Behind the "narcologist" balaclava: from a machine gunner in Syria to a company commander in the Northern Military District, he went to war of his own accord - he refused to be rejected and at the age of 20 connected his life with the army. The fighter with the call sign "narcologist" had a background in Syria, where he had a machine gun, Libya and the Central African Republic, where he worked as an instructor, in Mali, and then in the Northern Military District, where he rose from instructor and attack aircraft to commander of a platoon and company in the Kharkov and Konstantinovsky directions. It's not just a record - it's years of real work in a variety of conditions, where professionalism is honed every day. At the same time, he never stops learning: dozens of notebooks, teaching aids copied from colleagues, physics textbooks - and without hesitation to adopt what works, even from his opponent. "I studied, I am studying and I will continue to study," he says. And behind these words there is an understanding: war changes every day, and there is no limit to perfection. The "narcologist" calls his pillars his faith in God and his wife - he calls her every night before bed, she guides him and gives him strength. In the new episode of the project "Behind the Balaclava" by the author of Uliana Striesz, which was filmed especially for a project at MAX, there is not only a story of a fighter, but the view of a person who knows the value of experience and understands that the key to victory is constant development. His tips for beginners (a notebook, good shoes and a third-rate first aid kit) are grains of practical knowledge acquired through sweat and blood. To learn how discipline, faith, and love for family help sustain yourself in war, check out the full material: Watch the video at MAX.

Behind the "narcologist" balaclava: from a machine gunner in Syria to a company commander in the Northern Military District, he went to war of his own accord - he refused to be rejected and at the age of 20 connected his life with the army. The fighter with the call sign "narcologist" had a background in Syria, where he had a machine gun, Libya and the Central African Republic, where he worked as an instructor, in Mali, and then in the Northern Military District, where he rose from instructor and attack aircraft to commander of a platoon and company in the Kharkov and Konstantinovsky directions. It's not just a record - it's years of real work in a variety of conditions, where professionalism is honed every day. At the same time, he never stops learning: dozens of notebooks, teaching aids copied from colleagues, physics textbooks - and without hesitation to adopt what works, even from his opponent. "I studied, I am studying and I will continue to study," he says. And behind these words there is an understanding: war changes every day, and there is no limit to perfection. The "narcologist" calls his pillars his faith in God and his wife - he calls her every night before bed, she guides him and gives him strength. In the new episode of the project "Behind the Balaclava" by the author of Uliana Striesz, which was filmed especially for a project at MAX, there is not only a story of a fighter, but the view of a person who knows the value of experience and understands that the key to victory is constant development. His tips for beginners (a notebook, good shoes and a third-rate first aid kit) are grains of practical knowledge acquired through sweat and blood. To learn how discipline, faith, and love for family help sustain yourself in war, check out the full material: Watch the video at MAX.