Ivan Andreevich Rudnichenko ( , - , ) - agitator of the 120th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Rifle Division ( 8th Guards Army , 3rd Ukrainian Front ), guards captain , Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).
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| Place of Birth | from. Summit (now Verkhnodniprovsky district , Dnipropetrovsk region , Ukraine ) | |||
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| Type of army | infantry | |||
| Years of service | 1939-1943 | |||
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| Part | 120th Guards Rifle Regiment | |||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 See also
- 4 Literature
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
He was born on April 7, 1917 in the village of Vershina (now Verkhnedneprovsky District, Dnipropetrovsk Region ) of Ukraine into a peasant family. Ukrainian .
He was drafted into the Red Army in 1939. He graduated from courses of military agitators and political workers . Member of the CPSU (b) since 1941.
At the front since 1941. Agitator of the 120th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Rifle Division ( 8th Guards Army , 3rd Ukrainian Front ) of the Guard Captain Rudnichenko I. A. on the night of October 24, 1943 , one of the first in the group of 17 man, under enemy fire, crossed the Dnieper River 5 km south of the city of Dnepropetrovsk . The soldiers captured the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper. After the death of the commander, I. A. Rudnichenko took command over himself and within a day, together with the soldiers, repelled several enemy counterattacks, keeping the occupied line.
Guard Captain Rudnichenko I.A. died in battle on October 24, 1943 . The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously on March 19, 1944 .
He was buried in a mass grave in the village of Volny Khutor, Verkhnedneprovsky District, Dnipropetrovsk Region of Ukraine.
Rewards
- Title Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumous) (decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944):
- Order of Lenin ;
- Gold Star Medal ;
- Order of the Red Star [1] ;
- medal "For Courage" [2] ;
- other medals of the USSR .
See also
- 120th Guards Rifle Regiment
- 39th Guards Rifle Division
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 .
- The Dnieper is a river of heroes: Evidence of a nationwide feat. / Under the total. ed. V.N. - Kiev, 1988.
- Morozov A.V. 39th Barvenkovskaya. - M.: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1981.
Notes
- ↑ Order of the Military Council of the 8th Guards Army No. 197 / n of October 22, 1943.
- ↑ Order of the Military Council of the 62nd Army No. 97 / n of February 19, 1943.
Links
- Rudnichenko, Ivan Andreevich . Site " Heroes of the country ".