Sergei Pavlovich Cherepakhin ( October 1, 1923 , p. Baiky - February 4, 1989 ) - the commander of the machine-gun crew of the 240th Guards Rifle Regiment ( 74th Guards Rifle Division , 8th Guards Army , 1st Belorussian Front ), Hero Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | October 1, 1923 | |||||
| Place of Birth | with. Tales , Birsk canton , Bashkir ASSR now Karaidel district , Bashkortostan | |||||
| Date of death | February 4, 1989 (65 years) | |||||
| Place of death | Ufa , Bashkir ASSR | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||
| Years of service | 1942-1947 | |||||
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| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Sergey Pavlovich Cherepakhin [1] was born on October 1, 1923 in the village of Baiki, now of the Karaidel district of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
He graduated from grade 4 school. He worked on the farm.
He was called to the ranks of the Red Army in March 1942 by the Karaidel District Military Commissariat. In the army since June 1942. He fought on the South-Western , 3rd Ukrainian and 1st Byelorussian fronts.
The commander of the machine-gun crew of the 240th Guards Rifle Regiment ( 74th Guards Rifle Division , 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front) Guard Sergeant S.P. Cherepakhin distinguished himself during the liberation of the Polish cities of Brzeziny , Lodz and Poznan .
After demobilization in 1947, S. P. Cherepakhin returned to his homeland. He worked as an electrician at the Yuryuzan leprompromkhoz. He died on February 4, 1989.
Feat
“On January 19, 1945, on the outskirts of Brzeziny, he boldly advanced in the first rows of shooters, with accurate fire destroyed 4 machine-gun calculations of the enemy, set fire to 2 vehicles with ammunition and destroyed 40 Nazis. In the area of Lodz, the Germans launched a counterattack. S.P. Cherepakhin, having let the enemy at a close distance, with accurate machine-gun fire he put the enemy's chain and point-blank shot 30 fascists. When all the cartridges were used up, he was the first to attack, dragging along the men of calculation, he destroyed even 15 Nazis with a fire of a captured machine gun.
In the battles for the arms factory in the city of Poznan, S. P. Cherepakhin destroyed the enemy’s machine-gun crew with a grenade, captured the machine-gun and, with precise fire, turned the Germans to flight. Thus, he provided the battalion with a combat mission. In this battle, the battalion captured 250 light and heavy machine guns, 130 machine guns, and 1,500 enemy rifles. ” [2]
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union, S. P. Cherepakhin, was awarded on May 31, 1945 [3] .
Awards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union (05/31/1945) [2] [3] ;
- Order of Lenin (31.05.1945);
- Order of the Patriotic War, I degree ;
- Order of Glory III degree (01/31/1945) [4] ;
- the medal "For courage" (10.24.1944) [5] ;
- other medals.
Notes
- ↑ Cherepakhin, Sergey Pavlovich . The site " Heroes of the country ."
- ↑ 1 2 Award list in the electronic bank of documents “ The People 's feat ” (archival materials of TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 793756 , 53 , l. 175, 176 ).
- ↑ 1 2 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the electronic bank of the document "The feat of the people " (archive materials TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 686046 , 170 , l. 11 ) ..
- ↑ Award documents in the electronic bank of documents “The feat of the people ” (archive materials TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 686196 , d. 2153 , l. 3, 89, 90 ) ..
- ↑ Order on awarding documents in the electronic bank “The feat of the people ” (archive materials TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 690155 , d. 5761 , l. 3 ) ..
Literature
- Indestructible - Ufa, 1985. / p. 174-204.
- Glorious sons of Bashkortostan. - Ufa, 1979, Vol. 4. / pp. 31-34.
- Bashkir Encyclopedia. Ch. ed. M.A. Ilgamov t. 7. F-Ya. - Ufa: Bashkir Encyclopedia, 2011. - 624 p.
Links
- Cherepanova N. I. Cherepakhin, Sergey Pavlovich // Bashkir encyclopedia / gl.red. M.A. Ilgamov. - Ufa: Bashkir Encyclopedia State Medical Academy, 2015—2019. - ISBN 978-5-88185-306-8 .
- Republican Museum of Military Glory: Cherepakhin Sergey Pavlovich .