Mark Yevtyukhin
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Mark Yevtyukhin
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| Native name | Марк Евтюхин |
| Nickname(s) | Marik |
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1 May 1964 Yoshkar-Ola, Mari ASSR, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 1 March 2000 (aged 35) Height 776.0, Istykort, Chechnya, Russia |
| Allegiance | Russia |
| Service/branch | Airborne Troops |
| Years of service | 1985–2000 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Unit | 76th Guards Airborne Division |
| Commands held | 2nd Battalion of 6th Company |
| Battles/wars | Battle for Height 776.0 |
| Awards |  |
Mark Nikolayevich Yevtyukhin (Russian: Марк Никола́евич Евтю́хин, 1 May 1964 – 1 March 2000) was a Lieutenant-Colonel and Commander of the Pskov-based 2nd Battalion (listing among others the 6th Company), 104th Guards Airborne Regiment, 76th Guards Airborne Division, who was killed in action during the Battle for Height 776.0 near Ulus-Kert, Chechnya. For his actions in that battle, he was posthumously honoured as a Hero of the Russian Federation.
Yevtyukhin was born in 1964 in Yoshkar-Ola, in the Mari ASSR, to Nikolai Vasiliyevich Yevtyukhin and Lidia Ivanovna Yevtyukhina. His father worked as an officer with a military manufacturer, and his mother also worked in manufacturing organisations. He was born exactly nine months after his parents' wedding, and was named after his great-grandfather, who was a Kuban Cossack, and was the first of the couple's two children.
While still an infant his family moved to Chukotka because his father was transferred to the Far Eastern region. Because of the extreme weather conditions in Chukotka, the one-year-old Yevtyukhin was sent to live with his grandmother in Gagra. His father was later transferred to a more senior position in Tbilisi, and the family lived there for five years, after which the family made their last move to Severomorsk. He studied at School No. 7 in Severomorsk, and it was during this time that he met his first love, and his later wife, Lilya. Yevtyukhin told his parents that he desired to join the military, much to his mother's dismay, and he and his brother would often make the 70 kilometres (43 mi) trip, even during the winter, to the local aerodrome for skydiving.
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