Valerii O. Berdakov

Born on October 15, 1967. In childhood and youth, he lived in the village of Dzhuryn, Shargorod district, Vinnytsia region. He graduated from the secondary school in Dzhuryn, then from vocational technical school No. 36 in Ingulec, Kryvyi Rih city council, Dnipropetrovsk region (in 2002, the city was included in Kryvyi Rih). He specialized as a "Crane Operator." In the 1980s, he served in the ranks of the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of the USSR. He served in the 40th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Odessa Military District. After the army, he underwent retraining and became a reserve officer. He lived in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region. He worked at construction enterprises in Kryvyi Rih, and since 1997, he worked at the municipal enterprise of thermal networks "Kryvorizhteplomerezha." On August 14, 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He held the position of commander of the anti-tank platoon of the 1st mechanized battalion of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since the fall of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine. He was a participant in the defense of the international airport "Donetsk." On November 21, 2014, he was buried in the Alley of Glory at the Central Cemetery in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region.