Andrei Nikolayevich Paliy (russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Па́лий; 13 February 1971
– 20 March 2022
) was a Russian naval officer who served as the deputy commander of the
Black Sea Fleet
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He was killed in combat in the
Battle of Mariupol during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Biography
Paliy was born in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
on 13 February 1971.
In 1993, he chose not to be part of the
Ukrainian armed forces
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and joined the
Russian Northern Fleet.
He served on the battlecruiser ''
Pyotr Velikiy''.
Paliy was also involved in the
Russo-Georgian War and the
Russian intervention in Syria, according to media sources in Russia.
After the
Russian annexation of Crimea, Paliy worked for the Russian naval academy in
Sevastopol
Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
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He reached the rank of
captain 1st rank
Captain 1st rank (russian: Капитан 1-го ранга, Kapitan 1-go ranga, lit=Captain of the 1st rank) is a rank used by the Russian Navy and a number of former communist states. The rank is the most senior rank in the staff officers' ca ...
and served as the deputy commander of the
Black Sea Fleet
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According to ''
Kommersant'', he became deputy commander in 2019.
He was killed in combat on 20 March 2022 in the
Battle of Mariupol during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A funeral was held in Sevastopol on 23 March 2022.
See also
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Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian War included six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 civilians and military troops killed during the War in Donbas (2014–2022), and tens of thousands of death ...
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List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
References
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1971 births
2022 deaths
Military personnel from Kyiv
Russian people of Ukrainian descent
Russian Navy personnel
People of the Russo-Georgian War
Russian military personnel killed in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Siege of Mariupol
Russians in Ukraine