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Dmitry Utkin
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Russian military officer, founder of Wagner Group (1970–2023)
Key facts
- Native name
- Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин
- Born
- ( 1970-06-11 ) 11 June 1970, Asbest , Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union
- Died
- 23 August 2023 (2023-08-23) (aged 53), Kuzhenkino , Tver Oblast, Russia
- Cause of death
- Airplane crash
- Allegiance
- Russian Armed Forces (1993–2013) Slavonic Corps (2013) Wagner Group (2014–2023)
- Branch
- GRU (1993–2013)
- Rank
- Lieutenant colonel (1993–2013)
- Commands
- 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade (1993–2013) 700th Spetsnaz Detachment Wagner Group (2014–2023)
- Conflicts
- Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War
- Awards
- Order of Courage (4)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dmitry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Asbest
- Place of death
- Kuzhenkino
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- Rodnovery
- Conflict
- Wagner Group rebellion
- Military branch
- Russian Armed Forces
- Military rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Image
- Dmitry Utkin passport photo (cropped).jpg
- Significant event
- 2023 Wagner Group plane crash
- Political ideology
- Russian nationalism
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- date of birth
- 1970-06-11
- allegiance
- Wagner Group
- nickname
- Темнейшество
- Commons category
- Dmitry Utkin
- name in native language
- Дми́трий Вале́рьевич У́ткин
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- Dmitry Utkin
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade
- date of death
- 2023-08-23
- manner of death
- homicide
- cause of death
- aviation accident
- described at URL
- baike.sogou.com/v216047147.htm
- place of burial
- Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
- date of burial or cremation
- 2023-08-31
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Encyclopedic overview
Dmitry Valerievich Utkin (Russian: Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин; 11 June 1970 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian military officer and mercenary. He served as a special forces officer in the GRU, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was the co-founder and military commander of the Russian state-funded Wagner Group, with his military alias reportedly being Wagner. Utkin was a neo-Nazi. He rarely made public appearances, but was allegedly the commander of the private military company, while Yevgeny Prigozhin was its owner and public face. Utkin was awarded four Orders of Courage of Russia.
Utkin was killed on 23 August 2023 when a plane carrying him, Prigozhin and eight others crashed in Tver Oblast, leaving no survivors.
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