Georgy Semenovich Boltaev ( 1914 - 1986 ) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War , commander of a machine gun company of the 172nd Guards Rifle Regiment , captain of the guard. Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ).
| Georgy Semenovich Boltaev | |||||||
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| Date of Birth | April 5, 1914 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | Kustanay , Russian Empire | ||||||
| Date of death | August 13, 1986 (72 years old) | ||||||
| Place of death | Grozny , USSR | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||
| Years of service | 1936 - 1946 | ||||||
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| Part | 172nd Guards Rifle Regiment | ||||||
| Commanded | Company of machine gunners | ||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
| Awards and prizes |
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Content
Biography
George Boltaev was born on April 5, 1914 in the city of Kustanai (now Kazakhstan ) into a peasant family. He received secondary education, worked as chief accountant in the Semipalatinsk association "Glavparfumery".
Army Service
In 1936 - 1938 and 1939 - 1940, Boltaev served in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army . In May 1942 for the third time he was called up for military service.
In 1944 he graduated from the military infantry school in Tambov , after which he was on the fronts of World War II. In 1944 he joined the CPSU (b) .
By April 1945, Captain Georgy Boltaev commanded a machine gun company of the 172nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 57th Guards Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front .
Feat
He distinguished himself during the crossing of the Oder and the assault on the Zeelov Heights [1] .
On April 16, 1945, the first company in the regiment broke into the German trench at heights and destroyed 2 assault guns, 5 firing points and several dozen enemy soldiers and officers, and also captured a battery of 75 mm guns. On April 17, a company, pursuing the retreating German units, occupied the central street of the city of Zeelov [1] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945, Captain Georgy Boltaev was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal [1] .
Post-war period
In 1946, with the rank of captain, Boltaev was sacked. He lived and worked in the city of Grozny of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic [1] . He died in 1986 .
He was buried in the cemetery of the Leninsky district. The grave is a monument of regional importance. According to data from 2010, it is in unsatisfactory condition [2] .
Awards and titles
- Title Hero of the Soviet Union . Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945:
- Order of Lenin
- Gold Star Medal .
- Order of Alexander Nevsky . Order of the Military Council of the 8th Guards Army No. 498 / n dated February 27, 1945.
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 11, 1985.
- Order of the Patriotic War II degree. Order of the commander of the 4th Guards Rifle Corps No. 188 / n dated May 15, 1945.
- Order of the Red Star . Order of the commander of the 57th Guards Rifle Division No. 069 dated September 14, 1944.
- Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 9, 1945.
- Medals of the USSR. [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Boltaev Georgy Semenovich . AZ Library. Date of treatment April 7, 2012. Archived September 17, 2012.
- ↑ On approval of the List of cultural and historical monuments located on the territory of the Chechen Republic, previously registered with the state Archived copy of March 4, 2016 on Wayback Machine , Decree of the Government of the Chechen Republic of 9.11.2010, p. 8
Literature
Boltaev, Georgy Semenovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- 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.
- Heroes of the Soviet Union are Kazakhstanis. Alma-Ata. 1968, Prince 1. / pp. 135-136.
- Glazkov M.D. Frontiers of Immortality. Krasnoyarsk, 1975. / p. 91-94.
- He deserves the title of hero. 2nd ed., Revised. and add. Krasnoyarsk, 1975./p. 306-307.
See also
172nd Guards Rifle Regiment