Vasily Fedorovich Skopenko ( January 1, 1912 - January 27, 1945 ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union , Colonel .
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1939 - 1945 | ||||||||
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| Commanded | 1180th joint venture, 350th SD | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | Soviet-Finnish War ; The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 During the Great Patriotic War
- 2 Awards
- 3 Memory
- 4 notes
- 5 Sources
- 6 References
Biography
Born on January 1, 1912 in the village of Strugovka (now in the Gordeevsky district of the Bryansk region). After graduating from high school, he studied at the mining school, then worked as a mining foreman at the Karl Liebknecht mine in the city of Krivoy Rog . He studied at the Physics and Mathematics Department of Odessa State University , after which he became the director of a secondary school in the village of Pogrebnyakovo ( Novgorodovsky District, Kirovohrad Region). In 1935 he graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Department of the Krivoy Rog Pedagogical Institute . From 1937 to 1939 he worked as the director of a secondary school in the village of Verblyuzhka in the Novgorodovsky district of the Kirovograd region.
In the Red Army since 1939 . Member of the Soviet-Finnish war.
During the Great Patriotic War
Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941 .
In 1943 he graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze.
The commander of the 1180th Infantry Regiment ( 350th Infantry Division , 13th Army, 1st Ukrainian Front), Lieutenant Colonel Skopenko V.F. distinguished himself on July 29, 1944 when crossing the Vistula River. Under his able guidance, the regiment, at improvised means, crossed the river in the area of the settlement Longzak (Poland). Then, brilliantly performing a roundabout maneuver, he liberated the city of Sandomierz from the German troops, thereby creating a bridgehead for the further advance of our units.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 23, 1944 for exemplary performance of command missions at the front of the struggle against Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown to this, Lieutenant Colonel Skopenko Vasily Fedorovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal (No. 4589).
January 27, 1945 Colonel Skopenko Vasily Fedorovich died in battle near the city of Breslau .
Buried in the city of Sandomierz .
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal ;
- Order of Lenin ;
- two orders of the Red Banner ;
- Order of Alexander Nevsky ;
- Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree;
- Order of the Red Star ;
- medal "For Labor Distinction" .
Memory
- The secondary school where he worked was named after Vasily Skopenko, a memorial plaque was installed on the school building.
- In the city of Sandomierz, he was named after a street, a pioneer squad, and a library.
- A memorial plaque on the building of the main building of the Krivoy Rog Pedagogical University [1] [2] .
- In Kryvyi Rih, the street was named after Vasily Skopenko [3] .
- The name on the Stele of Heroes in Krivoy Rog.
- International multi-day bicycle race in memory of Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel V. F. Skopenko [4] .
Notes
- ↑ A memorial plaque in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union V. Skopenko at the Kryvyi Rih Resource Center. (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Memorial plaque of V.F. Skopenko on Wikimapia.
- ↑ Vasily Skopenko Street in the Kryvyi Rih Resource Center. (Ukrainian)
- ↑ XXVIII international multi-day bicycle race in memory of Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel V.F. Skopenko.
Sources
- 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 .
Links
- Skopenko, Vasily Fedorovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".