Afghan captivity and Chechen ambush: For which they received the Stars of Heroes of Russia. Hero of the Russian Federation

Born on September 10, 1961 in the village of Staroe Drozhzhanoe, Drozhzhanovsky district, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. After graduating from the Balashov Air Force School, he served in military transport aviation as an assistant commander of the Il-76 ship (1983-1987), and as a ship commander (until 1992).

From 1994 to 2008 he worked in civil aviation airlines of the Russian Federation as a co-pilot and captain of an aircraft. From 2008 to 2009 worked as General Director of Tatarstan Airlines OJSC.

On August 3, 1995, an Il-76 aircraft belonging to the Aerostan company (Kazan) was forcibly landed at an airfield near the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. The commander of the aircraft was Vladimir Sharpatov. Khairullin Gazinur was the co-pilot. The crew of the plane was captured. A year later, in August 1996, the crew of the plane was able to escape from captivity.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 22, 1996 No. 1225, Khairullin Gazinur Garifzyanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

In art

In the film "Kandahar" the role of Khairullin was played by Vladimir Mashkov (in the film the second pilot was called Sergei).

On February 4, the film “Kandahar”, based on real events, will be released.

The daring escape of the Russians has already been described in dozens of newspapers around the world and in a documentary book. And now, 13 years later, the story of the pilots from Tatarstan has again attracted attention. RG's own correspondent in Kazan met with those whose escape from captivity formed the basis of the film.

Thought: a misunderstanding

We agreed with the co-pilot of the crew of the Il-76 cargo plane, Gazinur Khairullin (he became the prototype of the hero Vladimir Mashkov), that we would talk on the airfield. Especially for this purpose, we asked the management of the Kazan airport and the local airline to help us organize photography on board the plane.

Remember that August day of 1995 when you set off on your long flight? Did you have a feeling that you shouldn't take to the skies?

“On the contrary, everything was going well,” Khairullin answered after a pause. - There is not a single cloud on the horizon. The crew was in high spirits, because they knew the route perfectly, so they had no doubt that the flight would be successful. There were boxes of ammunition on board. This was not the first time the crew had transported similar cargo. Everything was going well until a fighter plane, with a Pakistani pilot at the controls, landed on its tail and ordered it to land. The crew from Tatarstan was in no hurry to land, trying to gain time. The pilots managed to tell home that they were being forced to land. They circled for a long time, explaining that they needed to run out of fuel. But the trick didn't work. The crew received the final warning.

As soon as the plane landed in Kandahar, a maddened crowd rushed towards it. Then the pilots really became scared. The crew was allowed to stay on board the first night, but the next day they were left to sleep outside.

Despite this, we still expected that the situation would be resolved soon,” said Gazinur Khairullin. “Everything began to fall apart when the Taliban showed journalists from Pakistan what kind of cargo we were transporting. Among the boxes of ammunition, they dug up one with shells...

On the third day, all seven crew members (there are five in the film) - commander Vladimir Sharpatov, co-pilot Gazinur Khairullin, navigator Alexander Zdor, flight engineer Askhat Abbyazov, radio operator Yuri Vshivtsev, engineers Sergei Butuzov and Viktor Ryazanov - were taken away in an unknown direction. The team was accommodated in a utility block, where the concrete floor was supposed to serve as their bed. After some time, the pilots found old rolls of fabric, tore them up and covered them instead of sheets. When asked what was the worst thing, Gazinur Khairullin said without hesitation: “The unknown.”

Shocked in Arabic

State Advisor to the President of Tatarstan Timur Akulov went to the Taliban voluntarily. An orientalist by training, he perfectly understood who he would have to deal with, and somewhere in the depths of his soul he strongly doubted that he would be able to find a common language with those who held our compatriots captive. But he could not help but fly.

The first time I came to the Taliban as part of a solid delegation, which included a representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” said Timur Yuryevich. - We met with the Taliban council in Kandahar. Within 15 minutes they made it clear to us: there would be no conversation, the prisoners were criminals, they were transporting weapons to kill their brothers, and the pilots would be judged according to Sharia law, which meant one thing - they would be shot. When I managed to get the floor as a representative of a republic where Muslims live, I spoke in Arabic. I deliberately spoke slowly and for a long time, and realized that they did not understand me. The Taliban were shocked. Then they invited their foreign minister to translate for them. I told them about Tatarstan for more than an hour. A few weeks later, Munir Fayzullin and I, the manager of the company where the guys worked, were allowed to visit the prisoners.

What they were fed cannot be called food, and on every trip I brought them mineral water, juices, and food. But the most important thing is letters from relatives. And one day he took with him a suitcase with a space connection. It was the head of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, who gave it so that the pilots could contact home. The suitcase weighed 20 kilograms, but I carried it.

Run!

The chance to escape presented itself for the first time when we all got together, but because of a burst tire, the plan fell through,” said Gazinur Khairullin. - The whole world knows about the second attempt. This happened on the 378th day of our imprisonment. The Taliban picked us up at dawn and took us to the airport. We were accompanied by security. We had already decided everything, but we were in no hurry so that the guards would not have any suspicions. Each of us, as usual, went about his work. At some point, we told the Taliban: the system was overheated - after all, it was plus 50 outside - and a break of half an hour was needed to cool it down. Some of the guards and the chief went to the airport building. They left only three of their people on board, two of whom were armed with machine guns. The crew was preparing an escape right before their eyes, but they did not understand what we were planning. And only when the plane took off from the ground, the guards began to fuss and demanded that they immediately land. It was clear that they were not joking when the Taliban pulled the trigger. There was nothing to lose, and Askhat Abbyazov and I went at them with our bare hands. We managed to knock out the weapon, and then, together with the guys, tied up the guards. ..

Like in the movies

I learned that they were making a movie about our escape a year and a half ago,” said Gazinur Khairullin. - Even if much of the film is fiction, so be it. It seems to me that he has the right to life only because he has the main idea: it is not so easy to break us, we endured all this and were able to move on.

The director of "Kandahar" Andrei Kavun turned for help only to the crew commander Vladimir Sharpatov (played by Alexander Baluev in the film). Five years ago, Kavun came to see the Hero of Russia in Tyumen, and the pilot gave him his diaries, which he kept in captivity, and told him everything about how it was there.

The next time they met was a few years later in Moscow on the set.

I hoped that Andrei Kavun would portray everything that happened in reality,” Vladimir Sharpatov told an RG correspondent over the phone. “But when I saw that episodes from our life in captivity in the cinema were presented differently, I objected. But the director convinced me that this is a feature film, not a documentary, so some moments should be omitted, and some, on the contrary, should be strengthened. I agreed with him.

According to Vladimir Sharpatov, the escape scene in the film is presented much softer than it was in reality. But at least it's close to the truth.

They wrote something about us in some publications, which is still offensive. And the ransom was paid for us, and our escape was carefully prepared... At first I thought of suing, but then I listened to wise people who told me: “The dog barks, the wind blows!”

Gazinur Garifzyanovich Khairullin(September 10, 1961, Staroe Drozhzhanoe) - pilot, Hero of Russia (1996). The co-pilot of an Il-76 plane that was forced to land at an airfield near the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. A year later, in August 1996, the crew of the plane escaped from captivity.

Biography

After graduating from the Balashov Air Force School in 1983, he served in the 339th Order of Suvorov III degree military transport aviation regiment of the 3rd Guards Smolensk Order of Suvorov II degree and Kutuzov II degree military transport aviation division of military transport aviation in the city of Vitebsk Byelorussian SSR assistant commander of the Il-76 ship (1983-1987), appointed to the position of ship commander in the 175th military transport aviation regiment (7th military transport aviation division), the city of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region of the Ukrainian SSR (until 1992), reserve major .

From 1994 to 2008 he worked in civil aviation airlines of the Russian Federation as a co-pilot and captain of an aircraft. From 2008 to 2009 he worked as General Director of Tatarstan Airlines OJSC.

On August 3, 1995, an Il-76 aircraft belonging to the Aerostan company (Kazan) was forcibly landed at an airfield near the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. The commander of the aircraft was Vladimir Sharpatov. Khairullin Gazinur was the co-pilot. The crew of the plane was captured. A year later, in August 1996, the crew of the plane was able to escape from captivity.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 22, 1996 No. 1225, Khairullin Gazinur Garifzyanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

In art

In the film "Kandahar" the role of Khairullin was played by Vladimir Mashkov (in the film the second pilot was called Sergei).

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Gazinur Garifzyanovich Khairullin(September 10, 1961, Staroe Drozhzhanoe) - pilot, Hero of Russia (1996). The second pilot of an Il-76 aircraft that was forced to land at an airfield near the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. A year later, in August 1996, the crew of the plane escaped from captivity.

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In the film "Kandahar" the role of Khairullin was played by Vladimir Mashkov (in the film the second pilot was called Sergei).

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Hero of the Russian Federation

Retired

Born on September 10, 1961 in the village of Staroe Drozhzhanoe, Drozhzhanovsky district, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

After graduating from the Balashov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots in 1983, he served in the 339th Order of Suvorov, III degree, military transport aviation regiment of the 3rd Guards Smolensk Order of Suvorov, II degree and Kutuzov, II degree, military transport aviation division of the military transport aviation of the Air Force. USSR in the city of Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR, assistant commander of the Il-76 ship (1983-1987), appointed to the post of ship commander in the 175th military transport aviation regiment (7th military transport aviation division), the city of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, Ukrainian SSR (until 1992 ), reserve major.

From 1994 to 2008 he worked in civil aviation airlines of the Russian Federation as a co-pilot and commander of the Il-76 aircraft.

From 2008 to 2009 he worked as General Director of Tatarstan Airlines OJSC.
Later he worked as a PIC at Volga-Dnepr Airlines and still on the Il-76.

On August 3, 1995, an Il-76 aircraft belonging to the Aerostan company (Kazan) was forcibly landed at an airfield near the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan.
The commander of the aircraft was Vladimir Sharpatov. Khairullin Gazinur was the co-pilot. The crew of the plane was captured. A year later, in August 1996, the crew on an Il-76 aircraft was able to escape from captivity.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 22, 1996 No. 1225, Khairullin Gazinur Garifzyanovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (Gold Star number No. 333)
Married. Has a son. Lives in Kazan, Tatarstan

No signs of trouble. We flew over Afghanistan as usual, without disturbing anything. And suddenly a fighter appears in the sky and the ground command is to land. We tried to stall for time. Threatened with fire. I had to obey. The angry crowd almost tore us apart. We spent several nights under the plane, then we were placed in a destroyed building. We slept on concrete slabs. There are scorpions, tarantulas, snakes around... In the morning - a flatbread with tea, at lunch an incomprehensible green, spicy mass. The stomach did not accept unusual food, many fell ill. There was no connection with the outside world. We were offered to convert to Islam, stay in Kandahar, and were offered to work for the Taliban. We categorically refused. We learned that negotiations about our return were underway. Representatives of the embassy came to us, and Presidential Advisor Akulov came from Tatarstan. But the Taliban did not make concessions. Then they seemed to promise to let me go by the New Year. They didn't let me go. And then we began to hatch an escape plan. But they were able to implement it only in August of ninety-six.