Nikolai “Kuzya” Kuznetsov is a fan of the football club “Dynamo” (Kiev), a representative of the team “Solyanka Belo-Blue”.

Nikolai Nikolaevich Kuznetsov was born on July 1, 2000 in the village of Kozhanka (Fastivsky district, Kiev region). From the first years of life he showed himself as a very talented child, after graduating from school he entered the Kiev Higher Professional School of Construction and Design for the specialty “Construction and Civil Engineering”, where he quickly became one of the best students.

He was fond of sports, in particular, very fond of football and passionately supported Dynamo, and soon began to visit the fan sector of the Kyiv club.

In 2018, Nikolai in the Dynamo fan sector approached representatives of the team “Solyanka BS”. After talking, I showed a desire to join the team. According to the memories of teammates, Nikolai was immediately taken to the ranks of the SBS for inspection, during which he actively went to the outings and supported the team in the stands, although he lived in the Kiev region, the love for the club was worth these efforts. He participated in the drawing of graffiti for Dynamo, helped with the organization in this process, also participated in the famous graffiti marathon from Dynamo ultras, when representatives of the white and blue daily painted new graffiti in honor of his native club for 100 days.

While at the SBS, Nikolai was engaged in martial arts, in particular boxing and MMA, participated in tournaments in these disciplines and developed in the sports direction. For the members of the SBS team “Kuzya” will forever remain as a smiling and sincere person, he did a lot for the development of the team and was a reliable friend for everyone who was close to him and shared love for “Dynamo”.

From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he immediately joined the defense of his native land, the first unit of Nikolay was the local TRo. Subsequently, “Kuzya” went to Kiev to join the unit of the Azov family and continued to serve in the 3rd OshBR, where he received the specialty of grenade launcher during a six-month training.

He planned to make an offer to his beloved girl after the end of the war. In his spare time, he wrote poems and thought about publishing his own collection.

The third assault brigade became the second family for Kuzi, where it developed as it performed complex combat tasks. In the unit, he earned the authority of a worthy warrior and received the position of commander of a detachment of the 2nd Company, 2nd Mechanized Battalion. The brothers will remember Nikolai as an indestructible optimist, who never fell in spirit and encouraged others, no matter how difficult the situation.

Nikolai Kuznetsov died on July 12, 2023 while performing tasks in the Bakhmut direction. He was posthumously awarded the Golden Cross badge, as well as the Order “For Courage” of the III degree.