Dmitry Sergeevich Rakshin ( November 14, 1913 - January 9, 1961 ) - commander of the machine-gun crew of the 132nd Guards Rifle Regiment ( 42nd Guards Rifle Division , 40th Army , Voronezh Front ), senior sergeant of the Guards, Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Dmitry Sergeevich Rakshin | ||||
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| Date of Birth | November 14, 1913 | |||
| Place of Birth | with. Leuza , Zlatoust district , Ufa province , now Kiginsky district | |||
| Date of death | January 9, 1961 (47 years) | |||
| Place of death | pos. Elnichny , Satkinsky district , Chelyabinsk region | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Type of army | infantry | |||
| Years of service | 1943-1945 | |||
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| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
Born on November 14, 1913 in the village of Leuza, Ufa Province, now the Kiginsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Russian. Secondary education - 7 classes of school. Before being drafted into the army, he worked as a tractor driver on a collective farm, as a chauffeur at the Satkinsk lespromhoz of the Chelyabinsk region.
He was called up to the Red Army in April 1943 by the Satka District Military Commissariat of the Chelyabinsk Region, on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War from May 1943 . He fought on the Voronezh and the 1st Ukrainian fronts.
After the war, he lived in his homeland, worked as a driver, garage mechanic at the Satka forestry.
He died on January 9, 1961. He was buried in the village Elnichny Chelyabinsk region.
Feat
“The commander of the machine-gun crew of the 132nd Guards Rifle Regiment (42nd Guards Rifle Division, 40th Army, Voronezh Front) Guards Senior Sergeant Rakshin D.S. as part of the shock group one of the first on September 28, 1943 crossed the river. Dnieper at with. Comb Kiev region and particularly distinguished himself in battles for the seizure and expansion of the bridgehead on the west bank of the river. Being wounded, remained in the ranks. "
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 29, 1943, for exemplary performance of combat missions of command and the heroism and courage displayed by the senior sergeant Rakshin Dmitry Sergeevich, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal [1] .
Awards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union (10.29.1943) [1] ;
- the Order of Lenin (10/29/1943);
- medal "For courage" (09/01/1943) [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 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. 682525 , 59 , l. 19 ) ..
- ↑ Order on awarding documents in the electronic bank “The feat of the people ” (archive materials TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 686044 , d. 472 , l. 2 ) ..
Literature
- Indestructible - Ufa, 1985.
- Glorious sons of Bashkortostan. - Ufa, 1979, Vol. four.
- Bashkir Encyclopedia. Ch. ed. M.A. Ilgamov, vol. 5. P-S. - Ufa: Bashkir Encyclopedia. 2009. - 576 s. - ISBN 978-5-88185-072-2 .
Links
- Rakshin, Dmitry Sergeevich . The site " Heroes of the country ."
- Dmitry Rakshin , bash-rmbs.ru. (Checked April 20, 2013) .