Konstantin “Islam” Belymenko is a fan of the football club “Metalist” (Kharkiv), representative of the team Nord Side Firm.
Konstantin Dmitrievich Belymenko was born on August 6, 1994 in the village. Pisochin (Kharkiv region). He studied at school No. 39, and after the 9th grade he entered the Kharkiv State Motor Transport College. After graduating from college, he became a student of Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture. He was fond of martial arts and trained a lot. Since childhood, he was engaged in wrestling, sambo and judo, and in adulthood - kickboxing and Thai boxing. He participated in competitions in the last two sports and took prize places at the all-Ukrainian level.
Character and a thirst for new achievements led Konstantin to the Metalist fan podium, where he joined the NSF team. He was a participant in the famous football events of the early 2010s as part of the Kharkiv block. With the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity, he actively campaigned for pro-Ukrainian positions on the capital's Maidan, as well as in his native Kharkiv. He was a participant in the fighting on the street. Rymarskaya on the night of March 14-15, 2014 and defended the Prosvita building during attacks by separatists and pro-Russian militants.
In the summer of 2014, Konstantin went to defend the integrity of Ukraine in the east, becoming a fighter of a separate special purpose detachment “Azov” w/h 3057, where he took the nickname “Islam”. He took part in the fighting for the liberation of Maryinka (Donetsk region) on August 4, 2014 and was wounded as a result of the explosion of a radio-controlled fugue. After the injury, the fighter was helped by brothers from the fan movements of Cherkassy and Nikolaev. After undergoing the treatment and rehabilitation process, he remained an active participant in the Azov movement. In November 2015, Konstantin was awarded the Medal “Defender of Mariupol”, and later the President's Commendation “For Participation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation”. Since 2020, he returned to the service, where he was an instructor (scout) of the 2nd branch of the 1st combat group of the reconnaissance special purpose of the regiment “Azov” at 3057 of the NGU.
A full-scale offensive of Russian invaders was met by Konstantin Belymenko in Mariupol, where the “Azov” garrison held off the enemy invasion. A brave Kharkiv citizen was caught in a melee with the enemy on March 20, during the storming of one of the positions. He died together with Yevgeny “Maly” Yeshchenko - a representative of the Nikolaev fan collective “Buzkiy Gard”, with whom he had been friends for many years. In the summer of 2022, he planned to marry his bride Olga, but gave his life for the future of our country. Awarded the Order “For Courage” III degree (posthumously).
