Alexey Ivanovich Gorelenkov ( 1920 - 2005 ) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War , commander of the battalion of the 117th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, Major Guard. Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Place of Birth | Konchinka village, Krasninsky district , Smolensk province , RSFSR | |||||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||||
| Years of service | 1940-1958 | |||||||
| Rank | guard  | |||||||
| Part | 117th Guards Rifle Regiment | |||||||
| Commanded | rifle battalion | |||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards and titles
- 3 Memory
- 4 Literature
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
Born on October 20, 1920 in the village of Konchinka of the Volkovsky Village Council (now the Krasninsky District of the Smolensk Region ; according to other sources, in the village of Kryukovo of the Volokolamsky District of the Moscow Region), in a peasant family. Russian
Secondary education.
In the Red Army since 1940. In 1941 he graduated from political courses in the city of Radomyshl, Zhytomyr region. Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1944.
Major Aleksey Gorelenkov, commander of the battalion of the 117th Guards Rifle Regiment of the Guard, distinguished himself in battles near Berlin . On April 23, 1945, he was among the first to cross the Spree River and seize the bridgehead . In a battle at the chemical plant, the battalion destroyed over a company and captured more than 100 Nazis. The battalion participated in the seizure of a number of factories and the central telephone exchange in Berlin.
Until 1958, Major Gorelenkov continued to serve in the army. After being transferred to the reserve, he lived and worked in Moscow.
He died on May 18, 2005 [1] .
Awards and titles
- Title Hero of the Soviet Union . Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946:
- Order of Lenin
- Gold Star medal .
- Order of Suvorov III degree. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 483 / n dated March 5, 1945.
- Order of Alexander Nevsky . Order of the Military Council of the 8th Guards Army No. 410 / n dated November 12, 1944.
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 11, 1985.
- Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 9, 1945.
- Medal "For the capture of Berlin." Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945.
- Medals of the USSR.
- Honorary Citizen of Meiningen , ( GDR ) [2] .
Memory
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| Commemorative plaque | |
| The Heroes Alley | |
- Gorelenkova named the street in the village of Volkovo, on which a memorial plaque was installed.
- The name of the Hero is immortalized on the Alley of Heroes of the Krasninsky district [3] .
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.
- Morozov A.V. 39th Barvenkovskaya. - M.: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1981.
Notes
- ↑ Page of memory .
- ↑ 117th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (inaccessible link) .
- ↑ Opening of the Heroes Alley of the Krasninsky District Archival copy of October 22, 2014 on the Wayback Machine .
Links
- Gorelenkov, Alexey Ivanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Gorelenkov Alexey Ivanovich .
- Gorelenkov Alexey Ivanovich .
- Award sheet for conferring the title "Hero of the Soviet Union". Site “Feat of the people”