Daniil Nikitovich Bely ( October 20, 1897 , the village of Samotugi Kholminsky, now Koryukovsky , district, Chernihiv Oblast - October 1, 1973 , Moscow ) - Soviet military leader, major general of tank forces . Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | October 20, 1897 | ||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Samotugi village of Kholminsky, now Koryukovsky district, Chernihiv region | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | October 1, 1973 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||
| A place of death | Moscow | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||||||
| Type of army | Tank forces | ||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1918 - 1955 | ||||||||||||
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| Commanded | 8th Guards Mechanized Brigade | ||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Civil war in Russia The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Military service
- 2.1 Civil war
- 2.2 The interwar period
- 2.3 World War II
- 2.4 Post-war career
- 3 Awards
- 4 References
- 5 Literature
Biography
Daniil Nikitovich Bely was born on October 20, 1897 in the village of Samotugi of Kholminsky, now Koryukovsky , district of the Chernihiv region in a peasant family.
He graduated from junior high school.
Military Service
Civil War
White in 1918 joined the partisan detachment, and then - in the Red Army . He participated in the Civil War , liberated several Ukrainian cities.
In 1919 he joined the ranks of the RCP (b) .
The interwar period
In 1926, Daniil Nikitovich Bely graduated from the Shot courses , and in 1934, advanced training courses for command personnel.
World War II
Since 1941, he took part in battles on the fronts of World War II.
During the offensive of the enemy troops, the tank formation under the command of Bely caused great damage, arranging tank ambushes. During the battle of Moscow, the tank formation under the command of D.N. Bely, having created good defense, went over to the counteroffensive, pushing the enemy away from the capital.
During the Battle of Stalingrad, a tank formation under the command of Bely fought in the 62nd Army , then participated in the operation , codenamed "Uranus . "
He took part in the Battle of Kursk .
Having crossed the Seim river, the connection passed the Chernihiv region , and by dawn on September 22, 1943 entered the city of Zolotonosha in Cherkasy.
At the end of September 1943, the commander of the 8th Guards Mechanized Brigade, Major General Daniil Nikitovich Bely organized the actions of units during the crossing of the Dnieper in the village of Selishche ( Kanevsky District , Cherkasy Region ) and soon the brigade seized the bridgehead and firmly fixed on it.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 25, 1943, for the courage and heroism shown when crossing the Dnieper and holding the bridgehead on its right bank of the guard, Major General of the Tank Troops White Danil Nikitovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal (No. 1254).
At the final stage of the war, he fought in Belarus , the Baltic states , Poland and Germany .
Post-War Career
In 1951 he graduated from higher academic courses at the Military Academy of the General Staff . Since 1955 was in stock.
Daniil Nikitovich Bely died on October 1, 1973 in Moscow . He was buried at the Golovinsky cemetery (plot 9a).
Rewards
- Two Orders of Lenin ;
- Four Orders of the Red Banner ;
- Order of Suvorov 2nd degree;
- Order of the Red Star ;
- Medals.
Links
Bely, Daniil Nikitovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
Literature
- Battle of Stalingrad. July 1942 - February 1943: Encyclopedia / Ed. M.M. Zagorulko . - 5th ed., Rev. and add. - Volgograd: Publisher, 2012.- S. 70. - 800 p.