Gorbatenko, Nikolai Zakharovich

Nikolai Zakharovich Gorbatenko
Nikolai Zakharovich Gorbatenko
Date of Birth	December 12, 1923
Place of Birth	Uspenka village (now in the Tatar district , Novosibirsk region )
Date of death	October 21, 1981 (57 years old)
A place of death	Alma-ata
Affiliation	the USSR
Type of army	infantry
Years of service	1942 - 1956
Rank
Battles / wars	The Great Patriotic War

Nikolai Zakharovich Gorbatenko ( 1923 - 1981 ) - major of the Soviet Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ).

Content

1 Biography
2 Awards
3 notes
4 Literature
5 References

Biography

Nikolai Gorbatenko was born on December 12, 1923 in the village of Uspenka (now the Tatarsky District of the Novosibirsk Region ) into a working family.

Received an incomplete secondary education.

In 1942, Gorbatenko was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army . In the same year, he graduated from the Omsk Military Infantry School and was sent to the front of the Great Patriotic War . By July 1944, Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Gorbatenko commanded a platoon of the 1234th Infantry Regiment of the 370th Infantry Division of the 69th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front . Distinguished during the liberation of Poland ^[1] .

On July 31, 1944, Gorbatenko was one of the first to cross the Vistula River near the city of Pulawy with improvised means and took an active part in repelling four enemy counterattacks. When the company commander fell out of service, Gorbatenko replaced him with himself and continued to carry out the combat mission ^[1] .

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 24, 1945, Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Gorbatenko was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal ^[1] .

After the war, Gorbatenko continued to serve in the Soviet Army . In 1947 he graduated from advanced training courses for officers. In 1956, with the rank of major, he was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Alma-Ata . He died on October 21, 1981 ^[1] .

Rewards

Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union;
Order of Lenin ;
Order of Alexander Nevsky ;
Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree;
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree;
two orders of the Red Star ;
medals ^[1] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Gorbatenko Nikolai Zakharovich (Russian) . AZ Library. Date of treatment December 3, 2012. Archived January 16, 2013.

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.
Stars of valor warrior. - Novosibirsk, 1979. - S. 90-92.

Links

Gorbatenko, Nikolai Zakharovich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".
Gorbatenko Nikolay Zakharovich .
Gorbatenko Nikolay Zakharovich. Novosibirsk Book of Memory .

[гнз-1] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Gorbatenko Nikolai Zakharovich (Russian) . AZ Library. Date of treatment December 3, 2012. Archived January 16, 2013.