Vasily Afanasevich Melezhik ( 1926 - 1945 ) - Red Army Worker and Peasant Red Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ).
| Vasily Afanasevich Melezhik | |||
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| Date of Birth | 1926 | ||
| Place of Birth | Belousovka village, Chernukhinsky district , Poltava region | ||
| Date of death | March 3, 1945 | ||
| Place of death | Hungary | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | infantry | ||
| Years of service | 1944 - 1945 | ||
| Rank |  | ||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Biography
Vasily Melezhik was born in 1926 in the village of Belousovka (now the Chernukhinsky district of the Poltava region of Ukraine ). After finishing seven classes of the school he worked on a collective farm . In 1944, Melezhik was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. Since November of the same year - on the fronts of World War II, he was a shooter of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Division of the 46th Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front . Distinguished himself during the liberation of Hungary [1] .
A group of Soviet soldiers, which included Melezhik, crossed the Danube on December 5, 1944, in the area of the settlement of Mariakhaz , 3 kilometers north of the city of Erchi and captured a bridgehead on its opposite shore. In those battles, Melezhik personally destroyed 2 cars and a large number of enemy soldiers and officers, took an active part in repelling five German counterattacks. When he was surrounded by a group of enemy soldiers, Melezhik killed three of them, and captured two more. March 3, 1945 Melezhik died in battle. He was buried in the city of Erci [1] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945 for "courage and heroism shown during the crossing of the Danube and holding the bridgehead", Red Army soldier Vasily Melezhik was posthumously awarded the high rank of Hero of the Soviet Union . He was also awarded the Order of Lenin and a number of medals [1] .
In contrast, when crossing the Danube, by Decree of 03.24.1945, another 14 soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment, Senior Lieutenant Zabobonov Ivan Semenovich , were awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union, including Senior Lieutenant Milov Pavel Alekseevich , Senior Lieutenant Chubarov Alexei Kuzmich , Lieutenant Khrapov Nikolay Konstantinovich , Lieutenant Kolychev Oleg Fedoseevich , Junior Lieutenant Kutuev Rauf Ibragimovich , Senior Sergeant Sharpilo Pyotr Demyanovich, Sergeant Tkachenko Ivan Vasilievich and Sergeant Polyakov Nikolai Fedotovich , Private Zigunenko Ilya Efimovich , Private Ostapenko Ivan Grigoryevich , Private Melezhik Vasily Afanasevich, Private Zubovich Konstantin Mikhailovich , Private Troshkov Alexander Danilovich ...
Memory
In honor of Melezhik named school in his homeland [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Melezhik, Vasily Afanasevich . 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 .
- For courage and courage. Kharkov, 1984.
- Serykh S.P. Immortal Battalion. - M .: Military Publishing, 1988 .-- 204 p. - ISBN 5-203-00063-8 .
- Fazin Zinovy Isaakovich. One night. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1963 .-- 136 p. - 65,000 copies.