Simbirtsev, Vasily Nikitovich

Vasily Nikitovich Simbirtsev
Vasily Nikitovich Simbirtsev
Date of Birth
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Date of death
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Affiliation	the USSR
Type of army	infantry
Years of service	1942-1944
Rank
Battles / wars	The Great Patriotic War

Simbirtsev Vasily Nikitovich (1919-1944) - assistant to the reconnaissance platoon commander of the 282nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 92nd Guards SD , guards senior sergeant , Hero of the Soviet Union .

Content

1 Biography
2 memory
3 Literature
4 References

Biography

Born in 1919 in Saratov . He graduated from the seven-year school. In 1939 he was drafted into the Red Army . On the fronts of World War II from August 1942. He fought on the Stalingrad , Voronezh , Stepnoy , 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts. He took part in the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk, the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR .

By a decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council, dated December 20, 1943, for the courage and courage shown in the performance of combat missions of the enemy reconnaissance command and guard, Sergeant Simbirtsev Vasily Nikitovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. But the Hero was not destined to receive the highest awards of the Motherland. On January 24, 1944, the guard sergeant V.N. Simbirtsev died in battle on the outskirts of the city of Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region of the Ukrainian SSR. He was buried in the square of the city of Krivoy Rog.

He was awarded the Orders of Lenin , Red Star , medals "For Courage", "For the Defense of Stalingrad."

Memory

Streets in Krivoy Rog and Saratov are named after Vasily Simbirtsev.

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 .
Rumyantsev. N. M. People of the legendary feat. Saratov, 1968.

Links

Simbirtsev, Vasily Nikitovich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".