Born on April 1, 1978 in the city of Kharkiv. There he studied at secondary school No. 88 named after O.G. Zubarev.
From October 1996 to July 1998, he served in the military service: first he graduated from the military fire-technical school No. 83, and then he served in the fire department of the city of Balta, Odessa region, as a firefighter. During May - November 2000, he served under a contract in the city of Kharkiv in the military unit A 0678 as a tank driver. After being released into the reserve, Maksym worked in the city of Kharkiv.
On April 16, 2022, he was called up for mobilization by the RTCC and the SP of the Industrial District of the city of Kharkiv and sent to serve in the 1039th separate anti-aircraft missile regiment (military unit A 1964), and since December 2022, he has been serving in military unit A 4668, which at that time was part of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade "Kholodny Yar", as a senior mechanic of the special works department of the repair platoon of automotive equipment of the repair company. Together with his brothers, he participated in hostilities near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
Marital status:
Mother is deceased. There is an older brother: Cherkashin Gennady Oleksandrovych, lives in the city of Kharkiv.
Divorced. His ex-wife, Yulia Viktorovna Cherkashyna, and his two children, Denis Maksimovich Cherkashyn, born in 1994, and Vladislav Maksimovich Cherkashyn, born in 2002, live in Chuguiev.
Circumstances of death:
On 15.10.2022, Maksym Cherkashin, while performing a combat mission near the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, received a combat injury: closed craniocerebral trauma and acubarotrauma, where he received the status of UBD. After the injury, he was treated in the city of Kharkiv, and then returned to his unit. Since then, his health has not allowed him to perform combat missions on the front line, and he has been in the base camp of the military unit in the city of Kaniv, Cherkasy region. On October 13, 2024, he died of acute cardiovascular failure. Maksym Cherkashin was buried in the city of Chuguiv on the Alley of Memory.
