Fedor Alekseevich Kharchenko ( September 20, 1923 - January 23, 1944 ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , Komsomol organizer (Komsorg) of the battalion of the 13th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division of the 59th Army of the Volkhov Front , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 6.05 . 1965 ), senior sergeant .
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| Date of Birth | September 20, 1923 | |||||
| Place of Birth | with. Malaya Belozerka , Yekaterinoslav Province , Ukrainian SSR , USSR [1] | |||||
| Date of death | January 23, 1944 (20 years) | |||||
| Place of death | near der. Hosea [2] , Leningrad Region , RSFSR , USSR [3] | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||
| Years of service | 1942 - 1944 | |||||
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| Part | 13th Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Division 59th Army Volkhov front | |||||
| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Born on September 20, 1923 in the village of Malaya Belozerka [1] . By nationality Ukrainian . After finishing 5 classes of school, he worked as a joiner at a ship repair factory in the city of Kotlas, Arkhangelsk Region.
In the Red Army since May 1942 , since that time he participated in the battles of the Great Patriotic War.
F.A. Kharchenko was one of the best snipers of the front, destroyed about a hundred fascists.
January 23, 1944 in the battle for the village of Hosea [2] , north of the city of Novgorod, Kharchenko, taking command of the unit, raised the fighters to attack. In this battle, he died.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 6, 1965, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Soviet people’s victory over Nazi Germany for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German fascist invaders and the courage and heroism shown, senior sergeant Kharchenko Fedor Alekseevich was posthumously appropriated title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Awards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union;
- Order of Lenin ;
- Order of the Red Star ;
- medals
Memory
- He was buried in the city of Novgorod near the Kremlin wall.
- The name of the Hero named ship of the Ministry of the River Fleet of the RSFSR.
- In honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union, F. A. Kharchenko, a memorial plaque was installed at the Limend Ship Repair Plant of the Arkhangelsk Region .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Now Vasilyevsky district , Zaporizhia region , Ukraine .
- ↑ 1 2 Hosea on the Yandex map (verified April 26, 2010) .
- ↑ Nowadays, the village of Hosea, Novgorod district , Novgorod region , Russia .
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. College I. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Lyubov - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100 000 copies - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- Vorobiev N. I., Snitko A. F. Both the general and the private: essays on the Heroes of the Soviet Union, natives of the Dnipropetrovsk region. - Dnepropetrovsk: Promin, 1983. - p. 482-484. - 566 s.
- Stories about the front line commers. - M. , 1982. - p. 48-50.
- Roshchin I.I., Whitehead A.V. Golden Stars of Komsorgov. - M. , 1977.
- On the Volkhov front, 1941-1944. M .: Science, 1982
- KF Kalashnikov. Chapter Two Help out Leningrad! // The right to lead. - M .: Military Publishing, 1981. - P. 59.
- Yagodinsky, E. A. Golden Stars of Rivermen. - M., 1976. - Vol. 2
Links
Kharchenko, Fedor Alekseevich . The site " Heroes of the country ." (Checked April 26, 2010)