Mikhail Grigorievich Erokhin ( 1923 - 1943 ) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War , reconnaissance platoon on foot reconnaissance of the 955th Infantry Regiment of the 309th Piryatinsky Infantry Division of the 40th Army of the Voronezh Front, a Red Army man . Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1943 ).
| Erokhin Mikhail Grigorievich | ||||
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| Date of Birth | December 12, 1923 | |||
| Place of Birth | Serebryany Khutor, Morozovsky District , Rostov Region | |||
| Date of death | November 10, 1943 (19 years old) | |||
| A place of death | Rzhishchev , Kiev region , Ukrainian SSR , buried in the town of Rzhishchev | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Rank | Red Army man | |||
| Battles / wars | World War II :
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 Memory
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
Born December 12, 1923 on the Serebryany farm in the Morozovsky district of the Rostov region in a working class family. Russian
Together with his father he moved to the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Region. Received an incomplete secondary education.
In the Red Army since June 1941 . Member of the Great Patriotic War since July 1941. He fought on the Voronezh and 1st Ukrainian fronts. He took part in the Battle of Kursk, in the liberation of Left-Bank Ukraine.
On foot the reconnaissance platoon reconnaissance platoon soldier Mikhail Erokhin on the night of September 22, 1943 crossed with a group of scouts to the right bank of the Dnieper at the Monastyryok hamlet (now within the city-type settlement of Rzhishchev, Kiev region of Ukraine) and immediately went into battle for the bridgehead. In hand-to-hand combat, he personally destroyed 13 and captured 2 Nazis, participated in repelling numerous enemy counterattacks.
He died in battle on November 10, 1943 . He was buried in a mass grave in the urban-type village of Rzhishchev , where his name is placed on the memorial plaque.
The command, the party and the Komsomol organizations thank you for the upbringing of such a courageous warrior as your son, ”wrote General D.F. Dremin to the father of Mikhail Erokhin, Grigory Egorovich. - In these battles for the great and just cause - the defense of the Fatherland, the honor and independence of our country, your hero-hero Mikhail Erokhin distinguished himself, who was the first to cross to the right bank of the Dnieper.
Our party and the government praised his merit for his homeland in the fight against the German invaders, conferring on him the high rank of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal [1] .
Rewards
- By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 23, 1943, for the exemplary performance of command missions on the front of the struggle against Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Red Army soldier Mikhail Erokhin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
- He was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Star.
Memory
- A street in the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Region, is named after Hero.
See also
- List of Heroes of the Soviet Union of the Rostov region .
Notes
Links
Erokhin, Mikhail Grigorievich (scout) . Site " Heroes of the country ".