A soldier from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in the SVO zone.
Alexander Golovin from Nalchik was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since February 2022, at least 369 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been recognized as killed there.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by February 8, at least 368 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria had been officially recognized as killed in the military operation.
The Kabardino-Balkaria branch of the "Defenders of the Fatherland" Foundation reported the death of Alexander Golovin in the military operation.
Alexander Golovin was born in January 1966 in Nalchik. In 1989, he graduated from the Irkutsk Higher Military Aviation Engineering School, receiving a degree in mechanical engineering. In February 2022, he volunteered for the war zone. In May 2024, he came under heavy artillery shelling and was killed, according to a statement on the foundation's Telegram channel.
Thus, at least 369 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation. Caucasian Knot knows the names of 356 of them, and the deaths of another 13 were revealed in a report by the republic's authorities on payments to the families of those killed in 2022.
The deaths of fighters from Nalchik were previously reported on November 22, 2025. Then the authorities reported the unveiling of memorial plaques to the brothers Adalbi Kuralov and Akhmetkhan Kuralov, killed in the military operation.
"Caucasian Knot" is leading A list of names of natives of the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts killed in the military operation. The list was compiled based on data officially released by government officials and law enforcement agencies, according to the Caucasian Knot report "North Caucasus Military District Statistics: Losses Are Growing for Southern Russia."
State awards, memorial plaques, and appearances on Channel One do not guarantee state support for the families of those killed, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Three Comrades Served: How the Authorities Are Depriving the Families of Killed Volunteers of Benefits," which describes the stories of the slain soldiers. "As a family of retired military personnel, I receive only twelve thousand rubles a month for two minor children," complains Vasily Shtylun's wife, who received five million rubles from the Veterans unit for her husband, who was killed in 2022.