Mikhail Grigorievich Batrakov ( August 5, 1922 - January 16, 1945 ) - Soviet tank officer, participant in the Great Patriotic War , commander of a tank company of the 120th separate tank brigade of the 5th Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front , senior lieutenant [1] .
| Mikhail Grigorievich Batrakov | |||||||
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| Date of Birth | August 5, 1922 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | Raduga village, now Vetka district , Gomel region , Belarus | ||||||
| Date of death | January 16, 1945 (22 years old) | ||||||
| Place of death | East Prussia | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
| Type of army | armored forces | ||||||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1945 | ||||||
| Rank | captain | ||||||
| Commanded | tank company | ||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
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Hero of the Soviet Union ( 03.24.1945 ), captain .
Biography
Born on August 5, 1922 in the village of Rainbow, now Vetkovsky district, Gomel region of Belarus, in a peasant family. Belarus . He graduated from junior high school.
In the Red Army since 1941. Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He fought in the North Caucasus, the Kuban, Belarus, Lithuania, East Prussia. In 1943 he graduated from the Maykop armored school . Member of the CPSU (b) since 1943.
The commander of the tank company of the 120th separate tank brigade (5th army, 3rd Belorussian front), senior lieutenant Mikhail Batrakov, was especially distinguished in the battles during the liberation of the Baltic .
On July 26, 1944, a tank unit entrusted to Batrakov in a bloody battle broke through the enemy’s heavily fortified defenses on the right bank of the Neman River near the Lithuanian city of Kaunas . But in the rear of the Nazis, the path to the tankers of the company of the senior lieutenant Mikhail Batrakov was blocked by three dozen enemy tanks. The company of tank officer Batrakov repulsed four counterattacks, destroying fourteen tanks.
The crew of the tank company commander of the senior lieutenant Batrakov M. G. knocked out four enemy tanks.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, for the exemplary performance of command missions at the front of the battle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown to this, Lieutenant Batrakov Mikhail Grigoryevich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
The deputy commander of the tank battalion for the technical part of the 120th tank brigade, Captain Batrakov M.G., died in battle on January 16, 1945 in East Prussia . He was buried in the Lithuanian city of Kibartai .
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union
- The order of Lenin
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree
- Two Orders of the Red Star
Memory
A street in the city of Vetka in the Vetka district of the Gomel region of Belarus , a street and a school in the native village of Rainbow are named after the Hero.
Notes
- ↑ Position and military rank on the date of submission to the conferment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Literature
- 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
Batrakov, Mikhail Grigorievich . Site " Heroes of the country ". (Retrieved November 30, 2011)