Dmitry Sergeyevich Gusev ( 1915 - 1987 ) - senior lieutenant of the Soviet Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ).
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| Place of Birth | Tyukovka village, Novokhopersky district , Voronezh province , Russia | |||||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||||
| Years of service | 1942 - 1946 | |||||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||
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Biography
Dmitry Gusev was born on February 2 (15), 1915 in the village of Tyukovka (now the Borisoglebsky urban district of the Voronezh region ) into a peasant family. He graduated from five classes of the school, after which he worked as an electrician. In December 1942, Gusev was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army . Since 1943 - on the fronts of World War II. In 1944, Gusev graduated from junior lieutenant courses. By July 1944, Junior Lieutenant Dmitry Gusev commanded a machine-gun platoon of the 629th Infantry Regiment of the 134th Infantry Division of the 69th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front . Distinguished during the liberation of Poland [1] .
On July 29, 1944, Gusev’s platoon was the first to cross the Vistula River in the area of the village of Lucim , southwest of the Polish city of Pulawy, and took an active part in the capture, retention and expansion of the bridgehead on its western shore. In just one day, the platoon repelled 15 enemy counterattacks, destroying 15 firing points and a large number of enemy soldiers and officers [1] .
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 24, 1945, the second lieutenant Dmitry Gusev 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] .
In 1946, with the rank of senior lieutenant, Gusev was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Volgograd [1] , where he died in 1987 [2] [3] .
He was also awarded two orders of the Red Banner , orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees, as well as a number of medals [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Gusev Dmitry Sergeevich . AZ Library. Date of treatment January 14, 2013. Archived January 28, 2013.
- ↑ Gusev Dmitry Sergeevich . Heroes of the land of Voronezh . Front 36. Date of appeal October 25, 2015.
- ↑ Gusev Dmitry Sergeevich // Voronezh Military Historical Encyclopedia / Comp .: A.N. Yurasov. - Voronezh: Quarta, 2013 .-- 264 p.
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.
- He deserves the title of hero. - 2nd ed., Revised. and add. - Krasnoyarsk, 1975 .-- S. 224.
Links
Leonid Sheinman. Gusev, Dmitry Sergeevich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment January 22, 2016.