Dmitry Utkin
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Person
- Born
- 1970-06-11
- Died
- 2023-08-23
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing
· 2012 · cited 23,988x
- Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide
· 2010 · cited 11,303x
- FaceNet: A unified embedding for face recognition and clustering
· 2015 · cited 10,794x
- Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor
· 2019 · cited 6,466x
- 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes
· 2019 · cited 5,843x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 11 June 1970
- Died
- 23 August 2023
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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
Article
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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