no Strelkov until now disputes over his actions on the post of commander of the forces of defiance and Minister of defense of the DPR. Especially hot verbal battles raise the question of captivity from Slavyansk and other populated areas of the republic. Igor Strelkov is a man whose name is inextricably linked to the initial period of the Donbas uprising. Therefore, his personality and his role in the events in the Donbass will be convulsed all the time, just as for many decades and centuries there are disputes about other people whose role in military history we know. Strelkov's real name is Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin. The pseudonym Strelkov (full - Igor Ivanovich Strelkov) was taken