Alexei Ivanovich Koshkin ( September 20, 1920 - November 30, 1942 ) - a veteran of the Great Patriotic War , commander of a platoon of machine gunners of the 1st shock special-purpose detachment of the Tuapse defense region of the 18th army of the Transcaucasian Front , lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumous). He died in battle.
| Alexey Ivanovich Koshkin | |||
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| Date of Birth | September 20, 1920 | ||
| Place of Birth | Brynchagi village , Yaroslavl province , RSFSR | ||
| Date of death | November 30, 1942 (22 years old) | ||
| Place of death | near Mount Semashkho , Krasnodar Territory | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | infantry | ||
| Years of service | 1940 - 1942 | ||
| Rank | lieutenant | ||
| Commanded | a platoon of machine gunners of the 1st shock special-purpose detachment of the Tuapse defense region | ||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Biography
Alexei Koshkin was born into a peasant family on September 20, 1920 in the village of Brynchagi, now the Pereslavl district of the Yaroslavl region . After seven years of school, he got a job at MTS , where he received the specialty of a tractor driver.
He was called up to the Red Army shortly before the start of World War II - in 1940 . He graduated from the Sumy Military Infantry School in 1942, receiving a lieutenant rank. A participant in the war since June 1942, took part in the battles on the Transcaucasian Front as part of the 1st Special Purpose Strike Unit of the Tuapse Defensive Region. On October 23, 1942, a platoon of machine gunners commanded by Koshkin was deployed to strengthen the position of the Soviet forces in the region of Mount Semashkho - 25 kilometers from Tuapse .
On the night of November 29-30, a platoon of Alexei Ivanovich was to knock out the enemy troops, making their way to Tuapse, from the saddle between the Semashkho and Two Brothers mountains. The enemy’s forces exceeded the platoon three times, but Koshkin’s machine gunners completed the task. At dawn, an enemy counterattack began under the cover of bombers. Alexei Koshkin received shrapnel wounds to both legs, but continued to command the battle and fire. During a heavy battle, the lieutenant was cut off from his own, and when enemy soldiers surrounded the wounded Koshkin, he, in order not to surrender, blew himself up with an anti-tank grenade, killing 6 German soldiers, including 3 officers, besides himself. After the death of the commander, the platoon managed to destroy the enemy company and gain a foothold in the saddle.
On March 31, 1943, for the courage and heroism shown during the performance of an important combat mission, Lieutenant Koshkin Alexei Ivanovich was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Alexey Ivanovich was buried near the place of death - on the slope of Mount Semashkho.
Memory
- In his honor was named a street in Pereslavl-Zalessky [1] and Tuapse [2] . In addition, a memorial plaque was installed in Tuapse [3] . The name of the Hero of the Soviet Union Aleksey Ivanovich Koshkin is the Tuapse District Patriotic Center, created by the youth administration of the administration of the municipality of Tuapse District, which deals with the issues of patriotic and spiritual and moral education of youth of the Tuapse region.
- Busts of the Hero of the Soviet Union A. I. Koshkin are installed in the villages of Brynchagi [1] and Rakhmanovo [4]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Koshkin, Alexey Ivanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- ↑ Alexei Ivanovich Koshkin on the site “Tuapse - Warrior City” Archived copy of September 7, 2007 on the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Tuapse Memorials Archived copy of September 12, 2007 on the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Bust of A.I. Koshkin in Rakhmanovo .
Literature
- Heroes of the fiery years. Yaroslavl: Upper Volga Prince ed., 1985.
Sources
- Koshkin, Alexey Ivanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Yaroslavl Region - “Brothers in Arms” (inaccessible link) .
- Memorable places of Tuapse .