Andrei Grigorievich Ognev ( July 29, 1902 - October 8, 1943 ) - Junior sergeant of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union (1943).
| Andrey Grigoryevich Ognev | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | July 29, 1902 | ||
| Place of Birth | from. Ust-Narym , Zmeinogorsk district , Tomsk province , Russian Empire (now Katon-Karagai district , East Kazakhstan region , Kazakhstan ) | ||
| Date of death | October 8, 1943 (41 years old) | ||
| A place of death | near s. Thick Forest, Novoshepelichsky district (now Ivankovsky district ), Kiev region , Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | infantry | ||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1943 | ||
| Rank |  | ||
| Part | 151st Infantry Regiment ( 8th Infantry Division , 13th Army , Central Front ) | ||
| Position | shooter | ||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Biography
Born July 29, 1902 in the family of a peasant-immigrant. In his native village he worked as a carpenter, builder. From the beginning of the war he went to the front.
Junior sergeant A. G. Ognev performed his main feat of the shooters of the 151st Infantry Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division while crossing the Dnieper in the area of Navozy village ( Chernihiv region (Chernihiv region) , Chernihiv region ).
“He skillfully organized the crossing across the Dnieper ,” the award sheet says, “while showing heroism, courage and resourcefulness in the manufacture of the simplest crossing facilities. Despite the thirty-kilometer path traveled by the unit and the active operations of enemy aircraft, Ognev, putting himself in danger, managed to transport the personnel and the material part of the battalion, thereby ensuring the successful completion of the command's combat mission. ”
For this feat, Junior Sergeant A. G. Ognev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 16, 1943. He died in the Kiev region, near the village of Thick Forest on October 8, 1943 . He was buried at the railway station near the village of Yanov . A memorial plate is installed above the grave.
Memory
- A street in the village of Bolshenarymskoye was named after A. G. Ognev.
- A street in Pripyat is named after A. G. Ognev.
Links
- Igor Serdyukov. Ognev, Andrei Grigorievich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment January 19, 2015.
- Heroes of the Soviet Union are Kazakhstanis. Alma-Ata, 1968, Prince 2. / p. 125-126.
- Forever in the heart of the people. 3rd ed., Ext. and rev. Minsk, 1984./p. 386.
- Heroes of the Soviet Union Katon-Karagai region .