Joseph Afanasevich Kulik ( 1912 - 1998 ) - captain of the Soviet Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1944 ).
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| Date of Birth | March 8, 1912 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Yuzefovka village, Blagoveshchensk district , Kirovohrad region | |||||
| Date of death | December 17, 1998 (86 years old) | |||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | engineering troops | |||||
| Years of service | 1934 - 1948 (with a break) | |||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Joseph Kulik was born on March 8, 1912 in the village of Yuzefovka (now - Yosipovka, Blagoveshchensk district, Kirovograd region of Ukraine ). After elementary school, he worked as chairman of the village council. In 1934-1937 he served in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army . In 1938 he graduated from training courses for the reserve command staff. In 1941, Kulik was re-drafted into the army. Since June of the same year - on the fronts of World War II [1] .
By July 1944, Senior Lieutenant Joseph Kulik commanded a company of the 77th separate assault engineering and combat battalion of the 16th assault engineering and combat brigade of the 3rd Guards Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front . He distinguished himself during the liberation of Poland . On July 30, 1944, the Kulika company transported two Soviet infantry battalions across the Vistula River in the vicinity of Annopol , 30 kilometers north of Sandomierz, for three hours, which contributed to the successful capture and retention of the bridgehead on the west bank of the river [1] .
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 23, 1944, Senior Lieutenant Joseph Kulik 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 1948, with the rank of captain, Kulik was sacked. He lived in Yoshkar-Ola [1] . He died in 1998 [2] .
He was awarded two orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star , a number of medals [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Kulik Joseph Afanasevich . AZ Library. Date of treatment November 12, 2013.
- ↑ GBUK RME "National Library named after S. G. Chavain." Calendar of significant and memorable dates for 2012 .
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.
- Kulik Joseph Afanasevich // Encyclopedia of the Republic of Mari El / Otv. ed. N. I. Saraeva. - Yoshkar-Ola, 2009 .-- S. 469. - 872 p. - 3505 copies. - ISBN 978-5-94950-049-1 .
- Kulik Joseph Afanasevich // History of the Mari Territory in persons. 1941-1945 The Great Patriotic War. - Yoshkar-Ola : MARNIYALI , 2015 .-- S. 123-125. - 374 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-94950-070-5 .
- Mochaev V.A. Kulik Iosif Afanasevich // Mari Biographical Encyclopedia / Auth. V.A. Mochaev. - 2nd ed. - Yoshkar-Ola : Mari Biographical Center, 2017 .-- S. 239. - 606 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-905314-35-3 .
Links
- Leonid Sheinman. Kulik, Joseph Afanasevich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment March 23, 2016.