High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Rodionov (Russian: Родионов Евгений Александрович) (May 23, 1977 - May 23, 1996) was a Russian soldier who was taken prisoner and later executed in Chechen captivity. The manner in which he was executed has garnered him much admiration throughout Russia, and even prompted calls for his elevation to sainthood.