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Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of the 872nd howitzer artillery regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Petrovich Ivanov (11/15/1904 - 01/27/1959).

Commander of the 872th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (32nd Howitzer Artillery Brigade, 12th Artillery Division, 4th Breakthrough Artillery Corps, 13th Army, Central Front) Major Nikolai Ivanov in battles on the Kursk Bulge on July 5-6, 1943 skillfully organized the regiment's batteries to repel six German tank attacks that broke through in the area of the village of Protasovo, Maloarkhangelsky District, Oryol Region, to the firing positions of Soviet troops. For two days of fighting, entrusted to Major Ivanov N.P. The 872th Howitzer Artillery Regiment destroyed eighteen tanks, suppressed eight artillery and mortar batteries of the enemy. For this courage and heroism Major Ivanov Nikolai Petrovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 1083).

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union, battalion commander of the 1040th rifle regiment of the guard, Captain Pavel Mikhailovich Kutepov (10.21.1909 - 1986).

In the Red Army in 1931-1933 and since 1941. In March 1944, the 3rd rifle company of the 1040th rifle regiment, led by the commander of the 1st battalion, Captain Kutepov, was assigned as an assault detachment to capture a bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. On the night of March 12, 1944, the company overcame the Dnieper and captured the island opposite the village of Antonovka. With the next throw, the unit landed on the right bank and attacked the German defenses. Having knocked out the enemy from their positions, the company created a fortified bridgehead and during the day repelled seven enemy counterattacks. On the night of March 13, the main forces of the battalion crossed into the captured area under enemy fire and with an assault blow knocked the Nazis out of the next line of fortifications, destroying 67 soldiers and officers and capturing eight. Captain Kutepov organized the pursuit of the retreating enemy forces and knocked the Germans down five times from intermediate fortified lines, cut the Kherson-Nikolaev railway and stormed the station - the main enemy's resistance center, participated in street battles in Kherson. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944 for courage, courage and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, Captain Pavel Mikhailovich Kutepov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3457). Later P.M. Kutepov fought on the 3rd Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. Participated in the Jassy-Chisinau operation, the liberation of Poland.

 

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Great pix peeps, keep up the good work!

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union, the commander of a company of medium tanks of the 1st tank battalion of the 34th separate guards tank brigade of the 6th guards tank army of the 1st Baltic Front of the guard, senior lieutenant Pyotr Filippovich Gavrilov.

An excerpt from the performance for the title of Hero: “On 23 June 1944, during a breakthrough of the enemy's defense in the Sirotino area of the Vitebsk region, the Guard Senior Lieutenant Gavrilov, showing courage and heroism, was the first to break into the depth of the enemy’s defense, destroyed 2 bunkers with his tank fire, and also scattered , and partly destroyed up to the enemy infantry battalion. On the second line of the German defense in the area of Parshin, Dobrynino, Verbali, developing success and pursuing the enemy, personally destroyed: 2 anti-tank batteries, 5 vehicles with ammunition, and suppressed 3 enemy machine-gun points. 6/24/1944, continuing to pursue the defending enemy, in the direction of the regional center of the Vitebsk region - Ulla Gvardii, senior lieutenant Gavrilov, despising the danger, destroyed the enemy's firepower with fire and tracks and went to the right bank of the Western Dvina River, where he gained a foothold, holding the captured bridgehead until the approach rifle units and artillery. "

 

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Alexander Petrovich Oskin - an outstanding Russian Soviet tanker, commander of the T-34-85 tank of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade of the 6th Guards Tank Corps of the 3rd Guards Tank Army, Hero of the Soviet Union. He entered the Red Army in October 1940, served in the tank forces, then graduated from the regimental school in 1941.

From July 1941, Oskin was on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War: until October he commanded a T-26 tank of the 18th Tank Regiment (Bryansk and Western Fronts). Oskin's tank took part in the Battle of Smolensk and the Battle of Moscow. On October 18, 1941, Alexander Petrovich was seriously wounded, until January 1942 he was in a hospital in Sormovo. Without completing his treatment, he left for the forming tank unit, with which he subsequently arrived at the front.

In July-September 1942, Alexander Petrovich was a radio operator-gunner of the T-34 tank of the 163rd Tank Brigade, in September-October - of the T-34 tank of the 56th Tank Brigade (Stalingrad Front), where he participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. On October 29, 1942, he was again seriously wounded and, in addition, shell-shocked during a raid by enemy aircraft. In 1943 he graduated from the Poltava Tank School (which was in evacuation), and in January 1944 he again departed for the front, where he took command of the T-34-85 tank of the 5th separate training tank regiment (1st Baltic Front). Since June, Oskin also commanded the T-34-85 tank, but already of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade (1st Ukrainian Front), in which he participated in battles in the Vitebsk direction and the Lvov-Sandomierz operation. On August 12, 1944, a tank group, which included Oskin's crew, supported by four artillery regiments, on the outskirts of the village of Oglendów (Staszów district, ентwiętokrzyskie voivodeship, Poland) repulsed an attack of 11 tanks by superior enemy forces. Thanks to the competent actions of the tankers and artillerymen, three of the newest enemy Royal Tiger tanks were destroyed in the battle and another tank was damaged. The next day, Oskin's tank was one of the first to burst into the village of Oglendów and destroyed dozens of enemy soldiers. Also during the battle, three Royal Tiger tanks were captured. For this battle, the Guard Junior Lieutenant A.P. Oskin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union In total, during the war, Alexander Petrovich burned in the tank 7 times. Oskin met the victory as a student of the command faculty of the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces.

Until January 1952, he served in the training vehicle fleet of the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces: senior mechanic-driver, platoon commander, deputy commander and commander of a company of foreign tanks. He mastered all types of domestic and several types of foreign tanks of that period. Continuing his service in the tank forces, Oskin moved up in ranks, and in 1975 (already in reserve) received a colonel. Alexander Petrovich Oskin died on February 21, 2010.

 

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In the center Hero of the Soviet Union Bamburov Sergey Nikanorovich

Born on September 10 (23), 1914 in the village of Osorgino, now Oktyabrskoye in the Northern District of the Orenburg Region, into a peasant family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1938. Graduated from junior high school, worked as an auto mechanic at a state farm.

In the Red Army since 1936. Participated in battles with the Japanese at Lake Khasan (July 29 - August 11, 1938). The political instructor of the company of the 65th Infantry Regiment (32nd Infantry Division, 1st Primorskaya Army, Red Banner Far Eastern Front), junior political instructor Bamburov S.N. on the night of August 7, 1938, discovered an enemy group crawling to his position and opened fire on it... Having fired all the cartridges, the brave political officer engaged in hand-to-hand combat and, despite being wounded, escaped the encirclement.

For heroism and courage shown in the Khasan battles, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 25, 1938, junior political instructor Bamburov Sergey Nikonorovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin, and after the establishment of the badge of special distinction he was awarded the Gold Star medal No. 82. In March 1940, senior political instructor Bamburov entered, and in 1941 graduated from the Military-Political Academy. On September 28, 1941, he was appointed military commissar of the 1184th rifle regiment of the 355th rifle division. January 16, 1942 wounded. On August 15, 1942, battalion commissar Bamburov was appointed military commissar of the 934th rifle regiment of the 256th rifle division. Later he also held a number of command positions, in 1944 he was trained in the courses "Shot". Lieutenant Colonel S. Bamburov, who was in the reserve of the 1st Belorussian Front as commander of a rifle regiment, died in battle on February 6, 1945 in the Polish city of Gnezen (Gniezno).

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Nikanorovich Bamburov with his brothers Grigory Nikanorovich and Andrei Nikanorovich Bamburov.

 

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Umansky Terenty Fomich - commander of the 240th Infantry Division of the 38th Army of the Voronezh Front, Colonel. Born on December 10 (23), 1906 in the village of Verblyuzhka, now Novgorodkovsky district, Kirovograd region of Ukraine in a peasant family. Ukrainian. Graduated from 6 classes. He worked on a collective farm. In the Red Army since 1928. In 1932 he graduated from the Odessa Infantry School, in 1941 - courses "Shot". Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1937. Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40. At the front in the Great Patriotic War since August 1941. From July 2, 1943 until the victorious end of the war, he commanded the 240th Infantry Division.

The commander of the 240th Infantry Division (38th Army, Voronezh Front), Colonel Terenty Umansky, with the soldiers of the division entrusted to him, successfully crossed the Dnieper River and on September 29, 1943, near the village of Lyutezh, Vyshgorodsky district of the Kiev region of Ukraine, captured and held the bridgehead, which went down in the history of the Great Patriotic War, as a "Lutezh bridgehead", which was later used for the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front (until October 20, 1943 - Voronezh Front) Kiev offensive operation (November 3-13, 1943) and the liberation of the capital of Ukraine on November 6, 1943 Kiev.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 29, 1943, Colonel Umansky Terenty Fomich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and medals "Gold Star" (No. 1860). For active participation in the Kiev offensive operation and the liberation of Kiev, the 240th rifle division of Colonel T.F. by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin was awarded the honorary title "Kievskaya". Liberating Ukraine from the Nazi invaders, soldiers and division commanders under the command of T.F. Umansky successfully participated in the Zhytomyr-Berdichev offensive operation of the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front, during which they liberated the regional center of the Kiev region - the city of Skvira. By the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR of September 13, 1944, Colonel T.F. awarded the military rank "Major General".

At the end of the war, a military unit led by Major General was called the 240th Red Banner Infantry Kiev-Dneprovskaya, the Orders of Suvorov 2nd degree and Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree division.

After the war, T.F. Umansky continued to serve in the army in command positions. In 1948 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff. Since 1958, Major General Umansky T.F. in reserve. He lived in Kiev. Died on March 17, 1992. He was buried in Kiev at the Baikovo cemetery. Awarded with 2 Orders of Lenin (10/29/43; 11/03/53), 3 Orders of the Red Banner (03/10/43; 11/09/43; 06/20/1949), Orders of Kutuzov 2nd degree (04/28/45), Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree (01/10/44), World War I 1st degree (04/06/85), Red Star (11/03/44), medals.

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union, assistant platoon commander of the 246th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 82nd Guards Rifle Division of the Guard Sergeant Nikolai Semenovich Ivanov (09.09.1924 - 04.02.1972). 1945 year.

Assistant platoon commander of the 246th Guards Rifle Regiment (82nd Guards Rifle Division, 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front) Guard Sergeant Nikolai Ivanov from 14 to 17 January 1945 in battles to break through the enemy's defenses and for the city of Rava -Mazowiecka (Poland) with a machine gun destroyed several enemy firing points, ensuring the successful advance of the unit. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, for the exemplary fulfillment of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, the Guard Sergeant Nikolai Semyonovich Ivanov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the medal "Gold Star "(No. 5595).

 

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Golyakov Mikhail Nikolaevich - gunner of the gun of the 1118th Infantry Regiment of the 333rd Infantry Division of the 12th Army of the Southwestern Front, senior sergeant. Born November 19, 1910 in the city of Gryazovets (now the Gryazovets district of the Vologda region) in a working class family. Russian. Primary education. He worked as a driver. Drafted into the Red Army in May 1942 and sent to the active army. Gunner of the 1118th Infantry Regiment (333rd Infantry Division, 12th Army, Southwestern Front) Senior Sergeant M.N. Golyakov distinguished himself on September 26, 1943 in battles when crossing the Dnieper River south of the city of Zaporozhye. The crew of his guns supported the crossing of the regiment's units with fire, and then he himself crossed the river. Twice enemy infantry and tanks counterattacked our positions on the bridgehead, but the artillerymen successfully repulsed them. Over 20 enemy soldiers, 2 guns and 2 vehicles were destroyed by the crew. The occupied bridgehead was held. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1944, Senior Sergeant Mikhail Nikolayevich Golyakov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 2687). At the end of 1945 M.N. Golyakov was demobilized. He lived in Vologda. He worked as a mechanic at a car repair plant. He died on June 25, 1977.

 

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Klochkov (Diev) Vasily Georgievich, (March 8, 1911 - November 16, 1941) - military commissar of the 4th company of the 2nd battalion of the 1075th rifle regiment of the 316th rifle division of the 16th army of the Western Front, junior political instructor. The hero of the USSR.

Vasily Klochkov was born on February 23 (March 8), 1911 in the village of Synodsky, Saratov district, Saratov province. Together with his family he moved to Altai in 1921 during a famine in the Volga region. He graduated from the school of peasant youth in the village of Lokot, Loktevsky district in 1929. In 1931-1940 he lived and worked in Mokshan, Penza region, then in Saratov. In 1939 he became a member of the CPSU (b). In 1940-1941 he lived in Alma-Ata. In August 1940 he graduated from the All-Union Institute of Distance Learning of the USSR People's Commissariat for Trade. He worked as deputy manager of the trust of canteens and restaurants in the city of Alma-Ata since May 1941.

In 1941, Vasily Klochkov was mobilized into the Red Army and sent to the front, in October-November 1941 he, as part of the 316th rifle division, fought near Moscow, in the Volokolamsk direction. On November 16, 1941, at the Dubosekovo junction of the Volokolamsk District of the Moscow Region, at the head of a group of tank destroyers, he participated in repelling numerous enemy attacks.

Words addressed to the soldiers: "Russia is great, but there is nowhere to retreat - Moscow is behind!" (Velika Rossiya, a otstupat nekuda - pozadi Moskva!) - became known throughout the country. During the battle, Vasily Klochkov died, throwing himself under an enemy tank with a bunch of grenades.

He was buried at the battle site, then reburied two kilometers from the battle site in the village of Nelidovo. On July 21, 1942, by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Vasily Georgievich Klochkov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union “for exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders, for selfless courage and iron fortitude shown in repelling an attack by fifty enemy heroism shown at the same time ”.

Подпись к фото: "И за будущее дочки ухожу я на войну"

 

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T-60 passes a sapper with a VIM-210 mine detector, near Vladikavkaz. 1942.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Keep in the subject. Portrait of a Soviet sapper during the Battle of Moscow. There is a flashlight on his forehead and a German Mauser carbine in his hands. In this photograph, I was always amazed by the tired look of a soldier. Inhumanly tired. Indeed, our ancestors went through a real hell.

T-60 passes a sapper with a VIM-210 mine detector, near Vladikavkaz. 1942.

 

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Soviet sappers, by the way, were and remain one of the few branches of the army, where there are absolutely no prejudices and signs. Except, probably, the only one common to all military men - instead of the word "last" say "extreme". It is believed that the word "last" is able to attract trouble and death of a soldier on the battlefield. And what about this sign with you?

 

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Since I have touched upon omens ... I don’t know how acceptable it is to call many of the traditions of the Soviet army omens. Rather, they are simply traditions or things conditioned by military practice. For example, Soviet soldiers hardly wore helmets. Why? They say that they quickly burned out in the sun and unmasked the soldiers. Drinking vodka before the attack was considered a very bad decision - drunk people were killed first. That is why vodka was not brought to the front. Tankers are a separate topic. The fact is that the tanks of the 1940s (American, German, Soviet - no difference) burned very much. That is why Soviet tankers tried to choose just such clothes in order to jump out of destroyed vehicles as quickly as possible.

 

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Soviet sappers with dogs from the mine detection service are clearing mines in one of the negative Budapest. 1945 year.

Author: Leonid Leonidov.

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union, Guard attack aircraft pilot, Senior Lieutenant Anatoly Mikhailovich Rasnitov (1919 - 2004).

A.M. Rasnitsov on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since November 1941. The flight commander of the 144th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, Guard Lieutenant Rasnitsov, by March 1945, made 112 sorties to attack enemy troops and facilities, during which he inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, and shot down two enemy fighters in air battles. During the war years he made 180 sorties. He ended the war in the skies over Czechoslovakia. On June 27, 1945, for courage, bravery and heroism shown in the struggle against the German fascist invaders, Guard Lieutenant Anatoly Mikhailovich Rasnicov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 6574).

 

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Senator Vasily Trofimovich was born in Smolensk. From a young age he dreamed of becoming a pilot and did not change his dream. After finishing school in 1938 he entered the aviation school.

On June 22, 1941, he met a cadet. And in a week he was promoted to lieutenant and became navigator of long-range aviation. Heavy frontline everyday life began, Continuous missions to bombard enemy rear areas, Hitler's troops, which were rushing to the capital of Ukraine, Kiev.

In 1942 he was admitted to the CPSU. He carried his title of communist with honor through the brutal everyday life of the war. In 1942, the enemy stormed Stalingrad and rushed to the Caucasus. In September 1942, an order was received to begin bombing the distant enemy rear. And Senator V.T. first led his heavy bomber to Berlin. Then he bombed the Nazis' military installations in Konigsberg, Gdansk, Toulouse 20 more times. For bravery and courage shown, the Motherland awarded Senator Vasily Trofimovich the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of Lenin.

One evening in 1943, the commander of the 3rd Guards Air Defense Army called the commander of the 10th Guards Air Regiment for long-range bombing and ordered a strike on the most important enemy target on the border of Nazi Germany. It is clear that this assignment meant that. that there might not be enough fuel for the return trip. Volunteers were needed and, since all the crews showed a desire to fly on the mission, the general opted for the crew, where Senator Vasily Trofimovich was the navigator. Vasily Trofimovich spent the whole evening at the map, studying his deadly route. Experts have confirmed that there is really not enough fuel for the return trip. Then it was decided to land the plane in the partisan region.

On that day, the crew headed west. The sky was covered with gray clouds, the earth was not visible. Such a meteorological situation favored the fact that the enemy air defense would be powerless in their attempts to obstruct the task. The navigator laid the entire route, it was his direct responsibility. The captain was focused and constantly checked the map. A few hours later, he screamed and shouted: "I see the target!"

The plane went down rapidly. When the enemy's anti-aircraft guns woke up and explosions were heard, it was too late. The bombs hit their target accurately. The task was completed just brilliantly. The plane, performing anti-aircraft maneuvers, left the zone of fire and headed back. The Vistula appeared under the wing of the aircraft when the bomber's tanks ran out of fuel...

At the partisan base, the bomber was waited for a long time. In the Warsaw area, the plane was shot down and its crew landed on the territory of Poland. Hundreds of kilometers, through the enemy rear, three brave pilots made their way to the front line at night. And they succeeded. They were met at the front line and transported to Moscow.

For the successful completion of an important task, for the courage and heroism shown during its implementation by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in April 1943, the entire crew of the aircraft was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. These are the pilot of the Guard Captain Paramenko, Navigator of the Guard Captain Senator and the gunner-radio operator of the Guard Sergeant Ivanov.

Guards Captain Hero of the Soviet Union Senator Vasily Trofimovich As a long-range aviation navigator, he flew 353 sorties to the enemy rear. This caused enormous damage to Hitler's Germany.

In 1944 he died near Lipetsk, where he was buried.

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union, tank driver, foreman Viktor Antonovich Grigoriev (1921 - 1985). Photo: 1942

At the front in the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He took part in defensive battles in Bessarabia and in southern Ukraine as part of the 22nd Tank Regiment of the 11th Panzer Division of the Southern Front. He was wounded in battle, after a hospital in August 1941 he was sent to a training tank battalion of the Ural military district.

In October 1941 he was enlisted in the 32nd tank brigade and with it he left for the Western Front, a participant in the battle of Moscow. The tank driver mechanic of the 32nd Tank Brigade (50th Army, Western Front) Junior Sergeant Viktor Grigoriev distinguished himself on December 3-4, 1941, in a battle near the village of Kryukovo, Leningradsky District, Tula Region. Despite frostbite on his hand and face, he remained in the ranks. In the attack near the village of Barybinka, when the turret of the tank was damaged by an artillery shell, junior sergeant Grigoriev rammed an enemy medium tank with his combat vehicle, destroyed two anti-tank guns and several vehicles. When the tank was damaged again, he took it to the location of his unit.

On April 12, 1942, Junior Sergeant Viktor Antonovich Grigoriev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal for the exemplary performance of the command's combat missions on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders and for the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

After the hospital he returned to the 32nd tank brigade. The second time he was seriously wounded in battle on November 29, 1942 in the Rzhev direction. He returned to the front in June 1943 and was appointed assistant commander of a tank battalion for the technical part of the 32nd tank brigade of the Voronezh (then Steppe and 2nd Ukrainian) front. Participant of the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of the Dnieper, Korsun-Shevchenko and Uman-Botoshansky offensive operations. Since December 1944 - engineer of the 14th Guards Separate Heavy Tank Regiment in the 5th Guards Tank Army on the 2nd Belorussian Front, a participant in the East Prussian offensive. Senior Technician-Lieutenant Grigoriev met the victory in Germany.

 

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Hero of the Soviet Union Biima Ivan Spiridonovich (1912-1992) - battalion commander of the 66th Guards Tank Brigade of the 12th Guards Tank Corps of the 2nd Guards Tank Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, Guards Major.

Born on August 12, 1912 in the village of Korzhi, Baryshevsky district, Kiev region, in a peasant family. Ukrainian. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1939. In 1927 he graduated from seven classes of junior high school. Then he graduated from the technical school of the mining industry in Kiev and two courses at the Kiev Industrial Institute. He worked in peat mining. In 1934 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. In 1936 he was demobilized. Drafted for the second time in 1938. In 1939 he graduated from the Saratov Armored School. Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.


In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He fought on the Leningrad and 1st Belorussian fronts. Commanding tank divisions, he was repeatedly wounded, but after being cured he returned to duty. Major I.S. Biima distinguished himself during the Berlin operation. In the period from April 16 to April 28, 1945, the battalion under his command destroyed 9 tanks, 11 armored personnel carriers, 27 guns, 7 warehouses; seized 173 vehicles, 5 guns, 8 warehouses, 5 train trains; captured 152 enemy soldiers and officers.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945, for courage and heroism shown in the battles for Berlin, Guards Major Ivan Spiridonovich Biima was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 7379).

In 1946 he graduated from the academic advanced training courses for officers at the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces, in 1955 - the central armored advanced training courses for officers. Since 1959, Colonel I.S. Biima is in stock. Lived and worked in Kiev. Died on May 20, 1992. Buried at the Forest Cemetery.