Vakhtang Vladimir Chikovani ( August 2, 1919 , Tbilisi - March 1, 1944 , Cherkasy region ) - Hero of the Soviet Union , head of the chemical service of the 861st Infantry Regiment ( 294th Infantry Division , 52nd Army , 2nd Ukrainian Front ), senior lieutenant .
| Vakhtang Vladimirovich Chikovani | ||||||
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| cargo. ვახტანგ ვლადიმერის ძე ჩიქოვანი | ||||||
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| Date of death | March 1, 1944 | |||||
| Place of death | Vodyaniki village, Zvenigorod district , Cherkasy region , Ukrainian SSR , USSR | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Rank | senior lieutenant  | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Born on August 2, 1919 in Tbilisi (Georgia) in the family of an employee. Georgian.
He graduated from 3 courses of state university.
In the Red Army since 1941. He graduated from the Military Academy of Chemical Protection in 1942 [1] . In the army - since July 1942.
The chief of the chemical service of the 861st rifle regiment, a candidate member of the CPSU (b) , senior lieutenant Vakhtang Chikovani distinguished himself in battles in December 1943 - February 1944. In the December battles of 1943 for the liberation of the city of Cherkasy ( Ukraine ), Chikovani, on his own initiative, led the infantry unit and stormed the building of the Palace of Pioneers - a powerful enemy stronghold.
In February 1944, replacing the out-of-order company commander, Lieutenant Ukolov, with a group of ten soldiers quietly crossed the melted ice across the Ros river in the vicinity of the village of Steblev (Korsun-Shevchenkovsky district, Cherkasy region). The group went to the rear of the Nazis and suddenly attacked the enemy. A hand-to-hand fight ensued. Taking advantage of this, dispersed, the company crossed the ice to the opposite shore and forced the enemy to retreat. In this battle, the Nazis lost about a company of soldiers, 60 people surrendered. In pursuit of the enemy, the company liberated two settlements.
In the battle for the village of Vodianiki (Zvenigorod district of Cherkasy region) , he died on March 1, 1944 from a fragment of an enemy mine.
He was buried in the village of Vodyaniki, Zvenigorod district, Cherkasy region. An obelisk is installed on the grave.
Rewards
- By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 13, 1944, for the courage, bravery and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, Vakhtang Vladimirovich, senior lieutenant Chikovani, was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union .
- He was awarded the Orders of Lenin , Red Banner , World War 2 degree, Red Star , medals.
Memory
- At the site of the battles in the village of Yablonovka, a memorial sign was installed in honor of the soldiers of the company and stele with a portrait of the Hero.
- A memorial plaque is installed on the building of the Palace of Pioneers in Cherkasy.
- In the city of Cherkasy and the village of Steblev , streets are named after him.
- On the territory of Cherkasy school No. 12, the pioneer squad of which bore the name of the Hero, in 1980 a bust of V. V. Chikovani was installed (authors - sculptor S. I. Grabovsky, architect V. A. Pronin) [2] .
Notes
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 .
- Heroes-liberators of Cherkasy. - Dnepropetrovsk: Promin, 1980.
Links
Chikovani, Vakhtang Vladimirovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".