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Nikolai Andreevich Babanin (April 23, 1918 - May 11, 1990) - Soviet officer, participant in the Polish campaign of the Red Army and the Great Patriotic War. During the Great Patriotic War, the commander of the reconnaissance company of the 5th Guards Volnovakha Order of Suvorov, the mechanized brigade of the 2nd Guards Nikolayevsko-Budapest Red Banner Order of Suvorov, the mechanized corps of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.
Born on April 23, 1918 in the village of Alchevskoe (now the city of Alchevsk in the Luhansk region of Ukraine), in a working class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1941. Graduated from junior high school. He worked as a secretary of the factory committee of trade unions of the Alchevsk slag brick plant. In the Red Army since 1938. He took part in the liberation campaign to Western Ukraine in 1939. He graduated from the Kharkov Military-Political School in July 1941 and was appointed to the post of commissar of a reconnaissance company of a tank battalion.
Member of the Great Patriotic War since July 1941. He fought on the Stalingrad, Southern, 4th, 3rd and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. Wounded six times. Particularly distinguished himself during the Bereznegovato-Snigirevskaya operation.
The assault group of the 5th Guards Mechanized Brigade of the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front of ten scouts led by the commander of the reconnaissance company of the Guards Captain Babanin was the first to reach the Dnieper, on the night of March 10, 1944, successfully crossed the river near the village of Dremailovka (Berislavsky district of the Kherson region) and seized a bridgehead on the right bank. During the crossing in the battle to seize the bridgehead, three scouts were killed, two captain Babanin sent to the left bank with a prisoner who had valuable information. Remaining with six, Babanin's group repelled seven enemy counterattacks within 24 hours and ensured the crossing of the brigade's units.
On March 11, in battles for the city, Berislav was the first to break into the city.
In the following days, after conducting reconnaissance along the Kherson - Nikolaev railway line, Babanin obtained important information about the enemy.
On the night of March 13, the scouts of the guard of Captain N. A. Babanin secretly made their way through the enemy's defense line and reached the eastern bank of the Ingulets River south of the village of Nikolskoye. With a sudden and daring attack, they seized boats and ferries, drove them to the opposite bank to their own. As part of the vanguard of the brigade, Babanin burst into the northern part of Kherson. In total, during the period from 10 to 15 March 1944, intelligence officers under the command of Babanin continuously supplied the command with valuable information, captured 13 "languages", and exterminated more than two hundred Nazis.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to him for his participation in the crossing of the Dnieper in the Kakhovka area near the village of Dremailovka, Berislavsky district, Kherson region. Babanin received an order from the corps commander to cross the Dnieper, capture the tongue there and, if possible, gain a foothold on the right bank.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944, for courage, bravery and heroism shown in the fight against the German fascist invaders, the Guard Captain Nikolai Andreevich Babanin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3875)
Later he participated in the liberation of Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia.
After the war he continued to serve in the army. In 1949 he graduated from the Higher Officer Armored School. Since 1957, Colonel N.A. Babanin is in reserve. He lived in Minsk, worked as a military commander in secondary school No. 118. He died on May 11, 1990.
Born on April 23, 1918 in the village of Alchevskoe (now the city of Alchevsk in the Luhansk region of Ukraine), in a working class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1941. Graduated from junior high school. He worked as a secretary of the factory committee of trade unions of the Alchevsk slag brick plant. In the Red Army since 1938. He took part in the liberation campaign to Western Ukraine in 1939. He graduated from the Kharkov Military-Political School in July 1941 and was appointed to the post of commissar of a reconnaissance company of a tank battalion.
Member of the Great Patriotic War since July 1941. He fought on the Stalingrad, Southern, 4th, 3rd and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. Wounded six times. Particularly distinguished himself during the Bereznegovato-Snigirevskaya operation.
The assault group of the 5th Guards Mechanized Brigade of the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps of the 28th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front of ten scouts led by the commander of the reconnaissance company of the Guards Captain Babanin was the first to reach the Dnieper, on the night of March 10, 1944, successfully crossed the river near the village of Dremailovka (Berislavsky district of the Kherson region) and seized a bridgehead on the right bank. During the crossing in the battle to seize the bridgehead, three scouts were killed, two captain Babanin sent to the left bank with a prisoner who had valuable information. Remaining with six, Babanin's group repelled seven enemy counterattacks within 24 hours and ensured the crossing of the brigade's units.
On March 11, in battles for the city, Berislav was the first to break into the city.
In the following days, after conducting reconnaissance along the Kherson - Nikolaev railway line, Babanin obtained important information about the enemy.
On the night of March 13, the scouts of the guard of Captain N. A. Babanin secretly made their way through the enemy's defense line and reached the eastern bank of the Ingulets River south of the village of Nikolskoye. With a sudden and daring attack, they seized boats and ferries, drove them to the opposite bank to their own. As part of the vanguard of the brigade, Babanin burst into the northern part of Kherson. In total, during the period from 10 to 15 March 1944, intelligence officers under the command of Babanin continuously supplied the command with valuable information, captured 13 "languages", and exterminated more than two hundred Nazis.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to him for his participation in the crossing of the Dnieper in the Kakhovka area near the village of Dremailovka, Berislavsky district, Kherson region. Babanin received an order from the corps commander to cross the Dnieper, capture the tongue there and, if possible, gain a foothold on the right bank.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944, for courage, bravery and heroism shown in the fight against the German fascist invaders, the Guard Captain Nikolai Andreevich Babanin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3875)
Later he participated in the liberation of Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia.
After the war he continued to serve in the army. In 1949 he graduated from the Higher Officer Armored School. Since 1957, Colonel N.A. Babanin is in reserve. He lived in Minsk, worked as a military commander in secondary school No. 118. He died on May 11, 1990.
