Nikolai Andreevich Goncharov ( 1919 - 1945 ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , commander of a machine-gun company of the 270th rifle regiment of the 58th rifle division of the 3rd Guards Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, senior lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Goncharov Nikolay Andreevich | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | 1919 | |||||
| Place of Birth | city of Vladikavkaz (now the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania) | |||||
| Date of death | February 13, 1945 | |||||
| Place of death | Poland | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Rank | Senior lieutenant  | |||||
| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Born in April 1919 in the city of Vladikavkaz, later the city of Ordzhonikidze of the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, now the city of Vladikavkaz of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, in a working-class family. Russian .
He graduated from 7 classes. Komsomolets, worked as a foreman.
In the Red Army since 1939. He graduated from the courses of junior lieutenants in the Ordzhonikidze Military School; then, in 1943, the improvement courses for officers. On the front - from May 1943. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1944.
In 1943, he took part in forcing major water barriers - the Desna , Dnieper , and Pripyat Rivers.
The machine-gun company of the 270th rifle regiment under the command of Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Goncharov on January 14, 1945, in the battles for the village of Makoshin (24 km south-east of Kielce, Poland ), destroyed up to 30 fascists. On the night of January 21, in the battle for the town of Byalachuv (9 km south of Opoczno ), a company broke through to the center of the city, repulsed 5 counterattacks of superior enemy forces and ensured the advancement of the regiment and the capture of the city. February 13 in the battle for sec. Milkau (15 km south of Nova-Sul , Poland) machine gunners destroyed over the company of the Nazis. Personally, the commander, replacing the gunner, destroyed up to 15 fascists.
Goncharov himself was killed in this battle. Buried in sec. Milkau
Wife - Alexandra Romanovna.
Awards
- The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously on June 27, 1945 .
- He was awarded the Order of Lenin, World War 2 degrees and the Red Star, as well as medals, including "For Courage" [1] .
Memory
- The name of the Hero is named a street in the city of Vladikavkaz [2] .
Notes
Links
Goncharov, Nikolai Andreevich . The site " Heroes of the country ." (Checked July 16, 2013)
- Goncharov Nikolai Andreevich .
- Photos of Heroes of the Soviet Union, natives of Ossetia (not available link) .