Vasily Timofeevich Uvarov ( January 9, 1919 - July 9, 1943 ) - platoon commander of the 1180th anti-tank artillery regiment (13th separate anti-tank brigade, 2nd Panzer Army, Central Front ), junior lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | January 9, 1919 | |||
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| Date of death | July 9, 1943 (24 years old) | |||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
He was born on January 9, 1919 in the village of Melovaya, now Balakleysky district, Kharkov region . In 1936 he went to work in the Donbass. Participated in the construction of a mine in Donetsk.
In 1938, drafted into the Red Army . He served in the artillery unit. At the front in World War II since July 1942. He participated in defensive battles northwest of the city of Serafimovich, from November 1942 to February 1943, surrounded by the Stalingrad enemy group. Since March 1943 he fought on the Central Front .
On July 9, 1943, the enemy launched eight attacks on a fire platoon under the command of Junior Lieutenant Uvarov. When the guns were broken, Uvarov raised the fighters in a counterattack. He died in battle. On December 24, 1943, for the courage, bravery and heroism, Junior Lieutenant Uvarov Vasily Timofeevich was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
Sources
- Uvarov, Vasily Timofeevich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of appeal September 24, 2013.
- 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 .
- Feats in the name of the Fatherland. Kharkov, 1974.