Oleksandr "Boryan" Klepikov is a fan of the football club "Tavria" (Simferopol), a representative of the teams "Tavrida Boys" (Simferopol) and "Buzky Guard" (Mykolaiv).

Oleksandr Sergeyevich Klepikov was born on May 10, 1993 in the city of Simferopol. Studied at local school No. 23, and after graduation continued his studies at the technical school of information technologies. The main childhood and youth hobbies were sports, especially football, during which he received his future nickname "Boryan". He also liked to travel around his native land, studying history. Meetings, hikes, trips - this is how you can describe childhood and youth. She loved animals very much, helped the homeless all her life.

He first came to the fan sector of "Tavria" in 2007. At the same time, he went on his first trip, of which there were more than 60 in the future. Active support of the team under any conditions and participation in the life of the football-related movement made Oleksandr famous among fans far beyond the borders of his hometown. Throughout his life in Crimea, he was an active participant in pro-Ukrainian movements and various actions aimed at the fight against the "Russian bloc" and other pro-Russian organizations of the peninsula. In 2013, when the Revolution of Dignity began, he was already one of the leaders of the movement and actively promoted the signing of the "fanatic truce". The main generator of education of the young staff, most of whom moved to mainland Ukraine.

An active participant in the Crimean resistance of 2013-14, as well as revolutionary events on the Maidan. Subsequently, he took part in actions in front of the military unit in Simferopol and Sevastopol. In those days, Simferopol fans and patriotic local residents tried to resist the absorption of the peninsula by the enemy. But at that moment the pro-Ukrainian underground had no chance. and the Klepikov family was forced to leave for mainland Ukraine.

In the same year, 2014, he joined the first team of the then still "Azov" battalion, together with which he participated in operations to liberate Mariupol, the first and second operations in Shirokino, the settlements of Maryinka and Novy Svit. In 2014-18, a serviceman of the 1st separate battalion of marines (Feodosia). Participant of all exercises and events of the Naval Academy. Deputy commander of the reconnaissance platoon. Participant in the battles in the East, later became a sergeant of the GUR MO. Master parachutist, has more than 80 jumps with different parachute systems.

In parallel with his military service, "Boryan" did not forget about his sports and football hobbies. Became a participant in all the high-profile international victories of "Buzky Gard", thanks to which the team became widely known on the continent. Being a player and a big rugby fan, he played for the local rugby club "Korabel" together with the fans of Mykolaiv. In 2021, he graduated from the Black Sea National University named after Peter Mohyla, majoring in "History and Archeology". He was a judge of the international association of shooting from a pistol and often judged competitions of power structures, having authority and respect for professionalism.

Understanding the inevitability of a great war, at the beginning of 2022, together with his comrades-in-arms, he dealt with the issue of the defense of Mykolaiv. When the full-scale invasion began - he defended the city, organized the work of engineering facilities. Together with units of TrO participated in battles and sabotage actions in the region. In March, he arrived in Kyiv to defend the capital, where he took part in ambushes and sabotage actions behind enemy lines. A soldier of the 10th detachment of the GUR of the MoD took part in the tasks of evacuating the wounded from the surrounded "Azovstal".

On April 5, 2022, at 05:20 a.m., an MI8 aircraft carrier with 4 officers of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on board took off to search for and help the helicopter that had been shot down in front of it. On the approach to the place, he was also hit on the right side. Oleksandr Klepikov died between the villages of Mezhirych and Novoselivka (Gulyaipol district). Buried at the Forest Cemetery in Kyiv.