Aleksandr Ivanovich Volkov ( 1916 - January 15, 1944 ) - Hero of the Soviet Union , platoon commander of the 131st Guards Rifle Regiment (45th Guards Rifle Division, 42nd Army, Leningrad Front), guard junior lieutenant .
| Volkov Alexander Ivanovich | |||
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| Place of Birth | village Khotitsy , Pskov Uyezd , Pskov Province , Russian Empire | ||
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| Place of death | at the village Rekhkolovo , Pushkin district , Leningrad , USSR | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Years of service | 1937-1944 | ||
| Rank | Ensign  | ||
| Battles / wars | World War II :
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Biography
Alexander Ivanovich Volkov was born in 1916 in the village of Khotitsy , now the Pskov region of the Pskov region , in a peasant family. Russian
He graduated from high school, worked as a mechanic at a factory in Pskov .
In the Soviet Army since 1937 , graduated from junior lieutenant courses. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1939 .
Member of World War II since 1941 . He fought on the Leningrad Front. He took part in the first battles on the outskirts of Leningrad . Almost all 900 blockade days were on his defense.
The platoon commander of the 131st guards rifle regiment, junior lieutenant Alexander Volkov, on January 15, 1944, in a battle in the vicinity of the village of Rekhkolovo (the Leningrad City Council), closed with his body the embrasure of an enemy machine-gun bunker , thereby contributing to the fulfillment of the combat mission by the unit [1] .
He was buried in Leningrad in a mass grave at the military cemetery "Altitude Meridian" (Pulkovo Observatory Park at Pulkovo Heights).
Rewards
- The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was assigned posthumously on October 5, 1944 .
- He was awarded the Order of Lenin , medals.
Memory
- The name of the Hero bears a street in Pskov.
- His name is immortalized on the memorial wall of the Piskaryov cemetery in St. Petersburg.
- By order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR A.I. Volkov forever enlisted in the lists of personnel of military unit 02511.
- At HF 02511 138 Motorized Rifle Brigade 3 SMBs at the beginning of each evening calibration pronounce “Junior Lieutenant Volkov”, after which one of the soldiers replies: “The hero of the Soviet Union, died the death of the brave defending the freedom and independence of our country, is forever included in the lists of the seventh motorized rifle company.”
See also
- Matrosov, Alexander Matveevich - performed a similar feat.
Notes
- ↑ Award sheet in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” (archive materials of TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 793756 , d. 9 , p. 129 ).
Links
Volkov, Alexander Ivanovich (1916) . Site " Heroes of the country ".