Alexander Petrovich Gorelov ( 1923 - 1953 ) - Guard Major of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army , commander of the rifle battalion of the 120th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Rifle Division , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1946 ).
| Alexander Petrovich Gorelov | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | March 27, 1923 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Baranovka village , Nikolaev district , Ulyanovsk region , RSFSR | |||||
| Date of death | 1953 | |||||
| A place of death | pos. Kolkhozabad , Kurgan-Tyube region , Tajik SSR , USSR | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||
| Years of service | 1942 - 1945 | |||||
| Rank |  captain | |||||
| Position | Rifle battalion commander | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
| Awards and prizes |
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| Retired |  major | |||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards and titles
- 3 Memory
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Biography
Alexander Gorelov was born on March 27, 1923 in the village of Baranovka [1] (now the Nikolaev district of the Ulyanovsk region ) into a working family.
He received an incomplete secondary education, worked as an accountant.
In April 1942, Gorelov was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. In 1943 he graduated from the Turkestan machine gun school. Since May of that year - on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. By April 1945, Captain Alexander Gorelov commanded a battalion of the 120th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front . He distinguished himself during the assault on Berlin [2] .
On April 22, 1945, the battalion with battles reached the Spree River and struck at enemy positions from the rear, capturing three bridges. In total, during the battles for Berlin, the battalion captured more than 2,000 soldiers and officers of the enemy, released from two camps of prisoners of war of the allied forces [2] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946, Captain Alexander Gorelov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal [2] .
In 1945, with the rank of Major, Gorelov was transferred to the reserve. He lived and worked in the village of Kolkhozabad, Kurgan-Tyube region of the Tajik SSR .
He died in 1953 [2] .
Awards and titles
- Hero of the Soviet Union [3] .
- Order of Lenin
- Gold Star Medal .
- Order of the Red Banner [4] .
- Order of Kutuzov III degree [5] .
- Order of the Red Star [6] .
- Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" [7] .
- Medal "For the capture of Berlin" [7] .
- Medals of the USSR .
Memory
- In honor of Gorelov, a street was named in Kolkhozabad [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Nikolaev district of the Ulyanovsk region .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Gorelov Alexander Petrovich . AZ Library. Date of treatment December 11, 2012. Archived January 25, 2013.
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 05.15.1946
- ↑ Order of the Military Council of the 8th Guards Army No. 255 / n dated August 14, 1944
- ↑ Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 526 / n dated April 8, 1945
- ↑ Order of the commander of the 266th infantry division No. 03 / n of January 13, 1944
- ↑ 1 2 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 9, 1945
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.
- Sechkina L.P. Your heroes, Tajikistan. Dushanbe, 1985./p. 90-92.
- Morozov A.V. 39th Barvenkovskaya. - M .: Military Publishing, 1981.
Links
Igor Serdyukov. Gorelov, Alexander Petrovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment March 13, 2015.