Georgy Ivanovich Beruashvili [1] ( 1916 - 1944 ) - Red Army Worker and Peasant Red Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).
| Georgy Ivanovich Beruashvili | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1916 | |||
| Place of Birth | Tbilisi | |||
| Date of death | January 14, 1944 | |||
| Place of death | Cherkasy region | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Type of army | engineering troops | |||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1944 | |||
| Rank |  | |||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
Grigory Beruashvili was born in 1916 in Tbilisi . In 1941 he was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. Since the beginning of World War II on its fronts. By September 1943, the Red Army soldier Beruashvili commanded the detachment of the 132nd separate combat engineer battalion of the 38th Rifle Division of the 40th Army of the Voronezh Front . He distinguished himself during the battle of the Dnieper [2] .
On September 23-30, 1943, in the vicinity of the village of Grigorovka, Kanevsky district, Cherkasy region of the Ukrainian SSR, Beruashvili took an active part in organizing the transport of 20 guns, 35 mortars , 3 anti-aircraft machine guns , 900 boxes of ammunition, and 1,500 fighters. On the night of September 25-26, 1943, when he was damaged by steam with a gun, Beruashvili was able to quickly close all the holes and thereby save the cargo [2] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 10, 1944, Red Army soldier Georgy Berdashvili was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal [2] .
He died in battle on January 14, 1944. He was buried in a mass grave in the village of Bosovka, Lysyansky district, Cherkasy region of the Ukrainian SSR [2] .
He was also awarded the Order of the Red Star and a medal [2] .
Notes
- ↑ In a number of sources, the surname was distorted, as a result of which the hero was known under the surname Berdashvili. This mistake was corrected by the researcher of the history of the Great Patriotic War, candidate of historical sciences M. I. Kochiashvili [1] However, in some sources there is a spelling of the name of the Hero as Beruata Archival copy of April 15, 2016 on the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Berdashvili Georgy Ivanovich . AZ Library. Date of treatment February 26, 2012. Archived on September 13, 2012.
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.
- Pliev B. 3. Warriors of South Ossetia in the battles for the Soviet Motherland. Tbilisi, 1979./p. 90-94.
- The Dnieper is a river of heroes. Kiev, 1983./p.286.
- Tskitishvili K.V., Chinchilakashvili T.G. Heroes of the Soviet Union from Georgia. Tbilisi, 1981. / p. 63-65.
- Dzhioeva M. Heroes do not die. Newspaper "South Ossetia", No. 54 + 55 of May 9, 2015
Links
Igor Serdyukov. Beruashvili, Georgy Ivanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment June 18, 2015.