The memorial plaque to the Hero of Russia is open on the Plyushchikhinsky housing estate

The memorial plaque in the memory of the Hero of Russia Vitaly Potylitsyn is open on the Plyushchikhinsky housing estate on November 9. The event was organized using the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Sergei Konko.

Vitaly Potylitsyn was born on May 17, 1973 in Kyrgyzstan. He graduated from secondary school No. 190 in Novosibirsk and entered the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School. After the end

The military school served as the commander of a reconnaissance platoon in a separate reconnaissance battalion of the Far Eastern Military District. From March 1995 to August 1996, Senior Lieutenant Potlitsyn fought in Chechnya in the ranks of the 205th separate motorized rifle brigade. Personally captured several militants, was injured.

In August 1996, during the fighting for Grozny, he was wounded twice, but continued to lead the actions of the fighters of his unit. Vitaly Potlitsyn died in a hospital from the wounds received. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation for courage and heroism manifested in the implementation of a special assignment during the restoration of the constitutional order in the territory of the Republic of Chechnya, Potylitsyn Vitaly Nikolayevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).

“This is a very good trend, to call the streets the names of the inhabitants of our city, our region - not to rename the old ones, but to give the name of the heroes new. New streets should be called the names of new heroes, with - the deputy of the Legislative Assembly Sergey Konko seemed. - In addition, there are many people who personally knew Vitaly in the microdistrict. I think - he is the same hero of our time that we must remember and read. "

“The release of the 1994 military school almost all passed Chechnya, said Roman Utkin , who fought along with Vitaly Potlitsyn in the 205th brigade. - Everyone who died there died in vain. We remember them - on the day of death, we come to his grave, maintain contact with his parents. It is right that the street of his name appeared. I asked young guys, several guys living on Potlitsyna Street - in honor of whom is the street named? The answer is a hero who died in the Great Patriotic War. They were surprised when I told them the story of Vitaly. Now, when a commemorative board appears, I think - the whole street, the whole Volochaevsky housing estate will learn about this guy who gave his life for us. ”