Andrii I. Bespalov (Palych)

Born on March 17, 1971, in Chelyabinsk (Russia) in a military family. He studied in secondary schools where his father was stationed. In 1986, he moved with his family to Kirovograd (now Kropyvnytskyi). In 1988, he graduated from the secondary school in Kirovograd. At the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, he studied at the Kaliningrad Higher Military Engineering School of Engineering Troops. Not completing his studies at the military school, he transferred to the Kirovograd Institute of Agricultural Engineering (now Central Ukrainian National Technical University), which he graduated from in the early 1990s with a degree in "Mechanical Engineering." He worked at the Kirovograd Educational and Scientific Pedagogical Complex, then held managerial positions in private enterprises. Since 2004, he lived in the town of Novo Kirovograd City Council. He was fond of sport fishing and was repeatedly a judge at competitions in this sport. Since August 2014, he served in the military under mobilization, later on, he served under contract in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He underwent training at the 169th Training Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the logistics company and then in the anti-tank artillery division of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As of October 2017, he held the position of deputy commander of the fire support company of the 17th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine. On October 19, 2017, he was buried in the Alley of Honorary Military Burials at the Rivne Cemetery in Kropyvnytskyi. He participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine. On October 19, 2017, he was buried in the Alley of Honorary Military Burials at the Rivne Cemetery in Kropyvnytskyi.