Dmitry Alexandrovich Kuptsov (1915-1997) - scout, Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | May 13, 1915 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Bronnitsky district , Moscow province ; now Ramensky district , Moscow region | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | May 14, 1997 (82 years old) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | with. Vyalki, Ramensky district , Moscow region , Russia | |||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1937-1945 (with a break) | |||||||||||||||
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| Part | 257th Separate Reconnaissance Company | |||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||||||
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Biography
Dmitry Alexandrovich was born on May 13, 1915 in the village of Zyuzino of the Bronnitsky district (now Ramensky district of the Moscow region) in a peasant family. He graduated from the school of peasant youth in the village of Kudinovo, Noginsk district in 1930. He worked as a mechanic at the Lyubertsy Electromechanical Plant. Since 1940 he lived in the Olsky district of the Far Eastern Territory (currently the Magadan Region ). He worked as a cook on the ships of the merchant fleet. In the Red Army in 1937-1938 and from August 1943 .
- Feat
In the battles of World War II from January 1944. The scout of the 257th separate reconnaissance company ( 199th rifle division , 49th army , 2nd Belorussian front ) Private Kuptsov on the night of June 27, 1944 as one of the companies, was one of the first to swim across the Dnieper in the vicinity of the village of Trebuhi (now Kalinovaya, Mogilev region, Mogilev region ), captured the line and fixed on it. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on March 24, 1945 .
After the war - demobilized. He lived in the village of Vyalka, town. Bykovo, Ramensky district.
He died in 1997.
Rewards
He was awarded the orders of Lenin, World War 1 degree, Red Star, medals.
See also
- Lisitsyn, Konstantin Sergeevich .
Links
- Anton Bocharov. Kuptsov, Dmitry Alexandrovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment May 28, 2016.
- Source of curriculum vitae .