Fedor Semenovich Kostyuk (1915-1994) - senior lieutenant of the Soviet Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ).
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| Date of Birth | May 25, 1915 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Mogilnoye village, Gayvoronsky district , Kirovohrad region | ||||||||
| Date of death | December 20 1994 (aged 79) | ||||||||
| A place of death | Mogilnoye village, Gayvoronsky district , Kirovohrad region | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | armored forces | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1940 - 1946 | ||||||||
| Rank |  | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||
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| Retired | since 1946, teacher | ||||||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Fedor Kostyuk was born on May 25, 1915 in the village of Mogilnoye (now - the Gayvoronsky district of the Kirovograd region of Ukraine ). After graduating from a pedagogical college, he worked as a teacher at school. In 1940, Kostyuk was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. Since the beginning of World War II - on its fronts. In 1943 he graduated from the tank school with an accelerated course. By April 1945, Senior Lieutenant Fedor Kostyuk commanded a tank company of the 65th Panzer Brigade of the 11th Panzer Corps of the 1st Guards Panzer Army of the 1st Belorussian Front . He distinguished himself during the battles at the Kyustrinsky bridgehead [1] .
On April 16 - 18, 1945, the company of Kostyuk broke through the German defenses and stormed the villages of Verbig and Guzov west of Zeelov . In battle, Kostyuk was injured, but continued to fight [1] . Here is how the commander of the 11th Panzer Corps Yushchuk I. I. describes the heroic deed of the Hero in his book “The Eleventh Panzer Corps in battles for the Homeland”
In the area northwest of Verbig, the brigade was counterattacked by 42 tanks and assault guns with the support of enemy infantry from the west and southwest. Tankers of the 65th Tank Brigade, with the support of heavy tanks of the 50th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment, successfully repelled the Nazi attack. In this battle, the crews of the heavy tank company of the Guard Captain V. A. Romanov [2] of the 50th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment distinguished themselves. They knocked out three enemy tanks and destroyed a lot of manpower. The tank company of the tank brigade under the command of senior lieutenant F.S. Kostyuk and the tank platoon of the same company under the command of lieutenant I.A. Gnilomedov showed themselves especially well in repelling the counterattack. They destroyed 17 tanks and self-propelled guns of the Nazis . For courage and heroism shown during the counterattack of enemy tanks, the senior lieutenant Kostyuk and the platoon commander, Lieutenant Gnilomedyov received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Yushchuk I.I. " Eleventh Panzer Corps in the battles for the Motherland." - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1962, p. 149-150.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 31, 1945, Senior Lieutenant Fyodor Kostyuk was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal [1] .
In 1946, Kostyuk was sacked. He lived in Gayvoron , worked as the director of a local school [1] .
He was also awarded the Orders of the Red Banner and Alexander Nevsky, two orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, a number of medals [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Kostyuk Fedor Semenovich . AZ Library. Date of treatment August 25, 2013. Archived on September 14, 2013.
- ↑ Tanker’s combat path: Victor Romanov and his IS-2
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1987.- T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN comp., Reg. RCP No. 87-95382.
Links
Anton Bocharov. Kostyuk, Fyodor Semenovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment September 18, 2016.