Evgeny Evdokimovich Moroz ( July 28, 1904 , Kachkarovka - December 5, 1970 , Kaliningrad Region ) - platoon commander of the 4th separate tank battalion of the 11th Order of Lenin Light Tank Brigade named after brigade commander M.P. Yakovlev of the 1st Army Group. Lieutenant colonel. Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | July 28, 1904 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | with. Kachkarovka (now Berislavsky district , Kherson region ) | ||||||
| Date of death | December 5, 1970 (aged 66) | ||||||
| Place of death | Kaliningrad region | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
| Type of army | armored forces | ||||||
| Years of service | 1926-1947 | ||||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
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Biography
He was born on July 28, 1904 in the village of Kachkarovka, now in the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region of Ukraine, into a peasant family. Ukrainian. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1931. After the death of their parents, they grazed cattle from their fists. He graduated from elementary school. In 1923-26 he worked at a state farm, a hammermaker in a forge.
In the Red Army since 1926. After graduating from school, the junior commanders remained in long-term military service, was the commander of an armored car, and the foreman of an armored division. Since 1934 - platoon commander in the 1st mechanized regiment and in the 5th tank brigade of the Kiev military district.
Member of the battles with Japanese militarists on the Khalkhin-Gol river from August 5 to September 16, 1939.
The platoon commander of the 4th separate tank battalion, Lieutenant Yevgeny Moroz, distinguished himself during the general offensive operation of the Soviet-Mongolian troops to encircle and destroy the Japanese group.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 17, 1939, for the courage and heroism shown in the performance of military and international duty, Lieutenant Moroz Evgeny Evdokimovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union , with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal . [one]
At the end of the battles, he served in the Trans-Baikal Military District as commander of a tank company, deputy commander and commander of a tank battalion. In 1943 he graduated from the crash course of the Military Academy of Motorization and Mechanization of the Red Army.
Since April 1943, E. E. Moroz - on the fronts of World War II . He fought with the Nazi invaders on the Western, 1st and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. He was deputy commander of the 154th tank regiment, commander of the 250th tank regiment of the 8th cavalry division. September 10, 1943 seriously wounded and shell-shocked in battle.
After the war, in 1946 he commanded a battalion of heavy tanks . Since 1947, Lieutenant Colonel E. Moroz - in stock, and then retired, disabled World War II . He lived in the regional center of the Kaliningrad region, the city of Kaliningrad, for more than 20 years he worked as a caster at the auto fleet No. 1 of the Kaliningrad Regional Motor Transport Administration. He died on December 5, 1970.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin , two orders of the Red Banner , orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Red Star , and medals.
Hero of the Soviet Union EE Moroz is listed in the Book of Honor of the enterprise where he worked for many years.
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 .
- Heroes of Socialist Labor. Bibliographic dictionary. Volume 2. - M., 2008.
- Kuznetsov I.I., Joga I.M. The first Heroes of the Soviet Union (1936-1939). - Irkutsk: 1983.
- Rumyantsev N.M. Heroes of Khalkhin-Gol. - M .: Military Publishing, 1989.
Links
Evgeny Evdokimovich Moroz . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment January 31, 2014.