant Valery Bondarev secured passages in minefields and approaches to the Dushmanov stronghold. This made it possible to capture the militant base without losses. On October 24 of the same year, a caravan with weapons was successfully captured. Valery personally mined the roads.
On November 29, 1986, the commander, along with other soldiers, returned to service after treatment at the hospital. The plane carrying the fighters was shot down by the Mujahideen with a Stinger man-portable air defense missile system. All those on board were killed.
Valery Bondarev was awarded two Orders of the Red Star for his courage and bravery in fulfilling his international duty. The second was posthumously.
In November 1985, Igor Bondarev was transferred out of official necessity to the 56th Separate Guards Order of the Patriotic War Airborne assault brigade in the area of the city of Gardeza, Paktia province.
Bondarev’s unit performed the tasks of escorting convoys, clearing roads, intercepting caravans with weapons and drugs. During a combat mission to mine a section of the road on June 3, 1986, Lieutenant Bondarev’s platoon was ambushed. The enemy forces were superior, but the battle lasted more than 8 hours. Thanks to Igor Evgenievich’s courage, endurance and determination, the task was completed, and the personnel did not suffer any losses.
During his service in Afghanistan, Igor Bondarev made over a hundred combat sorties, personally cleared more than a hundred mines and land mines. He returned from Afghanistan on August 18, 1987.
For his courage and heroism, Igor Bondarev was awarded medals "For military merit", "From the grateful Afghan people", badges "For mine clearance", "Internationalist Soldier".
Senior Lieutenant Bondarev retired to the reserve in 1992. He worked for DOSAAF. He served in the Interior Ministry.
During the fighting, about 3,000 residents of the Tyumen Region served as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan. 134 people died (including 63 people from Tyumen), 129 people were seriously injured and concussed, turned out to be disabled, the fate of the two missing remains unknown. More than seven hundred people were awarded state awards: Orders of the Red Banner, the Red Star, medals "For Bravery", "For military merit", awards of Afghanistan.
In 2002, a memorial was erected on Gubkin Square in memory of the internationalist wars. The construction of the memorial took three and a half years under the auspices of the Afghanistan Veterans' Charity Fund Shuravi.
On September 4, 1986, a platoon under the command of Lieutenant Valery Bondarev secured passages in minefields and approaches to the Dushmanov stronghold. This made it possible to capture the militant base without losses. On October 24 of the same year, a caravan with weapons was successfully captured. Valery personally mined the roads.
On November 29, 1986, the commander, along with other soldiers, returned to service after treatment at the hospital. The plane carrying the fighters was shot down by the Mujahideen with a Stinger man-portable air defense missile system. All those on board were killed.
Valery Bondarev was awarded two Orders of the Red Star for his courage and bravery in fulfilling his international duty. The second was posthumously.
In November 1985, Igor Bondarev was transferred out of official necessity to the 56th Separate Guards Order of the Patriotic War Airborne assault brigade in the area of the city of Gardeza, Paktia province.
Bondarev’s unit performed the tasks of escorting convoys, clearing roads, intercepting caravans with weapons and drugs. During a combat mission to mine a section of the road on June 3, 1986, Lieutenant Bondarev’s platoon was ambushed. The enemy forces were superior, but the battle lasted more than 8 hours. Thanks to Igor Evgenievich’s courage, endurance and determination, the task was completed, and the personnel did not suffer any losses.
During his service in Afghanistan, Igor Bondarev made over a hundred combat sorties, personally cleared more than a hundred mines and land mines. He returned from Afghanistan on August 18, 1987.
For his courage and heroism, Igor Bondarev was awarded medals "For military merit", "From the grateful Afghan people", badges "For mine clearance", "Internationalist Soldier".
Senior Lieutenant Bondarev retired to the reserve in 1992. He worked for DOSAAF. He served in the Interior Ministry.
During the fighting, about 3,000 residents of the Tyumen Region served as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan. 134 people died (including 63 people from Tyumen), 129 people were seriously injured and concussed, turned out to be disabled, the fate of the two missing remains unknown. More than seven hundred people were awarded state awards: Orders of the Red Banner, the Red Star, medals "For Bravery", "For military merit", awards of Afghanistan.
In 2002, a memorial was erected on Gubkin Square in memory of the internationalist wars. The construction of the memorial took three and a half years under the auspices of the Afghanistan Veterans' Charity Fund Shuravi.
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