Born on February 15, 1982 in the village of Volokhovka (Vovchansky district, Kharkiv region). As a child, he dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. In 1999, he graduated from the Volokhov Educational and Production Lyceum with a silver medal. In the same year, he entered the Kharkiv Military University.
After graduating, he served in the Desna training complex of the Ground Forces, then transferred to Chuguiv, where he served as deputy battalion commander for personnel work of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade.
Marital status:
Father: Romantsov Sergey Ivanovich, lives in the village of Volokhovka, Kharkiv region.
Mother died.
Wife: Romantsova Tatyana Oleksandrivna, lives in Chuguiv.
Son: Roman Igorovich Romantsov, born in 2009, lives in the city of Chuguiv.
Circumstances of death:
On August 28, 2014, he was part of a company-tactical group tasked with unblocking troops in the Ilovaiskei Cauldron. On the morning of August 28, 2014, on the road between the villages of Novozar'ivka and Voykove, Romantsov's company-tactical group came under heavy fire: first it was fired upon by Russian artillery, and then by enemy sabotage and reconnaissance units. The infantry fighting vehicle in which Igor Romantsov was riding was hit by a shell, but he remained with his soldiers until the last. The fate of the group remained unknown for a long time. After the battle, the militants collected the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers and simply buried them nearby in a mass grave. Relatives hoped to the last that Igor and the other guys were captured, posting their photos on social networks. But on September 16, the grave of the soldiers of the 92nd brigade was found by volunteers from the Black Tulip mission. Polish journalists were nearby and filmed it all. Igor's father recognized his son's body from the burnt sneakers in the video. Later, DNA testing confirmed the terrible truth.
On September 16, 2014, the body of Igor Romantsov was exhumed and brought to Zaporizhia by the search mission "Expedition-200" ("Black Tulip"), where he was identified by DNA testing.
On February 21, 2015, Igor Romantsov was buried in the village of Volokhovka, Kharkiv region, at the local cemetery.
For personal courage and heroism shown in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath during the Russian-Ukrainian war, by Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 213/2015 of April 9, 2015, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III degree (posthumously). By Decree No. 6 of July 23, 2015, he was awarded the distinction “People's Hero of Ukraine” (posthumously).
On May 7, 2015, a memorial plaque in honor of the student of the Volokhiv Educational and Industrial Lyceum, Romantsov Igor, was solemnly unveiled at the Volokhiv Educational and Industrial Lyceum. His portrait is placed on the memorial "Wall of Memory of Those Who Fell for Ukraine" in Kyiv: section 3, row 5, seat 23.