Valery Mikhailovich Shishkin ( 1939 - 2009 ) - captain of the 1st rank of the Russian Navy , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1973 ).
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| Date of Birth | December 23, 1939 | |||
| Place of Birth | village of the Krasnoye Flame factory , Aleksandrovsky district , Vladimir region | |||
| Date of death | January 30, 2009 (69 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia | |||
| Affiliation |  USSR Russia | |||
| Type of army | Navy | |||
| Years of service | 1957 - 1992 | |||
| Rank |  1st rank captain | |||
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Biography
Valery Shishkin was born on December 23, 1939 in the village of the Krasnoye Flame plant in the Aleksandrovsky District of the Vladimir Region . He graduated from ten classes of the school. In 1957, Shishkin was called up to serve in the USSR Navy . In October 1961 he graduated from the Higher Naval School of Diving . He served in the Baltic Fleet [1] .
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| Officers of the 12th department of test hydronauts at the 19th Center of the USSR Ministry of Defense in 1984. . - Top row (from left to right) : Budkov G.V., Kovalenko Yu.S. , Kalish B.N., Shvayko V.F., Semchenko O.V. Middle row (from left to right) : Demchenko S.P. , Shalugin A.S., Muratov A.V., Buzunov V.V. Sitting (from left to right) : Smirnov V.P., Filipiev Yu.P. , Barilovich E.A. , Pykhin Yu.G. , Kulakov V P. , Shishkin V. M. , Filimonov V. A. | |
Since August 1968, the 2nd-rank captain Valery Shishkin commanded the ship, was a tester of a special military unit of the USSR Ministry of Defense. As such, he took part in important tests of the latest military equipment [1] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1973, for “creating, testing and mastering new military equipment and courage and bravery shown”, the 2nd-rank captain Valery Shishkin was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal Star ” under number 10735 [1] .
In January 1992, with the rank of captain of the 1st rank, Shishkin was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Moscow . He died on January 30, 2009, was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow [1] .
He was also awarded the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree and a number of medals [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Shishkin, Valery Mikhailovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
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 .