Vasily Ignatievich Shumikhin ( February 22, 1922 , the village of Poloyka, now Krasnozersky district of the Novosibirsk region - June 1, 1952, Vinnitsa city ) - Hero of the Soviet Union ( November 13, 1943 ), junior sergeant, commander of the 616th separate engineer battalion 337th Infantry Division of the 40th Army of the Voronezh Front (battalion commander - Hero of the Soviet Union, Major M. Morkovin ).
| Vasily Ignatievich Shumikhin | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | February 22, 1922 | |||||
| Place of Birth | with. Pole, Krasnozersky district , Novosibirsk region | |||||
| Date of death | June 1, 1952 (aged 30) | |||||
| Place of death | Vinnitsa | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | engineering troops | |||||
| Years of service | 1942 - 1945 | |||||
| Rank | Lance Sergeant | |||||
| Commanded | engineer department | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Primary education. He worked on a collective farm. In the Red Army since 1942 , at the front since May 1942 . After the war, the foreman Shumikhin V.I. was demobilized. He lived in the city of Vinnitsa, worked as a forester.
He died on June 1, 1952 .
Feat
September 16, 1943 in the area of the village of Khoroshki, Lubensky district of the Poltava region with a group of sappers in the rear of the enemy blew up a dam and a girder bridge across the Sula River.
On September 22, 1943, under enemy fire, he quickly deployed fighters and ammunition of the division’s units to the right bank of the Dnieper in the vicinity of the village of Zarubentsy, Kanevsky district, Cherkasy region , which contributed to the consolidation of the captured bridgehead.
Rewards
- For courage and heroism shown during the crossing of the Dnieper, Junior Sergeant Shumikhin Vasily Ignatievich Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR dated November 13, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. In 2017, the Hero Star was put up for sale on the ebay website ( Hero Star. )
- The order of Lenin;
- Order of the Patriotic War 2 degrees;
- Order of Glory 2 degrees;
- Order of Glory 3 degrees.
Memory
- His name is street in the village Poloyka Krasnozersky district of the Novosibirsk region.
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegiums I. N. Shkadov - M.: Military Publishing, 1988. - T. 2 / Lyubov - Yashchuk /.
- Road ways. A collection of memoirs of veterans of the 337th Infantry Division, Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, 1984.
Links
Shumikhin, Vasily Ignatievich . Site " Heroes of the country ".