As the head of the region wrote on Telegram, the incident occurred on the eve of the Medical Worker's Day.
Together with colleagues, the man celebrated the holiday on the banks of the Ufa River "and was already going home with his wife and daughter when he heard cries for help."
“Alexander, without hesitation, threw himself into the water and pushed the drowning girl out, but he could not get out himself,” the governor said.
Konstantinov worked in an ambulance for 37 years, and there is only one entry in his workbook: “He was hired by the Krasnoufimsk hospital,” Kuyvashev said.
“Many times he wanted to retire, but a sense of duty prevented him from doing so.
Alexander raised two children as caring as he is.
His son rescued people from a burning house two years ago,” the governor said.
The authorities will see to it that assistance is provided to Konstantinov's family.
The man himself will be presented posthumously to the sign "For Merit to the Sverdlovsk Region" II degree.
On June 24, in Moscow, Arslanbek Aliyev, head coach of the Dagestan youth freestyle wrestling team, pulled six people out of a burning car.