Mikhail Efimovich Dryanichkin ( 1909 - 1945 ) - captain of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ).
| Mikhail Efimovich Dryanichkin | ||||
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| Date of Birth | December 4, 1909 | |||
| Place of Birth | Chinchurino village (now Tetyushsky district , Tatarstan ) | |||
| Date of death | January 31, 1945 (35 years old) | |||
| A place of death | Poland | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Type of army | infantry | |||
| Years of service | 1931 - 1945 (with a break) | |||
| Rank |  | |||
| Battles / wars | Soviet-Finnish War The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Mikhail Dryanichkin was born on December 4, 1909 in a village of Chinchurino (now Tetyushsky district of Tatarstan ) into a peasant family. After graduating from seven grades of the school, he worked in the field of agriculture. In 1931 - 1933 he served in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, graduated from the school of junior commanders. In 1935, he was again called up for service. He participated in the Soviet-Finnish war . In 1940 he graduated from political courses, in 1943 - courses "Shot". By January 1945, Captain Mikhail Dryanichkin commanded a battalion of the 904th Infantry Regiment of the 245th Infantry Division of the 59th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front . He distinguished himself during the forcing of the Oder [1] .
On January 31, 1945, the Dryanichkina battalion crossed the Oder to the southeast of the Polish city of Kendzezhin and seized the bridgehead on its western shore. The enemy launched a counterattack with large forces, but the battalion successfully repelled it. In that battle, Dryanichkin was seriously wounded, from whom he died on the same day of 1945. He was buried in the Polish city of Katowice [1] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 10, 1945, Captain Mikhail Dryanichkin was posthumously awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union . He was also awarded the Orders of Lenin and Alexander Nevsky . [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Dryanichkin Mikhail Efimovich . AZ Library. Date of treatment February 19, 2013. Archived March 17, 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.
Links
Anton Bocharov. Dryanichkin Mikhail Efimovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment June 13, 2016.