Igor Ivanovich Strelkov

2nd Minister of Defense of the Donetsk People's Republic, Military Commandant of Donetsk

Russia, Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Republic of Serbia, Donetsk People's Republic.

War in Transnistria;
War in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
First Chechen War;
Invasion of militants into Dagestan;
Second Chechen War;
Russian-Ukrainian war:
Annexation of Crimea;
War in Donbass;
Battles for Slavyansk;
Battles for Donetsk;
Battles for Ilovaisk
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Battles for Slavyansk (2014)

Strelkov gained wide fame as an active participant in the war in eastern Ukraine, a military and political figure in the Russian-controlled Donetsk People's Republic. For several months, he led fighters during military operations in the city of Slavyansk, and later headed armed formations in Donetsk. From May 12 to August 14, 2014, he was the commander of the armed forces of the Donetsk People's Republic, from May 16 to August 14, he was the Minister of Defense of the DPR, and on July 6, he declared himself the military commandant of Donetsk. According to his own assessment, his actions played a decisive role in the escalation of events in Donbass into an armed conflict. After leaving the post of Minister of Defense, he left the territory of Donbass. He was involved in public activities, often making critical comments about the leadership of the DPR and LPR, as well as Russia's policy towards Ukraine.

Ukrainian authorities and a number of human rights organizations accuse Strelkov of committing war crimes On November 17, 2022, the District Court of The Hague found Igor Girkin guilty of crashing the Boeing 777 and sentenced him to life imprisonment

Head of the public movement "Novorossiya" since 2014. Military pensioner. Adheres to nationalist, monarchist views and the ideology of the White movement

On January 25, 2024, in Russia, he was sentenced to four years in prison for two messages that the court considered extremist. The real reason, according to the media, was Girkin's criticism of the military leadership and Russian President Putin. He led the club (a group of reenactors of seven people) "Joint Machine Gun Team" formed on the basis of the military-historical club "Moscow Dragoon Regiment", which took part in military-historical and military-patriotic festivals. He took part in such reconstructions as "War of 1916" (2009), the festival "In Memory of the Civil War" (2010), "Civil War in the South of Russia", "Valor and Death of the Russian Guard" He participated in reconstructions in Ukraine

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