Born on 29.01.1982 in the village of Stavkove, Zinkivskyi district, Poltava region, into a family of collective farmers. In 2000, he graduated from Stavkove secondary school. After graduating from school, he served in the military. There, he also served for three years under a contract.
After returning home after the end of the contract, he worked on a collective farm. Soon he got married, worked in Poltava as a police driver and taxi driver. In 2015, he married for the second time and in 2016 decided to go into military service.
Having signed a contract with the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, he and his family moved to the city of Chuguiv, where the family lived until the start of the full-scale war. He served as a physical training and sports instructor in the brigade's anti-aircraft missile artillery division.
The soldier's family has as many as ten children. And Yuriy had all the conditions to not participate in hostilities, but despite this, he served and took an active part in the ATO.
Yuriy met the beginning of the full-scale invasion together with his brothers on the border near the city of Vovchansk. Yuriy's family at that time lived in the city of Chuguiv and in March 2022 left for the city of Poltava.
Marital status:
Mother: Berlizova Nadiya Vasylivna lives in the village of Stavkove, Zinkivskyi district, Poltava region.
Brother: Berlizov Oleksandr Oleksandrovich lives in the village of Stavkove, Zinkivskyi district, Poltava region.
Wife: Marina Alekseevna Berlizova – lives in Poltava.
The wife's son, who was fully supported by Yuri, Kononenko Ilya Ivanovich, is a soldier, together with his father from the first day on the front line. On December 19, 2022, he was seriously wounded in the Donetsk region.
The daughter of the wife, who was fully supported by Yuri: Kononenko Anastasia Ivanovna, born in 2004.
Son: Dmitry Yurievich Berlizov, born in 2005.
Son: Vladislav Yurievich Berlizov, born in 2007
Daughter: Berlizova Alena Yurievna, born in 2008.
Son: Berlizov Yegor Yurievich, born in 2010.
The wife's son, who was fully supported by Yuri: Kononenko Serhiy Vitaliyovych, born in 2011.
Daughter: Berlizova Evgenia Yurievna, born in 2012.
Daughter: Berlizova Anya Yurievna, born in 2017.
Daughter: Berlizova Amina Yurievna, born in 2022.
Circumstances of death:
The anti-aircraft missile artillery division, in which Yuriy defended Ukraine from the first day, was surrounded on February 24, 2022, and only thanks to the great efforts of the military did they manage to get out of the encirclement on February 25. But an hour later, breaking through to Kharkiv, near the settlements of Petrivka and Mykhailivka in the Kharkiv region, the unit came across an enemy column, and a heavy battle ensued. The unit, which included Yuriy, was retreating, losing a lot of manpower and equipment, so the hero's body, probably already without signs of life, ended up in a territory that was temporarily under enemy control, and therefore it was not possible to pick up the bodies of the dead from the occupied territory. Yuriy Berlizov was considered missing in action in the brigade. Only after the liberation of this territory, on May 11, 2022, did one of the residents of the settlement of Mykhailivka find the bodies of the dead (the story of a 63-year-old resident of the village, Vasyl, is behind this by reference). Among them was the body of Yuriy Berlizov. After the procedure for identifying the body of the deceased, Yuriy was buried on May 12, 2022 in the cemetery of the village of Stavkove, Zinkivskyi district, Poltava region.
By the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated 06.07.2022 No. 471, Yuriy was posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd degree. On 13.10.2022, by order of the commander of the 92nd OMBR, he was awarded (posthumously) the decoration "For the Defense of Kharkiv.".
