Son of Tamara and Vladimir. Was born on April 10, 1983 in the city of Chita in Russia. He attended the “20N” school in the city of Ulan Uche, from grades 1 through 10. From an early age, Dennis was particularly strong in sports. He played football a lot and later studied at the Karate School. He was very attached to his younger brother Sergey and they spent many hours together, together with their mutual friends. In the summer of 1999, at the age of 16, Dennis immigrated to Israel with his family, who set up her home in Bat Yam. For a short period he studied Hebrew at the ulpan and at the beginning of the school year began his studies at the “Ha-No’ar ha-Tsiyyoni” high school in Jerusalem and lived in a boarding school. Dennis studied in a class of “Na’aleh” (immigrant youth before parents) and his class consisted of immigrants from Russia, the Ukraine, and other countries of the former Soviet Union, together with his brother Sergey and his cousin Alina. Dennis was a sociable, courteous and polite young man who had many friends, and was able to play handball professionally as part of the Hapoel Jerusalem Youth League. The school organized a handball team that was attended by members of two classes of “Na’aleh.” The training took place in the early morning, and while most of the students were still asleep, Dennis and his teammates were getting up early, going down to the sports field and practicing. And “broke” after a few exercises but Dennis showed endurance and perseverance and even in harsh weather conditions, in the rain and cold, he woke up in time and went to practice.In the sports field Dennis met his brother who also played handball and the joint occupation brought the two together, One of them had made new friends, Dennis loved life in a boarding school that suited his character Independent and combined with a sense of freedom he needed. The house was the fortnightly visits his parents and share experiences. And that is not spent too much time in school, graduated with full matriculation certificate and good grades. At the beginning of September 2002 Dennis joined the IDF. In the first stages of selection, he completed his studies in Hebrew and received many compliments for his good knowledge of the language, given the relatively short time in Israel. Dennis was full of enthusiasm and a desire to contribute to the army and the state. He aspired to serve in the paratroopers and was even accepted to form a kibbutz, but on one of the last trips he fell and was wounded in the forehead. Despite his injury, he finished the journey, but did not undergo the consolidation. He was assigned to the Golani Brigade, volunteered for the Egoz reconnaissance unit, and began to form a unit. Several of his classmates also participated in the formation, but Dennis was the only one to reach the finish line, and was Simcha to hear his name on the list of recipients. He began an exhausting basic training course that included intense activity and exhausting training and stood up respectfully. His teammates testified that he did everything with a smile, laughed a lot, and raised his morale and helped everyone. At the end of the training course Dennis received a single pin and was not proud and pleased with it. He began his service with the “Egoz” reconnaissance unit and was discovered as a professional and talented fighter and a devoted friend. At home he did not tell much about the activity so as not to worry his parents but he shared them with anecdotes and amusing stories from the life of the staff. Dennis loved the army, loved Israel and dreamed of a military career. He was a candidate for a sniper course and later for an advanced sabotage course, but did not have time to do so. On May 7, 2004, Dennis fell in combat at Har Dov during an operational activity. During the night, the force of the Egoz reconnaissance unit carried out an initiated operation around the Gladiola outpost on the northern border. The force conducted searches during which explosive charges, backpacks and equipment were found, which were placed by Hizbullah terrorists. When the force made its wayThe terrorists launched a heavy shelling of the area, which included the imposition of mortar shells and anti-tank missiles. Dennis was hit by the first shot and killed instantly. Another 13 soldiers were wounded, some were treated at the scene and some were evacuated by helicopter to hospitals. Investigations conducted after the incident revealed that the terrorists planned to carry out a large-scale attack against IDF forces in the area of the Gladiola outpost, and that Denis and his friends avoided an even greater tragedy: Dennis was twenty-one years old and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Holon. Left his parents and brother, was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant, and his cousin, Vicki, recalled their last conversation on Dennis’s birthday, about a month before he fell: “He was optimistic. He loved the army so much. When he went on vacations, he always waited for the beginning of the week to return to the unit and friends. Dennis’s friends set up a memorial garden at the boarding school of the Zionist Youth Farm, where Dennis grew up and studied for three years. “From the first moment it was clear to us that our project would be to do something in memory of Dennis,” says Elad, Dennis’s partner to the team at Aguz. , To perpetuate it. It is a kind of closure before the release. We wanted to do something for him all the time, we wanted him to be remembered, what a man he was, a friend of his own. He was always a personal example of everyone around him. The place will serve us to come and remember, to sit together and bring up memories. “The team commander, Lieutenant Gal, adds:” … The memorial service brought us back to everything that happened. Every day we remember Dennis, talking about things he would do, what a warrior he was, what a friend he was. All we have left now is to tell our young friends how big he was, that he would do everything without complaining, so that they would learn from him and become fighters like him “
