Bogaychuk Stepan Romanovich ( April 17, 1919 - November 30, 1984 ) - Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Stepan Romanovich Bogaychuk | ||||
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| Date of Birth | April 17, 1919 | |||
| Place of Birth | Palanochka village Mankovsky district , Cherkasy region , Ukraine | |||
| Date of death | November 30 1984 (aged 65) | |||
| Place of death | Kiev | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Type of army | artillery | |||
| Years of service | 1939 - 1946 | |||
| Rank | lieutenant  | |||
| Part | 162nd Infantry Division, 65th Army | |||
| Commanded | battery of the 369th artillery regiment | |||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
Born on April 17, 1919 in the village of Palanochka, now Mankovsky district, Cherkasy region of Ukraine, in a working class family. He studied at the Kiev Financial and Economic College, worked as a turner at the Bolshevik plant .
In the Red Army since 1939 . Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939 - 1940 . In 1941 he graduated from the Gomel anti-tank artillery school. In the battles of World War II since 1942 . Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1943 .
The battery commander of the 369th artillery regiment ( 162nd rifle division , 65th army, Central Front) candidate lieutenant Stepan Bogaychuk, member of the CPSU (b), in the area of the city of Sevsk, now in the Bryansk region, on August 30, 1943, put forward the battery entrusted to him for firing direct fire and, letting the enemy chains closer, fire destroyed the Nazis point blank.
When the shells ran out, artillery soldiers under the command of Senior Lieutenant Bogaychuk S.R. took up carbines and grenades , and in a hand-to-hand fight they defended their position.
The battery commander was seriously injured, but did not leave the battlefield.
Since 1946 Major S. Bogaychuk - in stock. He lived in Kiev . He died on November 30, 1984.
Rewards
- By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 16, 1943, for the exemplary performance of command missions on the front of the struggle against Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown to this, senior lieutenant Bogaychuk Stepan Romanovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal "(No. 1657).
- He was awarded the orders of Lenin, Alexander Nevsky , medals.
Sources
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1987.- T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN comp., Reg. RCP No. 87-95382.
Links
Bogaychuk, Stepan Romanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".