Tsyban Pyotr Fedotovich (October 5, 1909, Vecherky - 11/22/1943) - guard lieutenant, commander of a communications platoon of the 120th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Barvenkovo Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944 )
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| Place of Birth | Vecherki, Poltava province , Russian Empire (now - Piryatinsky district , Poltava region , Ukraine ) | |||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | rifle troops | |||||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1943 | |||||
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| Part | 120th Guards Rifle Regiment | |||||
| Commanded | communication platoon | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Born on October 5, 1909 in the village of Vecherky, Poltava province of the Russian Empire (now - Piryatinsky district , Poltava region , Ukraine ) in a peasant family. Ukrainian .
Before serving in the army , from 1938 to 1941, he worked as an accountant in the city of Piryatin . He had two sons.
Army Service
In the army since 1941 . In 1942 he graduated from the Kuibyshev Military Communications School. At the end of the school - commander of a communications platoon of the 120th Guards Rifle Regiment ( 39th Guards Rifle Division , 8th Guards Army , 3rd Ukrainian Front ).
Guard Lieutenant Tsyban during the crossing of the Dnieper on the night of October 24, 1943 south of the city of Dnepropetrovsk and the battle on the bridgehead provided stable communication with the division headquarters , participated in repelling numerous enemy counterattacks.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944, for the exemplary performance of command missions on the front of the struggle against Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism of the guard shown, Lieutenant Tsyban Pyotr Fedotovich was awarded the highest rank of the USSR Hero of the Soviet Union .
Guard Lieutenant Peter Tsyban died in battle on November 22, 1943. He was buried in the village of Avdotievka, Sofievsky district, Dnipropetrovsk region of the Ukrainian SSR .
Rewards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (March 19, 1944):
- Order of Lenin ;
- Gold Star Medal ;
- medal "For Courage" [1] ;
- medal "For Courage" [2] ;
- Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 22, 1942).
Memory
- By order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR, Pyotr Tsyban was forever enlisted in the communications company of the 120th Guards Motorized Rifle Poznan Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment of the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Barvenkov Order of Lenin twice the Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnytsky.
- In the city of Piryatin , one of the streets was named after him and a memorial plaque was erected .
Notes
- ↑ Order of the commander of the 39th Guards Rifle Division No. 5 / n dated January 6, 1943.
- ↑ Order of the commander of the 39th Guards Rifle Division No. 28 / n dated September 26, 1943.
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- Morozov A.V. 39th Barvenkovskaya. - M .: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1981.
Links
- Tsyban, Peter Fedotovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".