Ivan Fedorovich Samarkin ( July 11, 1902 - November 30, 1968 ) - commander of the 1185th Infantry Regiment (356th Infantry Division, 61st Army, Central Front), Colonel . Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | July 11, 1902 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | with. New Karmala , Russian Empire (now Koshkinsky district, Samara region ) | ||||||
| Date of death | November 30, 1968 (66 years old) | ||||||
| Place of death | Kuibyshev , USSR | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
| Rank | Colonel  | ||||||
| Commanded | regiment | ||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
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Biography
Ivan Fedorovich Samarkin was born in 1902 in the Erzya village of New Karmala, now in the Koshkinsky district of the Samara region [1] . Ethnic Erzyanin.
Education is primary. In the Red Army - since 1924. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1926. In 1929 he graduated from the training courses for the commanders of the Red Army, in 1935 - machine gun courses and in 1938 - courses "Shot".
On the fronts of World War II from May 1942. He went through the whole war as a regiment commander. Participated in the defense of Moscow [2] .
He was awarded the title of Hero on January 15, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper (on the night of September 28, 1943 near the village of Novosyolky, Repkinsky District, Chernihiv Region) at the head of the 1185th Infantry Regiment of the 356th Infantry Division of the 61st Army.
After the war, he lived in the village of New Karmala, the village of Stepnaya Shentala, the village of Nadezhdino, in the village of Pogruznaya. Repeatedly elected to the village and district councils. For many years he worked in the Kirov military registration and enlistment office of the city of Kuibyshev.
He died on November 30, 1968 . He was buried in Samara at the Bezymyansky cemetery.
Rewards
- The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on January 15, 1944 (medal No. 2963). [3]
- He was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, Orders of Alexander Nevsky, the Red Star and many medals for the skillful leadership of the regiment’s military operations, courage and courage shown in battles.
Memory
On October 6, 2015, in the native village of Hero - New Karmal of the Koshkinsk district of the Samara region - a solemn event was held to open the memorial plaque to Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Fedorovich Samarkin. The Novokarmalinsky secondary school in the year of the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory was officially named after I.F. Samarkin.
The event was attended by close relatives of the Hero of the Soviet Union - the youngest daughter Irina Ivanovna Samarkina, her son Anton Vladimirovich Samarkin, nephew on the part of his wife Yuri Nikitich Grishin, niece on the part of his wife - Serafima Nikitichna Lopukhova.
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Links
Igor Serdyukov. Samarkin, Ivan Fedorovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment July 28, 2015.
- Samarkin Ivan Fedorovich .
- Milestones in the history of the Koshkinsky district (inaccessible link) .
- Stepno-Shentalinsky volost (inaccessible link) .