Ivan S. Belianchev (Chechen)

Main Sergeant Ivan Belanchev (call sign Chechen) was killed on May 24, 2023 near the village of New York in the Donetsk region. The warrior was 33 years old. Ivan was born in the village of Voskresensky (Russia). From childhood he lived with his family in the village of Pavlivka in the Kharkiv region. After school, he graduated from the Kharkiv Industrial and Pedagogical College. During the Russian-Ukrainian war, he participated in the ATO in Donbas. He had the call sign Grozny at that time. He was discharged from the army for health reasons. Later, he got a job as a driver at the Hermes-Auto enterprise. When the full-scale invasion of the occupiers began in 2022, Ivan without hesitation went to war again. He defended his relatives and the Motherland in the ranks of the 107th battalion of the 109th separate brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was the chief sergeant of the platoon. "You are my whole life! Which ended on May 24, 2023. Now these are just passing days. Thank you for our daughter, whom you held in your arms so little. You are the Hero of our daughter and me! Forever in our hearts! We love you very much! I have never met such brave, strong and confident, loving people in my life! Everyone looked up to you and followed you! Our daughter is your reflection!" - wrote the wife of the fallen warrior. The hero was buried in the village of Pavlivka in the Kharkiv region. At home, Ivan was awaited by his father Sergey Vladimirovich, mother Arugan Imaliivna, wife Anzhela and daughter Yeseniya, who was born in 2022.