Medvedev Nikolay Yakovlevich ( 1922 - 1985 ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , 2nd number of anti-tank rifle company PTR of the 384th Separate Marine Battalion of the Odessa Naval Base of the Black Sea Fleet, sailor. Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | December 4, 1922 | ||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Mashkovo-Surena village, Kozlovsky district , Tambov province , RSFSR | ||||||||||
| Date of death | October 17, 1985 (62 years) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow , USSR | ||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||||
| Years of service | 1941-1945 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Senior sailor  | ||||||||||
| Part | 384th Separate Marine Corps Battalion | ||||||||||
| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||||
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Biography
He was born on December 4, 1922 in the village of Mashkovo-Suren (now - Nikiforovsky District, Tambov Region) in a peasant family. Russian .
He graduated from the 5 classes of school number 9 of the city of Michurinsk . He worked as a mechanic at a steam engine repair plant in Michurinsk.
In the Navy since September 1941 he served as a castle in the artillery part of the coastal defense of the city of Batumi .
In 1943, Nikolai Medvedev was sent to the city of Poti in the emerging separate flame-throwing company.
In November 1943, in the city of Osipenko (now Berdyansk), a company was poured into the 384th Separate Marine Corps Battalion - Medvedev became the 2nd number of anti-tank gun .
In the second half of March 1944, he joined the landing group under the command of Senior Lieutenant Konstantin Fedorovich Olshansky . The task of the landing was to facilitate the frontal attack of the Soviet troops during the liberation of the city of Nikolaev, which was part of the Odessa operation . After disembarking in the seaport of Nikolaev, the detachment repulsed 18 enemy attacks within two days, destroying about 700 Nazis. In these battles, almost all the paratroopers died heroically, Nikolai Medvedev was wounded and sent to hospital.
After treatment at the hospital, Medvedev returned to his battalion of marines, in which he fought until the spring of 1945.
In November 1945, he was demobilized.
He lived in the city of Moscow.
From July 1947, he worked in Laboratory No. 2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Institute of Atomic Energy named after I. Kurchatov) as a mechanic of experimental stands and installations.
Member of the CPSU since 1951.
Since 1977 - retired.
He died on October 17, 1985 .
He was buried at the Kuntsevo cemetery of Moscow (section 9-2).
Memory
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| Photo with Admiral S.G. Gorshkovym . The appeal date is February 19, 2012. Archived September 11, 2012. | |
| Heroes olshantsy (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is February 19, 2012. Archived June 30, 2012. | |
| Monument to Heroes-olshanets (Inaccessible link) . The date of circulation is February 19, 2012. Archived January 16, 2013. | |
- N. Ya. Medvedev is the author of the book of memoirs "We were 68 ...".
- In Nikolaev in the park of a name of 68 paratroopers the monument is established.
- In the village of Oktyabrsky on the bank of the Bug estuary , from where the paratroopers went on mission, a memorial granite block with a memorial inscription was installed.
Awards and titles
- By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 20, 1945 for exemplary performance of combat tasks of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown to sailor Nikolai Yakovlevich Medvedev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal ( No. 5898).
- He was awarded the orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees and medals, including the "Labor Veteran" and dedicated to the anniversaries of the Victory and the USSR Supreme Council.
- Honorary citizen of the city of Nikolaev .
Literature
- N.Ya. Medvedev. We were 68 / Ivan Zhigalov's literary record. - Edition revised and updated. - M .: DOSAAF, 1966. - 50 000 copies.
- Bozhatkin M.I. The landing force takes the fight. - Nikolaev: Possibilities of Kimmeria, 1998. - 379 p. - BBK ST 63.3 (4УКР-4МИК) .
- Marine valor / compilers Yu. I. Chernov, A. A. Voronin. - M .: Military Publishing , 1982. - 206 p. - 65 000 copies - BBK 359.75 (09) + 3KSM .
Links
- Medvedev, Nikolai Yakovlevich . The site " Heroes of the country ."
- MEDVEDEV Nikolay Yakovlevich . The appeal date is February 19, 2012. Archived September 11, 2012.
- Photo album Medvedev (Inaccessible link) . The appeal date is February 19, 2012. Archived March 27, 2005.