Heartbreaking stories of victims of the terrorist attack at Crocus: they went to the concert in pairs

One of the victims died from blood loss

The victims of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, as a rule, went to the concert with their other halves, or in company. Among them were married couples and parents with children. MK found out the biographies of some of the victims.

The list includes Konstantin Taletsky – Head of the Department of Legislation on Defense, Security and Litigation of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. The father of two children, 20 and 13 years old, he headed to the concert with his wife. Both were fans of the Picnic group. It is not yet clear where exactly the terrorists overtook the Taletskys. The woman was wounded and taken to intensive care; her husband died. Everyone remembers Taletsky as a good, kind person. Last December, he was honored for his services to strengthening the rule of law.

Nikolay Tereshko – a native of Kazakhstan – went to the concert with his girlfriend. He was divorced, his wife and daughter remained in Voronezh. The couple was in the lobby when the shooting started. They managed to hide behind the columns, but one of the bullets still hit Tereshko. The wound to the leg did not appear to be fatal, but an artery appeared to have been hit. In addition, the couple went to the hospital in a passing car. On the way, Nikolai lost a lot of blood. At night, doctors informed the family that their loved one had died. Nikolai worked as a manager in a private company.

Dmitry Shershnev on his page he designated Crocus City Hall as his place of work. He worked there as a lighting technician. During the terrorist attack, he was at his workplace – the upper tier of the auditorium. When shots were heard, all employees remained in their places. The evacuation began only when the building was engulfed in flames.

“He and all the illuminators are going downstairs,” Dmitry’s mother Elena Vladimirovna told MK. – But, apparently, he fell behind due to a bad knee. He had a chronic disease, doctors recommended joint replacement, but because of his work, Dima did not find time to undergo surgery… During the evacuation, his friends turned around, but Dima was not there. We looked up: the gallery was already on fire. Apparently he inhaled smoke and lost consciousness. There he stayed… My husband and I hoped until the last moment that our son came out through another passage. But in the morning they reported that he was no longer there. I don’t know how to survive this. Yesterday there was a child, but today he is not.

Dmitry Shershnev worked as a lighting designer at Crocus for about 18 years. He had a family. His wife Olga managed a branch of a courier company and sometimes involved her husband in the work. The couple had no children.

– Dima’s grandmother is still alive, she is 85 years old. She called yesterday and asked about her grandson. She learned about the terrorist attack and was worried. We said that yesterday it was not his shift and that Dima and his wife were at the dacha,” says Dmitry’s mother. “I don’t know how to tell her about the trouble.” She has a bad heart, she just can’t stand it.

Dmitry’s parents are pensioners. For them, their son has always been a strong support. They counted on his help in their old age. The terrorist attack deprived them of this hope.

Alexander Baklemyshev worked as a shift worker-engineer of automated control systems. He went to the concert alone, because he really loved the group “Picnic” and was ready to listen to it alone. I bought tickets about a week ago. When the shooting started, Alexander was most likely in the hall – until the last moment he was sending videos from his seat to his family. He is survived by two children.

Olga Seldeva, a metrology engineer from the city of Aleksin, Tula region, came to the concert with her husband and two daughters, 11 and 16 years old. We sat towards the end of the hall. Suddenly there were claps and everyone started moving closer to the stage. Olga and her youngest daughter rushed in one direction, her husband and her eldest daughter in the other. They never saw each other again. Olga and the girl were eventually taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds. The mother of two children could not be saved.