Born on April 25, 1978 in the village of Kupriyanovo, Mikhailovsky District, Amur Region. As a child, he came to the village of Tetlehu, Chuguyiv District, with his parents. In 1994, he graduated from Zarozhnensk Secondary School. He worked in construction in Kharkiv.
In the fall of 2016, he voluntarily signed a contract with the 503rd Separate Marine Battalion. He served as a gunner-operator of the assault company of the 503rd Separate Marine Battalion, which had a permanent place of deployment - the city of Mariupol. In 2019, he underwent training in Georgia and Romania. In 2019, he was appointed to the position of commander of the LNG calculation. In 2021, he graduated from the advanced leadership courses of the non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He loved Ukraine, life and the Marine Corps, was passionate about history, had a keen sense of justice, and was dedicated to his work.
Marital status:
Mother: Androsova Valentina Anatolyivna, unable to bear the loss of her son, died in December 2022.
Brother: Andriy Mykolayovych Ovdienko, lives in the village of Pokotylivka.
Sister Ovdienko Alena Nikolaevna lives in the village of Zarozhne.
Nephew: Ovdienko Bohdan Mykolayovych, born in 2013, lives in the village of Zarozhne.
Sister: Androsova Oksana Pavlivna lives in Mykolaiv.
Sister: Androsova Larisa Pavlivna lives in Kharkiv.
Circumstances of death:
On April 19, 2022, he died in battle from an enemy shell explosion near the village of Novopil, Velikonovosilkivskyi district, Donetsk region.
On May 18, 2022, he was buried on the Alley of Memory in the city of Chuguiv.
By Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 461/2022 of July 1, 2022, "for personal courage and selfless actions shown in protecting the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath" he was awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd degree (posthumously).
