Girsh Khatskelevich Yudashkin ( December 20, 1904 [ January 2, 1905 ] - September 26, 1943 ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , party organizer of the battalion of the 229th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Guards Rifle Division of the 7th Guards Army of the Steppe Front , Hero of the Soviet Union , guard lieutenant .
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| Date of Birth | December 20, 1904 ( January 2, 1905 ) | ||
| Place of Birth | Chernihiv city, Chernihiv province , Russian Empire [1] | ||
| Date of death | September 26, 1943 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of death | Borodaevka village, Verkhnedneprovsky district , Dnipropetrovsk region Ukrainian SSR , USSR [1] | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1943 | ||
| Rank | guard lieutenant | ||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Biography
He was born on December 20, 1904 ( January 2, 1905 ) in the city of Chernigov in the family of an employee. Jewish by nationality. In 1920, he moved with his family to Gomel , where he graduated from high school. He worked as a commodity specialist in the city of Slonim, Grodno region of Belarus . Member of the CPSU (b) since 1939 .
In the Worker and Peasant Red Army since June 1941. He graduated from the courses of political workers. In the battles of World War II from August 1941. He fought on the Bryansk, Voronezh and Steppe fronts. He took part in the Moscow and Stalingrad battles. He fought on the Kursk.
The party organizer of the guard battalion, Lieutenant Yudashkin distinguished himself when crossing the Dnieper in the area of the village of Borodaevka ( Verkhnedneprovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region ).
On the night of September 25, 1943, as part of an amphibious assault force, at hand means, under enemy fire, crossed the Dnieper. Replaced the wounded squad leader. He skillfully organized the breakthrough of the paratroopers in the village of Borodayevka and the reflection of the enemy’s counterattacks. He died on September 26, 1943, was buried in the village of Pravoberezhnoye, Verkhnedneprovsky District.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943, for successfully crossing the Dnieper River , firmly securing and expanding the bridgehead on the western bank of the Dnieper River, and showing courage and heroism to the guard, Lieutenant Girsh Khatskelevich Yudashkin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) [2] .
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union;
- The order of Lenin
Memory
- He was buried in the village of Pravoberezhnoye, Verkhnedneprovsky district, Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, on the highway Dnepropetrovsk - Kiev.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Now Ukraine .
- ↑ Izvestia newspaper No. 254 of October 27, 1943 with the published Decree on conferring the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (inaccessible link) .
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- Lieutenant Colonel of Justice M.F. Church, reserve major A.D. Shiganov, B.F. Yuriev. Heroes exploits are immortal: Essays on the Heroes of the Soviet Union. - Kiev: Political Publishing House of Ukraine, 1977 .-- 567 p.
Links
- Yudashkin, Hirsch Khatskelevich . Site " Heroes of the country ". (Retrieved March 24, 2018) .