Nikolay Stepanovich Shelikhov (1920–1945) - Soviet soldier, participant of the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), Guards senior lieutenant , commander of a rifle company of the 66th Guards regiment of the 23rd Guards rifle division .
| Nikolai Stepanovich Shelikhov | |||||||
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| Date of Birth | December 6, 1920 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | with. Uvarovo , now Glubokovsky district , East Kazakhstan region | ||||||
| Date of death | April 23, 1945 (24 years old) | ||||||
| Place of death | Berlin | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||
| Years of service | 1939 - 1945 | ||||||
| Rank | guard senior lieutenant  | ||||||
| Part | 66th Guards Regiment, 23rd Red Banner Guards Dnovskaya Rifle Division , 3rd Attack Army , 1st Belorussian Front | ||||||
| Position | company commander | ||||||
| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
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Biography
N. S. Shelikhov (less common is the Shelekh spelling) was born into a peasant family in the village of Uvarovo near Ust-Kamenogorsk . He worked as a tractor driver at MTS.
In 1939 he was called up for active military service. At the front since July 1941. In 1944 he graduated from the school junior commanders. He accomplished his feat on the outskirts of Berlin .
On April 16, 1945, a rifle company under the command of the Guard Lieutenant Shelikhov swiftly captured the German trenches on the Oder bridgehead, and a week later, on April 23, it broke into the outskirts of Berlin. Fierce street fighting began. Breaking the fierce resistance of the Nazis, the guardsmen of the 23rd Red Banner Dnovskaya Division were eager for the city center. The enemy now and then turned into counterattacks. On this day, the company of Shelikhov beat off fifteen counterattacks. The ammunition ran out, and the fascists, with the support of two tanks, counterattacked again. Then Shelikhov took the place of the gunner to the trophy gun. Having let the first tank go 30-40 meters, he set fire to it with a well-aimed shot, and destroyed dozens of enemy soldiers with shrapnel. But the second tank broke the cannon. Guard Lieutenant Shelikhov was wounded sixth during the war, but did not leave the battlefield. When the enemy infantry broke into the company position, the brave commander, overcoming the pain, led the guards hand-to-hand, and a handful of brave men fled the Nazis. In this fight, the company commander fell the death of the brave.
Buried in Berlin.
The title of Hero N. S. Shelikhov was awarded on May 31, 1945.
Memory
- Near Berlin, near the crossroads of the Berlin-Blankenburg and Berlin-Bernau roads, a marble monument was erected with the inscription "Hero of the Soviet Union of the Guard was killed, Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Stepanovich Shelekhov, born April 22, 1945".
- The name of N. S. Shelikhov is one of the streets of Ust-Kamenogorsk .
- N. S. Shelikhov forever entered the ranks of the 66th Guards Regiment.
- In the village of Uvarovo, a monument to N.Shelikhov is installed.
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. College I. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Lyubov - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100 000 copies - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 . - p. 744.
- Fearless: Essays on the Heroes of the Soviet Union from East Kazakhstan. - Alma-Ata: Kazakhstan, 1964. - p. 39-43.
- Heroes of the Soviet Union are Kazakhstanis. Book 1. Alma-Ata, 1968.
Links
V.V. Primachenko. Shelikhov, Nikolai Stepanovich . The site " Heroes of the country ."