Alexander “Semen” Sinelnikov is a fan of the football club “Dynamo” (Kiev).
Alexander Valerievich Sinelnikov was born on August 14, 1990 in the city of Kiev. He studied at Lyceum No. 75. He received his higher education at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute named after him. Igor Sikorsky: in 2012 he received a bachelor's degree, in 2014 he graduated from the Mechanical-Mechanical Engineering Institute, the Department of Machine Design and received a specialist diploma.
As a teenager, he was involved in football and boxing. Alexander was an active and athletic person: he ran marathons, loved bike rides, played football, which occupied a special place in his life. It was the love of football and the undisputed belief in Dynamo that inspired the Kyiv man to participate in football events. At such moments, he was really happy, and taught his children that for happiness you need to “love mom, dad and Dynamo!”.
In civilian life, Oleksandr worked as a leading engineer of the Seismic Stability Assessment Department of Enterprise Scientific and Technical Center of SE “NAEK “Energoatom”.
Relatives recall that Alexander always wanted to design something new, sought to be useful to his country and city. Everyone around us felt that energy, saw how Sasha's eyes burn to the business of life. His friends called him “Iron Man.” Tony Stark was Alexander's favorite hero.
In May 2011, he became a father for the first time, he and his wife Catherine had a son Daniel.
In 2015, he married a second time. In the same year, daughter Valeria was born in them with his wife Olga.
Despite his position in an important industry for the functioning of the country, from the first days of the full-scale war Oleksandr took up arms, joining the ranks of the Pechersk TRO. After the liberation of Kyiv region, he defended the Motherland in the ranks of the 205th separate battalion of the TRO.
He was wounded twice during the battles for Soledar and Bakhmut, but continued to defend his native land. Shortly before his death, he received another promotion to company sergeant major. Alexander Sinelnikov fought in the fighting near Kupyansk (Kharkiv region) on December 4, 2023.
