Vasiliy Ivanovich Surkov ( February 10, 1925 - September 13, 1943 ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , machine gun of the 975th infantry regiment of the 270th infantry division of the 43rd Army of the Kalinin Front , Hero of the Soviet Union (1944), Red Army man .
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| Date of Birth | February 10, 1925 | ||
| Place of Birth | Vladimirovka village, Samara province , RSFSR , USSR [1] | ||
| Date of death | September 13, 1943 (aged 18) | ||
| Place of death | Surroundings of the village of Tarasovo, Dukhovschinsky district , Smolensk region , RSFSR , USSR [2] | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | infantry | ||
| Years of service | February — September 1943 | ||
| Rank | soldier | ||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Biography
He was born on February 10, 1925 in the village of Vladimirovka, now in the Hvorostyansky District, Samara Region, in a peasant family. Russian. He graduated from 7 classes, courses of combine operators. He worked at MTS and the collective farm . Member of the Komsomol .
In the Red Army since February 1943. He studied at the Kuibyshev Infantry School , which he did not graduate due to being sent to the front.
In the battles of World War II from August 1, 1943. He fought on the Kalinin front . Participated in the Dukhovschinsky offensive operation .
The submachine gunner V.I. Surkov in the area of the village of Tarasovo ( Dukhovshchinsky district of the Smolensk region ) on September 13, 1943, at a critical moment of the battle, rushed to the enemy’s machine gun and closed it with his body. At the cost of his life, he contributed to the performance of the combat mission by the company.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 4, 1944 "for exemplary performance of command missions at the front of the struggle against Nazi invaders and courage and heroism shown at the same time, Red Army soldier Surkov Vasily Ivanovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumous).
He was buried in the city of Demidov, Smolensk region.
Memory
- By order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR V.I. Surkov, he was forever enlisted in the lists of the military unit.
- Two schools were named after V.I. Surkov in the homeland.
- A memorial plaque was installed on Surkov Street in Demidov .
- There is a monument in the village of Vladimirovka .
- In the village of Borok, Dukhovschinsky district - an obelisk .
- The name of the Hero is vocational school No. 6 in the Samara region .
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal ;
- Order of Lenin .
Notes
- ↑ Now Hvorostyansky district , Samara region , Russia .
- ↑ Now Russia .
Literature
- 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 .
- Zaitsev A.D., Roshchin I.I., Solovyov V.N. Credited forever. Prince 2. - M .: Politizdat, 1990.
- A feat in the name of the motherland. Book 1. - Kuibyshev, 1965.
Links
Surkov, Vasily Ivanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". (Retrieved May 6, 2010)