Born on 22.02.1995 in the village of Kochetok, Chuguyiv district. From 2001 to 2008 he studied at Kochetok comprehensive school. In the period from 2009 to 2012 he studied at the Kharkiv specialized boarding school "Police Lyceum" of the Kharkiv regional council. In 2012 he studied at the Kharkiv National University of Urban Economy named after O.M. Beketov, majoring in enterprise economics.
In 2013, he was called up for military service at his own request. He served in the 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Kharkov Regiment (military unit A1215). At the end of February 2016, he was discharged to the reserve. In October 2016, he signed a contract with the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh (military unit B0927). During his service under the contract, he studied in a training unit and obtained the qualification of a 3rd class sniper. In 2019, he was discharged upon the expiration of his contract. Since January 2020, he has served in the 46th Separate Assault Battalion "Donbas" (military unit A3220). He participated in the Joint Forces Operation. He received the status of a participant in hostilities. During Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he served in the 125th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion of the 113th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine as a sniper in the anti-aircraft artillery platoon of the fire support company of the Chuguiv Separate Territorial Defense Battalion.
Marital status:
Father: Baklanov Vadim Evgenievich, lives in the village of Kochetok.
Mother: Baklanova (Podkolzina) Iryna Ivanovna, lives in the village of Kochetok.
Brother: Podkolzin Ilya Anatolyevich, born in 2007, lives in the village of Kochetok.
Wife: Ruslana Petrovna Romenska, lives in the village of Kochetok.
Daughter: Veronika Ivanovna Baklanova, born in 2020, lives with her mother in the village of Kochetok.
Son: Baklanov Mark Ivanovich, born in 2020, lives with his mother in the village of Kochetok.
Circumstances of death
Died of an explosive injury on August 16, 2022 in the Kharkiv region in the village of Mospanove while performing a combat mission, but his body was identified only 9 months later. On June 6, 2023, he was buried in the local cemetery of the village of Kochetok.
On May 11, 2022, he was awarded the "Blood for Ukraine" badge, and posthumously awarded the medal "For Military Service to Ukraine.".
