Zakharchenko Alexander Biography of the DPR

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. At one time, he worked at the mine, engaged in business and headed the branch of the Oplot public organization. During the confrontation that began in the Donbass, he took the side of the people, headed the volunteer battalion he created. He was the head of Zakharchenko of the Donetsk People's Republic. In August, he was killed as a result of an attempt.

He is a native of this city. His mother is Russian, and his father is Ukrainian. Alexander's father worked for thirty -five years at the mine. After graduation, Zakharchenko continued his studies at the technical school of industrial automation in Donetsk. His specialty is “mountain electrician”. The young man graduated with honors and immediately began work in his specialty.

The beginning of labor activity is the first place of work of Alexander - the mine, where he managed to become an electrician of the sixth category. Having left the mine, Zakharchenko took up a business that was associated with the coal sphere. According to other information, commercial activities were associated with the trade of chicken. According to him, he led a rather large team.

Open sources report that Alexander in OM headed the Continent trading house. Alexander Zakharchenko was born and raised in Donetsk in OM in the city, a branch of the Kharkov public organization called the Oplot, which was headed by Zakharchenko, was formed in the city. Its goal is to provide social, financial, legal and psychological assistance to the families of police officers who died in the performance of their duties.

The Oplot also helped the disabled soldiers. Members of the organization aimed at the struggle against the heroization of SPA representatives. Participation of Zakharchenko in the confrontation in the Donbass in OM in the year after the change of power in Ukraine, in the south-east of the country, mass peaceful protests began. Alexander was among those who went out with protests to Donetsk Square.

Alexander was among those who occupied the administrative building. On May on May, a referendum was held, which was supposed to answer the question of self -determination. Alexander first became a military commandant of his hometown, and later headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic.

When fierce battles began in the Donetsk region, Zakharchenko was among those who defended their region and their city. He was wounded in his hand during the battles, which was conducted near the village of Kozhevna at the end of June. In August, Prime Minister of the Donetsk Republic Alexander Borodai resigned. In his place, deputies of the Council of the Republic appointed Alexander Zakharchenko.

This decision was made almost unanimously. Zakharchenko took the oath of allegiance to the people of the republic and began to fulfill his duties. At the end of August, an attempt was made to kill the new -naked prime minister, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Alexander remained unharmed, his driver was injured. Alexander Zakharchenko as the head of the “DPR” a month before the elections for the post of head of the “DPR”, Zakharchenko submitted documents, becoming the first registered candidate for this post.

According to most political scientists, even before the elections, it was safe to say that Zakharchenko would win. As you know, he left ordinary militias, is a native of Donetsk, therefore it enjoys considerable confidence in the population of the republic. Before the elections, another opinion was voiced - Zakharchenko was called the Kremlin protege. The elections were held on the second of November.

Seventy -five percent of the voting citizens of the “DPR” cast their votes for Zakharchenko. As you know, the results of these elections are recognized as legitimate only by Russia. Alexander Zakharchenko was elected to the post of head of the “DPR” inauguration of the chosen head of the republic in early November. After taking the oath, Alexander was awarded the certificate of the head of the "DPR".

He promised voters that he would defend the interests of the “DPR” and will do everything possible to raise the economy of the republic, to create a fair and wealthy state. At the end of November, during the detour of the formations of militias located in the Donetsk Airport area, Zakharchenko was fired by Ukrainian regular troops, including from grades. The head of the "DPR" managed to hide in a nearby hotel.

He was not injured. The personal life of Alexander Zakharchenko Alexander Zakharchenko was married. Together with his wife, he brings up four sons. She supports Alexander in everything. They went to the election of the head of the republic together surrounded by a group of bodyguards. Alexander was awarded the fourth degree by the St. George Cross. Parents Zakharchenko live in Artyomovsk, a settlement, which is controlled by Kyiv.

He dreams of going to them, but so far it is not possible. Death as the official version says, on August 31, Zakharchenko entered the Separ cafe in the company of bodyguards in order to remembered the deceased Joseph Kobzon the singer was a native of Donbass. However, explosives were laid in the door according to other sources, the bomb was stored in a lighting device activated using a phone call.The explosion of Zakharchenko and his bodyguard were killed in the place.

Alexander Zakharchenko was buried in a closed coffin there are several versions of what happened: the Ukrainian special services, the Kremlin or political competitors accused Zakharchenko’s death: many of his associates were unhappy that Alexander was eating in a cafe, while they risk their lives on the battlefield. Russia demanded to investigate the murder of Zakharchenko at the international level.

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