Georgy Vasilievich Dikun ( 1915 - 1994 ) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Georgy Vasilievich Dikun | ||||||||||
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| Nickname | in the family he was called George | |||||||||
| Date of Birth | May 25, 1915 | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | Poltava | |||||||||
| Date of death | March 27, 1994 (78 years old) | |||||||||
| A place of death | Nizhny Novgorod | |||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||
| Type of army | tank forces | |||||||||
| Years of service | 1937 - 1977 | |||||||||
| Rank | Colonel (at the time of conferring the title of Hero - Guard Major ) | |||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 memory
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
Born May 25, 1915 in Poltava [1] (according to other sources - in the village of Zhukovka, Poltava province , now Zgurovsky district of Kiev region [2] ) in a family of railway workers. Father - a soldier of the tsarist army - died at the front [3] . He studied at Poltava Secondary School No. 1, then - at the Federal Law School at the Metall Plant (now the Poltava Turbomechanical Plant ). After graduation, the Federal Labor Law worked as a turner at the plant [1] .
In the Red Army since 1937 . Sent to tank troops . He graduated from the school of junior commanders, and then in 1938 - courses of junior lieutenants. He served in the Far East , first commanded a tank platoon , and two years later - a company [2] .
On the fronts of World War II since September 1941 . He fought on the Leningrad , North-West , Central , 2nd and 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. He was wounded five times [1] . He studied at the Higher Armored School.
He distinguished himself in battles on the territory of Poland and Germany for the capture of Lublin , Warsaw , Lodz , during the forcing of the Oder and the assault on Berlin .
In January 1945, a reconnaissance group under the command of the Major Dikun Guard, consisting of six tanks , four armored personnel carriers and fifteen motorcycles, was given the task of capturing a crossing in the area of the city of Nakel and scouting the enemy’s location and strength. With a sudden blow, the scouts captured Nakel. The first tanks broke into the streets, followed by armored personnel carriers. A bold assault took parts of the Wehrmacht by surprise. As a result of the battle, 300 German soldiers and officers were destroyed. In the morning, the reconnaissance group was counterattacked by significant enemy forces - in a fierce battle, the group held the bridgehead on the west bank of the Natse River and the bridges across it until the main forces arrived .
Having received a new task, the reconnaissance group left the city with the task of capturing the village of Mrotschen . Forty kilometers again. On a march during an air raid, fighters from a heavy machine gun shot down an enemy aircraft and captured two pilots. On January 23, they immediately captured the city of Mrotschen, where more than 200 Soviet prisoners of war were released from the concentration camp . The Rosvedgruppe acted boldly and decisively behind enemy lines. After the capture of the city of Schneidemühl’s guard, Major Dikun, despite the difficult situation and injured, managed to break through the enemy’s ring. On January 26, scouts connected with the advancing units. The raid lasted five days. During this time, scouts fought along the enemy’s rear two hundred kilometers, destroyed about 1,200 enemy soldiers and officers, a convoy, 12 guns, six vehicles and many other equipment.
Another episode from the combat life of Grigory Vasilievich Dikun: on one section of the front, the enemy launched a counterattack, throwing many tanks into battle. When the attack on the left flank was repulsed, the Germans decided to crush the right flank, the tankmen of Major Dikun's guard began to shoot them point-blank. In a fleeting battle, the enemy column was destroyed. Only one German tank managed to escape.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 24, 1945, Major Dikun Grigory Vasilievich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal for exemplary fulfillment of command assignments and courage and bravery of the guard shown.
Major Dikun met Victory Day in Berlin as commander of the 5th Separate Guards Motorcycle Regiment. After the Victory, he remained in the Armed Forces. In 1949 he graduated from the Higher Officer Armored School in Leningrad , commanded a tank regiment. Since 1977, the Guard Colonel G.V. Dikun - retired [2] .
After leaving the Armed Forces, he lived in Gorky . He worked as shift supervisor at the Gorky Dairy Plant [1] . He died on March 27, 1994 . He was buried in Nizhny Novgorod [2] .
Memory
- On the house where Grigory Vasilievich lived the last years of his life, on Lopatina street 3 in Nizhny Novgorod a memorial plaque was installed in honor of the Hero with the inscription “A participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, tanker, colonel lived in this house from 1986 to 1994 Dikun Georgy Vasilievich ” [4] .
- In 2019, a bust of the Hero was opened on the territory of the 3rd separate guards brigade for special purposes of the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces in Tolyatti [5] .
- The memory of the illustrious fellow soldier is preserved in the 54th separate guard reconnaissance battalion of the 8th army corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine [6] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Biography of Georgy Vasilievich Dikun on the Poltava historical site.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Biography of Georgy Vasilievich Dikun on the site History of Poltava .
- ↑ Biography of Georgy Vasilievich Dikun Archived copy of September 27, 2013 on the Wayback Machine on vtakt.ru .
- ↑ Biography of Georgy Vasilievich Dikun on opentextnn.ru .
- ↑ In the Samara region, the memory of the Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia was immortalized. // Red Star. - 2019, March 27. - C.2.
- ↑ I. Nazarchuk . History - as an inheritance, traditions - in life, valor - in the heart! 03/08/2008 . (Ukrainian) .
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1987.- T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN comp., Reg. RCP No. 87-95382.
Links
- Dikun, Georgy Vasilievich . Site " Heroes of the country ".