Aleksey Mozgovoy
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| Birth name | Aleksey Borisovich Mozgovoy |
| Born |
3 April 1975 Nizhnyaya Duvanka, Svatove Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 23 May 2015 (aged 40) near Mykhailivka, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Allegiance |
 Lugansk People's Republic
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| Service/branch |
 Ukrainian Armed Forces Novorossiya Armed Forces
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| Years of service | 1992–1998 (Ukraine) 2014–2015 (Novorossiya) |
| Rank |
Senior sergeant (Ukraine) Kombrig (Novorossiya) |
| Unit |
 Prizrak Brigade
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Aleksey Borisovich Mozgovoy (Russian: Алексе́й Бори́сович Мозгово́й, Ukrainian: Олексі́й Бори́сович Мозгови́й, Oleksiy Borisovich Mozhovyj; 3 April 1975 – 23 May 2015) was a rebel commander of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic in Ukraine. He was the leader of the pro-Russian Prizrak Brigade. He was assassinated in Donbass, with conflicting reports on who was responsible.
Mozgovoy was born in the village of Nizhnyaya Duvanka, Svatove Raion, Luhansk Oblast located in the eastern part of Ukraine. Mozgovoy grew up in Svatove township where he participated in a local choir, the Svatove Cossacks. Just before the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, (the "Russian Spring") Mozgovoy was a guest worker, employed as a cook in Saint Petersburg. In 2014, during conflict in eastern Ukraine, he became commander of the military formation "Prizrak" (Ghost). Unofficially, his armed group was known as the Antratsyt Cossacks. Mozgovoy was allied with Igor Girkin, the Donetsk People's Republic minister for defense. He was known for infighting with other Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) rebels. Mozgovoy had contact with the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and the leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov.
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