Timofey Alekseevich Pochtaryov ( Belorussian . Tsimafei Alyakseevich Pachtaro ; November 3, 1913 - September 18, 1992 ) - gunner, colonel , Hero of the Soviet Union . During the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945, an officer-operator of the coastal defense headquarters of the Peter and Paul Naval Base (Navy) of the Pacific Fleet .
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| Date of Birth | November 3, 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Kolosy village , Rogachevsky district , Gomel region | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | September 18, 1992 (78 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | St. Petersburg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | artillery Marines | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Colonel  | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940) The Great Patriotic War Soviet-Japanese war | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born October 21 (November 3), 1913 in the village of Kolos, now Rogachev district, Gomel region of Belarus, in a peasant family. Belarus . In 1930 he moved to Leningrad , where he worked as a mechanic at the Electric factory . He graduated from the 1st year of the Mechanical Institute .
In the Navy since 1934. In 1938 he graduated from the Sevastopol Naval Artillery School named after LKSMU. Arrived in the Baltic Fleet . He participated in the war with Finland from 1939-1940 . Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1940.
In the battles of World War II since 1941. He fought in the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. Commander of the coastal artillery battery. Member of the defense of Leningrad . For the courage shown in the battles near Narva , he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. In 1944 he was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet , and in May 1945 - to the Pacific Fleet.
Member of the Soviet-Japanese war of 1945.
Major Pochtaryov, operator of the coastal defense headquarters operator (Peter and Paul Naval Naval Base, Pacific Fleet), was appointed commander of the combined battalion of the marine corps during the Kuril landing operation . On August 18, 1945, a battalion under his command successfully landed on the island of Shumshu ( Kuril Islands ), captured coastal defenses and boldly began to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defense.
The unit led by Major Pochtaryov seized the headquarters of the Japanese battalion and forced to surrender several times superior enemy forces. In battles, Major Pochtaryov showed a personal example of fearlessness and courage, acted boldly and decisively, more than once at the head of a battalion went on the attack on the enemy. He was wounded, but remained in service.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 14, 1945, Major Pochtarev Timofey Alekseevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal for exemplary fulfillment of command missions of the command on the front of the fight against Japanese militarists and shown courage and heroism.
After the war, he continued to serve in the USSR Navy. In 1955 he graduated from the Naval Academy . Since 1957, Colonel T. A. Pochtaryov - in stock.
He lived in the city of Sestroretsk, now the administration of St. Petersburg . He died on September 18, 1992.
Rewards
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner ,
- Order of the Patriotic War 1st and 2nd degree,
- Order of the Red Star ,
- medals.
Memory
In the city of Rogachev, Gomel region, on the Alley of Heroes in the Pioneer Park, a memorial sign to T. A. Pochtaryov was installed.
Links
Pochtaryov, Timofey Alekseevich . Site " Heroes of the country ".