Education
Born 23 June 1976 in Stepnogorsk (now Kazakhstan), he graduated from the Omsk Officers" Academy in 1999.
Born 23 June 1976 in Stepnogorsk (now Kazakhstan), he graduated from the Omsk Officers" Academy in 1999.
In film August Eighth Vetchinov became a prototype of captain Ilya played by Khasan Baroyev. He participated in the Second Chechen War. On 9 August 2008, the second day of Russian involvement in the Battle of Tskhinvali, a column of Russian vehicles with a few journalists and 58th army commander Anatoly Khrulyov onboard was ambushed by Georgian special forces in the outskirts of Tskhinvali.
Khrulyov was wounded in the ensuing firefight.
Vetchinov, armed with a trophy Georgian machine gun, organised defence but was wounded in both legs. He continued firing at the enemy and killed a Georgian soldier.
Vetchinov kept covering fire until he was hit in the head by Georgian fire. He died on the way to hospital.
