Alexey Fedorovich Nikiforov (March 4 (17), 1915. Yakovlevka Village, Ufa County [1] - March 21, 1977 , Yalta ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , commander of the sapper platoon 58th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 16th Guards Chernigov cavalry division 7th Guards Cavalry Corps of the 1st Belorussian Front , Hero of the Soviet Union , Guards Senior Sergeant.
| Alexey Fedorovich Nikiforov | |||
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| Date of Birth | March 17, 1915 | ||
| Place of Birth | Village Yakovlevka , Ufa Province , Russia | ||
| Date of death | March 21, 1977 (62 years) | ||
| Place of death | Yalta | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | infantry | ||
| Years of service | 1936-1938, 1942-1945 | ||
| Rank | guard senior sergeant | ||
| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Biography
Born on March 4 (17), 1915 in the village of Yakovlevka, Ufa district , now Karmaskalinsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan . He worked on the collective farm, after in the Blagovarsky district office of the NKVD .
In the Red Army in 1936-1938 and since March 1942 , the commander of the sapper platoon of the 58th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 16th Guards Chernigov Cavalry Division of the 7th Guards Cavalry Corps of the 1st Belorussian Front .
For courage in forcing the Dnieper by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 15, 1944 he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3015). Member of the CPSU since 1943 [2] .
After the war he lived and worked in the city of Yalta .
Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union ( January 15, 1944 ) [2] .
- Order of Lenin (1/15/1944).
- Order of the Red Star (09/27/1943) [3] .
- Medals
Memory
The name of the Hero is inscribed on memorial plaques along with the names of all 78 Heroes of the Soviet Union of the 112th Bashkir (16th Guards Chernigov ) cavalry division installed in the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan ( Ufa , Sovetskaya street, 14) and in the museum 112 th (16th Guards) Bashkir cavalry division (the city of Ufa, Levitan Street, 27).
Notes
- ↑ Now Karmaskalinsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
- ↑ 1 2 Award documents in the electronic bank of documents “The feat of the people ” (archive materials TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 686043/793756 , d. 3/34 , l. 28/8, 9 ) ..
- ↑ Award documents in the electronic bank of documents “ People 's feat ” (archive materials TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 686044 , d. 962 , pp. 2, 38, 39 ) ..
Sources
- Nikiforov, Alexey Fedorovich . The site " Heroes of the country ."
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. College I. BC Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Lyubov - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100 000 copies - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .