Vladimir Ilyich Davydov ( April 15, 1923 - January 27, 1944 ) - Lieutenant of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).
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| Date of Birth | April 15, 1923 | ||||
| Place of Birth | Aleikino village, Sursk district , Ulyanovsk region | ||||
| Date of death | January 27, 1944 (20 years) | ||||
| Place of death | Crimea | ||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1944 | ||||
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| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||
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Biography
Vladimir Davydov was born on April 15, 1923 in the village of Aleikino (now the Sursky District of the Ulyanovsk Region ) in a peasant family. In 1934, he and his family moved to Irkutsk . He graduated from six classes of secondary school, then school factory apprenticeship . He worked as a turner at the Irkutsk Heavy Machinery Plant named after V. V. Kuibyshev. In August 1941, Davydov voluntarily went to serve in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. Since September of the same year - on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. He took part in battles on the Western , Bryansk , South-Western , Southern , Transcaucasian , North Caucasian fronts, then was transferred to the Separate Maritime Army . He participated in the Oryol-Bryansk defensive operation , the battle for the Caucasus , the Novorossiysk-Taman and the Kerch-Eltigen operation . In the battles he was wounded six times. By November 1943, Guards Lieutenant Vladimir Davydov commanded a walking reconnaissance platoon of the 15th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Guards Rifle Division of the 56th Army of the North Caucasus Front. He distinguished himself during the liberation of the Kuban , Taman and Crimea [1] .
During the fighting in the Krasnodar Territory and on the Taman Peninsula, Davydov personally went to the rear of the enemy six times, took seven prisoners, delivered valuable information about the enemy. During the period from September 15 to November 5, 1943, a platoon of Davydov destroyed and captured about 190 enemy soldiers and officers. Davydov himself personally destroyed several dozen enemy soldiers and officers in those battles. On November 3, 1943, when during the crossing of the Kerch Strait , the Black Sea Fleet's transport ships were subjected to an airstrike, the boat carrying Davydov's platoon was damaged. Davydov organized a fire extinguishing, and then, replacing the wounded helmsman, brought the boat to the shore. In battles on the bridgehead on the Kerch Peninsula, a reconnaissance group of five, led by Davydov, in a battle near the village of Baksy (now the village of Glazovka of the Leninsky district of Crimea) destroyed several enemy soldiers and took one more prisoner [1] .
January 27, 1944 Davydov was killed in battle. He was buried in the village of Fontalovskaya Krasnodar Territory [1] .
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 16, 1944, for “exemplary execution of command assignments and courage and heroism shown at the same time”, Guard Lieutenant Vladimir Davydov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union . He was also awarded the Order of Lenin and the Red Star , the medal "For Courage" [1] .
Memory
- A street in Irkutsk is named after Davydov [1] .
- In Irkutsk, on the buildings where Davydov studied and worked, memorial plaques were installed in his memory [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Davydov, Vladimir Ilyich . The site " Heroes of the country ."
- ↑ Plaques and monuments of Irkutsk .
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. College I. Shkadov . - Moscow : Military Publishing , 1987. - T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 s. - 100 000 copies - ISBN SEC., Reg. Number in the PSC 87-95382.
- Heroes of the battles for the Crimea. - Simferopol: Tavriya, 1972.
- Kuznetsov I.I. Golden Stars Irkutyan. - Irkutsk, 1982.