Fedor Mikheevich Aleksandrov ( December 25, 1912 [ January 7, 1913 ] - October 15, 1986 ) - Soviet tank officer , during the Great Patriotic War - Junior Lieutenant [1] , commander of a tank platoon of the 47th flamethrower tank regiment of the 10th assault engineer-sapper brigade of the 6th Guards Army of the 1st Baltic Front , Hero of the Soviet Union ( March 24 , 1945 ), major .
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| Date of Birth | December 25, 1912 ( January 7, 1913 ) | ||||||
| Place of Birth | Shima village, Luga district , St. Petersburg province , Russian Empire now Leningrad Region , Russia | ||||||
| Date of death | October 15, 1986 (73 years) | ||||||
| Place of death | Leningrad , RSFSR , USSR | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1936 - 1938 and 1942 - 1958 | ||||||
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| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
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Biography
Born on December 25, 1912 ( January 7, 1913 ) in the village of Shima, now the Luga District of the Leningrad Region, in a working class family. Russian. Education is incomplete secondary. He began his career in 1930 as a traveling worker of the Kirov (now October ) railway.
He was called up to the Red Army in 1936, and after graduating from active military service, from 1938, he worked as head of a technical inspection of cars in the depot in Kem, Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic .
In April 1942, drafted into the army, sent to Kestengsky direction of the Karelian Front , where he was a rifleman in the 23rd Guards Rifle Division ( 26th Army ). Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1942. After completing the courses for junior lieutenants in 1944, he was appointed commander of a tank platoon.
The commander of a tank platoon of the 47th flamethrower tank regiment ( 10th Assault Engineering Sapper Brigade , 6th Guards Army , 1st Baltic Front ) Junior Lieutenant Fedor Alexandrov distinguished himself in battles for access to the city from June 30 to July 2, 1944 Polotsk ( Vitebsk region of Belarus).
With his initiative in battle, with the boldness of action he carried the infantry forward, for which he left the tank 6 times under enemy fire to find out what is hindering the advancement of our infantry. Thus, he won the admiration of the personnel of the 210th Infantry Regiment of the 71st Infantry Division , which he supported.
On 30 June, in the battle for mastering the stronghold of the Germans in the area of Bely Dvor and Zaskorki, he led a platoon of tanks operating around the stronghold, and was the first to rush into the rear of the enemy, destroying up to 100 the Germans. Within an hour, Aleksandrov’s platoon held up Zorkorki until the approach of the Soviet infantry.
In the village of Bely Dvor, the tank of Lieutenant Tailor’s guard, who had torn the caterpillar at the turn on the enemy’s trench , covered its tank with fire, and thus did not allow the enemy, which was part of the company, to be burned by the enemy.
On July 1, 1944, in the battle for populated areas, Shurmans , Lesin and Merugi made a roundabout maneuver from the flank with a platoon and at the exit in the Lesin area met with two self-propelled enemy installations that delayed the advancement of the main group of Soviet tanks and infantry. Having entered into combat with them, he twice forced them to retreat, thereby opening the way for Soviet tanks, and with his personal example he took the whole pursuit group with him.
During the period of hostilities from June 30 to July 2, 1944, he destroyed up to 200 tons of soldiers and officers of the enemy, suppressed the fire of 8 machine guns , 3 anti-tank guns, smashed one mortar battery and captured a radio operator with a radio station.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 24, 1945, “for exemplary performance of combat missions of command on the front of the struggle against the German fascist invaders and showing courage and heroism”, Junior Lieutenant Fedor Mikheevich Aleksandrov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and awarded the Order of Lenin and medal. Gold Star (No. 5981).
June 24, 1945 F. M. Alexandrov participated in the Victory Parade and led his tank along the pavement of the Red Square of Moscow.
After the war, the officer continued to serve in the tank units of the Soviet Army. Since 1958, Major F. M. Alexandrov - in stock. He lived in the city of Leningrad (now - St. Petersburg ). Died October 15, 1986 .
He was buried in the Vsevolozhsk District of the Leningrad Region at Kovalevsky Cemetery (Section 6).
Family
Wife - Nina Pavlovna Alexandrova
Awards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union
- The order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Patriotic War, I degree
- Two Orders of the Red Star
- Medals
Memory
- The portrait of F. M. Aleksandrov is set up in the monumental portrait gallery of Heroes in Petrozavodsk .
Notes
- ↑ At the time of assignment of the title of Hero.
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. College I. Shkadov . - Moscow : Military Publishing , 1987. - T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 s. - 100 000 copies - ISBN SEC., Reg. Number in the PSC 87-95382.
- Heroes of the Soviet land. - Petrozavodsk: Karelian ed., 1968.
- Heroes of the motherland - glory! - Petrozavodsk: Karelia, 1985.
- Forever in the heart of the people. - 3rd ed., Ext. and rev. - Minsk, 1984.
Links
- Alexandrov, Fedor Mikheevich . The site " Heroes of the country ." (Checked April 27, 2010)
- Fedor Alexandrov (inaccessible link) .
- From the premium sheet .