Alekseev, Yakov Savvovich

Yakov Savvovich Alekseev
Yakov Savvovich Alekseev
	Ukrainian Yakov Savovich Aleksev
Date of Birth	December 25, 1919
Place of Birth	from. Kuzmin , Podolsk province , Ukrainian SSR
Date of death	January 18, 1998 (78 years old)
A place of death	Poltava , Ukraine
Affiliation	the USSR
Type of army	infantry
Years of service	1939 - 1945
Rank	guard sergeant
Part	1st Guards Fortified Area; 28th army; 3rd Ukrainian front
Position	part-commander
Battles / wars	The Second World War The Great Patriotic War;
Retired	controller of the enterprise in Poltava

Yakov Savvovich ^[2] Alekseev ( Ukrainian: Yakiv Savovich Aleksєєv ; December 25, 1919 - January 18, 1998 ) - Guard sergeant of the Red Army , commander of the machine gun department during the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( June 3 , 1944 ; for courage and heroism shown in battles in the area of the Bug estuary ).

Content

1 Biography
2 Awards
3 Memory
4 notes
5 Literature
6 References

Biography

Born December 25, 1919 in the village of Kuzmin of the Gorodetsky district of the Khmelnitsky region in a peasant family. Ukrainian. Member of the CPSU since 1953 . He graduated from junior high school. Since 1935 he worked on a collective farm .

In 1939, drafted into the ranks of the Red Army . In the battles of World War II since 1941. He fought as part of the 1st Guards fortified area on the South, 3rd and 4th Ukrainian fronts.

In March 1944, the troops of the 28th Army went on the offensive in the area of Nikolaev - Ochakovo. On March 15, 1944, machine gunners under the command of Y. S. Alekseev successfully crossed the Bugsky estuary and captured a bridgehead on its right bank. Consolidating their success, the fighters stormed the enemy’s very fortified point on the banks of the Estuary - the village of Luporeva Balka.

The Nazis pulled up more than two regiments and counterattacked the position of a group of daredevils. Brave warriors in a short time repelled several counterattacks. But the enemy continued to harass. At the cost of great effort, the Nazis managed to wedge themselves into the group’s position. There was a threat to the environment.

At this critical moment in the battle of the Guard, Sergeant Ya. S. Alekseev showed personal initiative and courage. Under strong enemy artillery and machine gun fire, he took up an open firing position with an easel machine gun and began to shoot Nazis point blank.

The enemy opened mortar fire on the daredevil. A gunner was killed by a fragment of a mine. But Y. S. Alekseev took a seat at the machine gun and began to mow the Nazis, preventing them from moving forward. Surrounded on all sides, Y. S. Alekseev continued to shoot. He was shot in the leg. But the daredevil's machine gun did not stop. A shell exploded nearby. The machine gun was damaged. Ya. S. Alekseev is shell-shocked. Then, having gathered his last strength, he threw a grenade into a group of fascists.

Inspired by the feat of the sergeant's guard, other soldiers rushed at the enemy and defeated him. In this fierce battle, Y. S. Alekseev personally destroyed about 50 Nazis. Heavily wounded and shell-shocked, Y. S. Alekseev was sent to a field hospital.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command and the courage and heroism of the guard shown, Sergeant Yakov Savvovich Alekseev was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 3439).

After the end of World War II, the foreman Y. S. Alekseev was discharged . He returned to the Gorodetsky district. He worked at a sugar factory, then - deputy chairman of a collective farm in the village of Bedrikevka. In 1960 he moved to Poltava. He worked as a controller at one of the industrial enterprises. He did a lot of work on military-patriotic education of youth. He died on January 18, 1998.

Rewards

Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union
The order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War I degree
Medals, including:
- Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
- Anniversary medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
- Anniversary medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
- Anniversary medal “Forty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

Memory

He was buried in Poltava , at the Central cemetery.

Notes

↑ Now Gorodok district (Khmelnitsky region) , Ukraine .
↑ Patronymic Savvovich is given in official documents and other authoritative sources, however, patronymics from Russian names on -a with the morph -ovych (Nikitovich, Savvovich) are contrary to the literary norm. In this case, the middle name corresponding to the rules of the grammar of the Russian language, Savich . See “Russian grammar. Nouns motivated by nouns; § 336. [1] (Retrieved February 10, 2010)

Literature

Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1987.- T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN comp., Reg. RCP No. 87-95382.
Pride and glory of Podolia. - Lviv, 1985.
For courage and courage. - Kharkov, 1984.

Links

Alekseev, Yakov Savvovich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ". (Retrieved August 12, 2010)

[1] Now Gorodok district (Khmelnitsky region) , Ukraine .

[Грамматика2-2] Patronymic Savvovich is given in official documents and other authoritative sources, however, patronymics from Russian names on -a with the morph -ovych (Nikitovich, Savvovich) are contrary to the literary norm. In this case, the middle name corresponding to the rules of the grammar of the Russian language, Savich . See “Russian grammar. Nouns motivated by nouns; § 336. [1] (Retrieved February 10, 2010)