Alexei Ivanovich Ershov ( April 18, 1920 - January 11, 1944 ) - World War II participant, shooter of the 6th company of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 212nd Guards Infantry Regiment of the 75th Guards Infantry Division of the 30th Infantry Corps of the 60th Army of the Central Front , Guard Red Army , Hero of the Soviet Union (1943) [1] .
| Alexey Ivanovich Ershov | |||
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| Date of Birth | April 18, 1920 | ||
| Place of Birth | Apolikha village (now Kupinsky District , Novosibirsk Region , Russian Federation) | ||
| Date of death | January 11, 1944 (23 years) | ||
| Place of death | der. Koreni, Svetlogorsk district , Gomel region , Belorussian SSR , USSR | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | infantry | ||
| Years of service | 1943-1944 | ||
| Rank | Red Army Guard | ||
| Part | 75th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| Position | the shooter of the 6th company of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 212nd guards rifle regiment | ||
| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Biography
Born on April 18, 1925 in the village of Apolikhe, now the Kupinsky district of the Novosibirsk Region . In 1940 he graduated with honors from the Novoselsky seven-year school.
He was called up to the Red Army in 1943 and studied at the Kemerovo Military Infantry School [2] (according to other sources, at the regimental school in Kemerovo [3] ). Due to the difficult situation on the front, in August 1943 the cadets without assignment of the rank were sent to the army in the field. On September 4, 1943, the Red Army soldier Yershov became a rifleman of the 6th rifle company of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 212th guards rifle regiment of the 75th guards rifle division .
He especially distinguished himself when crossing the Dnieper River to the north of Kiev, in battles when the bridgehead was captured and held near the villages of Glebovka and Yasnogorodka ( Vyshgorodsky district, Kiev region ) on the right bank of the Dnieper in the autumn of 1943. In the award list, the commander of the 212th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 75th Guards Rifle Division of the Guards Colonel Borisov M.S. wrote [4] :
On September 23, 1943, Private Guard Yershov, as a part of Junior Lieutenant Yarzhin, first crossed the Dnieper River and first broke into the ship Nikolayev, where together with the platoon they captured the ship Nikolayev, a barge with military engineering property, a heavy machine gun, a mortar and two people from the crew team.
Participating in the battle for the village of Yasnogorodka, Private Guard Yershov showed courage, heroism and bravery, and destroyed up to 20 German soldiers and officers.
By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 17, 1943, for successfully crossing the Dnieper River north of Kiev, firmly fixing the bridgehead on the west bank of the Dnieper River and showing courage and heroism of the Red Army guard Alexey Ivanovich to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union awarding the Order of Lenin and Medal " Gold Star ” [5] .
He died on January 11, 1944 in the battle for the liberation of Belarus near the village of Koreni Domanovichi (now Svetlogorsk ) district of the Gomel region . Buried on the battlefield.
Awards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union (October 17, 1943)
- The order of Lenin
Memory
- In the town of Kupino (Novosibirsk region) (RF) and in the town of Svetlogorsk (Gomel region) (Belarus), streets are named after the Hero.
- A bust is installed on the Hero's grave [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Position and military rank given on the date of the feat.
- ↑ Kemerovo Higher Military Command School of Communications - Kemerovo Open.
- ↑ Chronicle of homeland Archival copy of February 2, 2014 on the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ TsAMO, f. 33, op. 793756, 15, entry 150010170, p. 494 . Archived July 29, 2012. Archived July 29, 2012.
- ↑ TsAMO, f. 33, op. 682525, d. 48, record 12057300 . Archived July 29, 2012. Archived July 29, 2012.
- ↑ Kupino .
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.
- Dnepr - the river of heroes. - 2nd ed., Ext. - Kiev: Ed. watered lit. of Ukraine, 1988. - ISBN 5-319-00085-5 .
- Forever in the heart of the people. - 3rd ed., Ext. and rev. - Minsk: Ch. ed. Byelorussian. owls encycl., 1984.
- On the war and comrades. A collection of memories. - Krasnograd: KMP JSC, 1996. - 208 p. with ill. - 950 copies
- Kapitonov E.G. The fall of the "Citadel". - Kingisep: Kingisep Printing House, 1996.— 116 p. with ill. - 500 copies
- Grigoriev I. Sacred Land Yasnogorodki. - In kN: Land of Heroes. - Kemerovo: Kemerovo book ed., 1978. - 288 p. with ill. - 10,000 copies - p.38 - 48.
Links
- Ershov, Alexey Ivanovich . The site " Heroes of the country ."
- Novosibirsk book of memory .
- Their names are named (inaccessible link) .
- Ershov Alexey Ivanovich .
- Kupino
- Chronicle of the native land .