Vasily Petrov ( March 21, 1921 , the village of Vantsovo , Pskov province [1] - November 25, 1944 , near Gumbinnen ) - commander of foot reconnaissance of the 146th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 48th Guards Rifle Division, Guard Sergeant [2] , Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Vasily Yakovlevich Petrov | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | ||||||
| Place of Birth | Vantsovo village , Pskov district , Pskov province , RSFSR [1] | |||||
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| A place of death | near Gumbinnen , East Prussia , Great German Empire | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||
| Years of service | 1942 - 1944 | |||||
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| Commanded | platoon | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 memory
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
Born March 21, 1921. Russian
In the late 1920s, he moved with his family to the Leningrad Region , in the village of Toksovo , in the village of Audio .
From 1929 to 1936 he studied at the Toksov school. He later graduated from vocational school No. 3 at the Leningrad Metal Plant . Since 1939, he worked at the plant as a fitter in a mechanical assembly shop.
Since 1942, he participated in battles on the Leningrad Front as part of the 153rd Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division as a sniper.
In March 1942 he was seriously injured. After recovery, he fought on the Western , Voronezh , South-Western , Steppe fronts as part of the 143rd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 48th Guards Rifle Division, on the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts as part of the 146th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 48th Guards Rifle Division as a scout. He served as commander of the reconnaissance unit, commander of a platoon of foot reconnaissance .
During the summer offensive battles under the leadership of Petrov and personally he himself captured more than 20 and exterminated up to 100 enemy soldiers and officers.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1943 for his courage, heroism in the fight against the German invaders, and guard Sergeant Petrov, Vasily Yakovlevich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal .
On November 25, 1944, while performing a combat mission near the town of Gumbinnen, the platoon commander of the 47th separate guards reconnaissance guard, junior lieutenant Vasily Petrov, was killed. At the time of his death, he was 23 years and 8 months old. He was buried in the city of Kaunas at a military cemetery on the Heroes Alley .
Since 2006, residents of the village of Toksovo and St. Petersburg have been advocating the creation of a park named after Hero of the Soviet Union V. Ya. Petrov in the village of Audio near the place where the house of the Petrov family was located.
Memory
- Memorial stele near the wall of the workshop of the Leningrad Metal Plant.
- The obelisk in the village of Toksovo.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Now - in the Pskov region , Pskov region , Russia .
- ↑ At the time of submission to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
Links
- Petrov, Vasily Yakovlevich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Petrov Vasily Yakovlevich on the website of the Leningrad Metal Plant .
- The obelisk, a monument to the scout V. Ya. Petrov on the site of the village of Toksovo (section Monuments of military glory).