Yuri Sergeevich Sokolov (June 21, 1923, Maly Uzen , Saratov province - January 4, 1989, Moscow ) - T-34 tank commander, participant in the Great Patriotic War [1] , Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | June 21, 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | with. Maly Uzen , Novouzensk district , Saratov province , RSFSR , USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 4, 1989 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow , USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | armored forces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1941-1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part | 45th Guards Tank Brigade ( 11th Guards Tank Corps , 1st Guards Tank Army , 1st Ukrainian Front ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commanded | Tank commander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War
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Biography
Born on June 21, 1923 in the village of Maly Uzen, now in the St. Petersburg region of the Saratov region .
He was drafted into the Red Army in 1941. Member of the Great Patriotic War since 1943 on the Stalingrad, Voronezh, 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union , with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal, was awarded on April 24, 1944 "for bravery and courage shown in offensive battles on the Right-Bank Ukraine , and inflicting great damage to the enemy while repelling his counterattacks from the Vinnitsa region."
He died on January 4, 1989. He was buried at the Danilovsky cemetery in Moscow [2] .
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal ;
- Order of Lenin ;
- two orders of the Red Banner ;
- two orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree;
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree;
- Order of the Red Star ;
- medals, including:
- Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" ;
- medal “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” ;
- medal "For the capture of Berlin" ;
- medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Memory
- The name of the Hero is carved in gold letters in the Hall of Glory of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Victory Park in Moscow
- At the grave ( Danilovskoye Cemetery , Moscow, a tombstone is installed
- MBOU secondary school No. 7 of the City district of Balashikha, microdistrict. Railway. in which the future Hero studied bears his name.
- A plaque is installed at school number 7, Zheleznodorozhny ul. October 7.
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.
- ON. Sotnikova. From Obiralovka to the present day. - 2. - Zheleznodorozhny: OAO Podolsk Offset Printing Factory, 2010. - P. 284. - 308 pp. - ISBN 978-7151-0363-0.
- ON. Sotnikova. Scrap and around it. - Railway: Podolsk Offset Printing Factory OJSC, 2012. - P. 277. - 296 pp. - 3,000 copies. - ISBN 978-7151-0368-1.
- Railway. Local history almanac of the museum of the Railway .
- On the website of the Museum of Local Lore of the Railway
Notes
Links
Yuri Sergeevich Sokolov . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment January 4, 2014.