Konstantin Timofeevich Pershin ( July 10, 1909 , the village of Tikhoretskaya [1] , now Krasnodar Territory - January 6, 1958 , the village of Oktyabrskaya, Krylovsky District , Krasnodar Territory ) - deputy battalion commander of the 851th Infantry Regiment of the 278th Infantry Division of the 38th Army of the South -Western Front , Second Lieutenant [2] , Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Konstantin Timofeevich Pershin | ||||
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| Date of Birth | July 10, 1909 | |||
| Place of Birth | Tikhoretskaya village [1] | |||
| Date of death | January 6, 1958 (aged 48) | |||
| A place of death | October village, Pavlovsky district , Krasnodar Territory | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Type of army | infantry | |||
| Years of service | 1931 - 1934 , 1940 - 1946 | |||
| Rank | lieutenant colonel  | |||
| Battles / wars | Soviet-Finnish War , World War II | |||
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| Retired | lived in the village of Oktyabrskaya, Pavlovsky district, Krasnodar Territory | |||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Born July 10, 1909 in a working class family. Russian After graduating from junior high school he worked as a builder.
He served in the Red Army in 1931 - 1934 . In 1932 he graduated from the Krasnodar cavalry school. Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 . On the fronts of World War II since December 1941 .
Junior lieutenant Konstantin Pershin in stubborn defensive battles for the villages of Volokhov Yar , Blagodatovka , Novostepanovka of the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region of Ukraine from June 10 to 22, 1942 skillfully led the unit entrusted to him.
June 22, 1942 K.T. Pershin and five other soldiers at the observation post were cut off from our troops. Pershin organized the defense and fired on the Nazis from the Maxim machine gun. For 17 hours of continuous battle, he destroyed a large number of Nazis. Having thrown off the attacking enemy, the junior lieutenant with his small detachment rushed to a breakthrough. Clearing his way with machine-gun fire and grenades, K. T. Pershin with all five soldiers made his way to his battalion.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 14, 1943, for exemplary performance of command missions at the front of the struggle against Nazi invaders and courage and heroism shown to this, junior lieutenant Pershin Konstantin Timofeevich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal " Under the number 901.
In 1943, K. T. Pershin graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze . Since 1946, Lt. Col. K. T. Pershin - in stock. He lived in the village of Oktyabrskaya in the Pavlovsky district of the Krasnodar Territory . He worked as a director of the car depot. He died on January 6, 1958 .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Now the city of Tikhoretsk .
- ↑ At the time of submission to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Literature
- Kuban glorious sons. Book 1. Krasnodar, 1963.
- 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
- Pershin, Konstantin Timofeevich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Award sheet in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the people ” ..