Nikolai Matveevich Rudenko ( December 31, 1907 - September 26, 1983 ) - instructor in propaganda of the 14th motorized rifle regiment of the 21st motorized rifle division of the troops of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the Northern Front , senior political instructor. Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | December 31, 1907 | ||||
| Place of Birth | with. Klimovka, now Kremensky district , Lugansk region , Ukraine | ||||
| Date of death | September 26, 1983 (aged 75) | ||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||
| Years of service | 1929-1946 | ||||
| Battles / wars | Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940) The Great Patriotic War | ||||
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Biography
He was born on December 31, 1907 in the village of Klimovka, now Kremensky district of the Lugansk region of Ukraine, in the family of a miner. After graduating from a seven-year school, he worked as a blacksmith, then as secretary of the village council.
In the Border Troops of the OGPU of the USSR since 1929. In 1939 he graduated from the border school of the NKVD of the USSR. Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940.
Member of World War II . He fought on the Central, Volkhov and Transcaucasian fronts.
He showed heroism in the defense of the village of Hiitola , where he “personally destroyed 15 white Finns“ cuckoos ”, being wounded, killed a German machine gunner, captured an easel machine gun and continued to strike the enemy out of it with fire. Having received a second wound, he did not leave the battlefield and lost consciousness during a third wound, bleeding, ” [1] . Providing him with medical assistance, the medical officer of the Red Army A. A. Kokorin distinguished himself.
On August 26, 1941, for the exemplary fulfillment of the combat missions of the command and the courage and heroism shown to this, the senior political officer Rudenko Nikolai Matveyevich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal.
Later he took part in reconnaissance and sabotage operations near Moscow, was part of a group that ensured the security of the Tehran Conference of Heads of Allied Powers.
Participant of the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945 on Red Square in Moscow.
Since 1946, Lieutenant Colonel Rudenko in stock. He lived in the city of Rubezhnoye, Luhansk region of Ukraine, worked at a chemical plant.
He died on September 26, 1983.
Notes
- ↑ Internal troops in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Documents and materials. M., 1975.S. 130.
Literature
- Immortal exploits. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1980.
- Kuryanov T.N. Senior Political Officer Rudenko: Doc. story. - L., 1985.
- Glory to the Heroes of the Motherland! - Petrozavodsk: Karelia, 1985.
- From battle to battle. - L., 1982.
- Border Guard Service of Russia. Encyclopedia. Biographies. - Moscow, 2008.
- Feats that have become a legend. - Donetsk: Donbas, 1985.
Links
Rudenko, Nikolai Matveevich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment September 28, 2013.