Konstantin Stepanovich Morozov ( 1919 , p. Mikhailovka , Kursk province - September 11, 1944 , Krasko kraskhauptmanshaft, Krakow district , Governor-General ) - major of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1943 ).
| Konstantin Stepanovich Morozov | |||||
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| Date of Birth | 1919 | ||||
| Place of Birth | Mikhailovka village, Korochansky district , Kursk province , RSFSR | ||||
| Date of death | September 11, 1944 | ||||
| A place of death | Kraisgauptmannschaft Krosno, district of Krakow , Governor-General , occupied territory of Poland; now Krosnensky County , Subcarpathian Voivodeship , Poland | ||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||
| Years of service | 1940 - 1944 | ||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||
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Biography
Konstantin Morozov was born in 1919 in the village of Mikhailovka (now - in the Prelestnensky rural settlement of Prokhorovsky district of the Belgorod region ). After finishing six grades of school, he first worked on a collective farm , then at a mine. In 1940, Morozov was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. In 1941 he graduated from the infantry school; since June of the same year - on the fronts of World War II [1] .
By September 1943, Captain Konstantin Morozov commanded a battalion of the 71st Infantry Regiment of the 30th Infantry Division of the 47th Army of the Voronezh Front . He distinguished himself during the battle of the Dnieper . On September 26, 1943, Morozov’s battalion was among the first to cross the Dnieper in the Kanev region of the Cherkasy region of the Ukrainian SSR and took an active part in the battles for the capture and retention of the bridgehead on its western shore, repelling eight German counterattacks. In those battles, Morozov personally destroyed 4 enemy tanks, he was injured, but continued to fight [1] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 25, 1943, for “courage and heroism shown in crossing the Dnieper and keeping the bridgehead on its right bank,” Captain Konstantin Morozov was awarded the high rank of Hero of the Soviet Union . He did not manage to receive the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal , as he died in battle on September 11, 1944. He was buried on the Hill of Glory in Lviv [1] .
He was also awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky and World War II 2nd degree [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Morozov, Konstantin Stepanovich . 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 .
- Belgorod Heroes. - 2nd ed. - Voronezh, 1972.
- Heroes-liberators of Cherkasy. - Dnepropetrovsk: Promin, 1980.
- Rokotov G.N. Hill of Glory. - 4th ed., Ext. and reslave. - Lviv, 1984.