Yuri Vladimirovich Tvarkovsky (December 25, 1921 - December 7, 1943) - commander of the battalion of the 205th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 70th Guards Rifle Division of the 13th Army of the Central Front, guard senior lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Yuri Vladimirovich Twarkovsky | |||||
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| Date of Birth | December 25, 1921 | ||||
| Place of Birth | Jewish Autonomous Region | ||||
| Date of death | December 7, 1943 (21 years old) | ||||
| Place of death | Chernyakhovskiy district , Zhytomyr region | ||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||
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Biography
Born December 25, 1921 in a family of railway employees at the Obluchye station [1] of the current Jewish Autonomous Region . Russian.
In 1938 he graduated from high school, went to study at a technical school in the department of locomotive drivers [1] .
In 1939, the family moved to Omsk [1] .
Candidate member of the CPSU (b) [1] since 1940.
In 1939, drafted into the ranks of the Red Army . In the fall of 1940 he was sent to the Omsk Infantry School named after M. V. Frunze [1] .
In the battles of World War II from December 1941 [1] . He fought on the Western, Central and 1st Ukrainian fronts. He was wounded three times.
Senior Lieutenant Yu.V. Tvarkovsky distinguished himself in the battles of September 23-26, 1943 in the vicinity of the Verkhlievka station of the Chernobyl district of the Kiev region . His battalion went 10 km deep into the enemy’s defenses and set up an ambush, destroying the Nazis up to the battalion. Then he crossed the Dnieper south of the village of Komarin in the Bragin district of the Gomel region and seized the bridgehead.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 16, 1943, for the courage and bravery shown during the crossing of the Dnieper, the guard, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Vladimirovich Tvarkovsky was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Golden Star medal .
He died on December 7, 1943 in a battle near the village of Annopol, Zhytomyr region , where he was buried. A memorial to the Heroes of the Soviet Union who died in the Zhytomyr region is installed at the Smolyansk military cemetery [2] in the city of Zhytomyr .
Rewards
He was awarded the orders of Lenin , the Red Banner , Alexander Nevsky , as well as medals [1] .
Memory
- Yuri Twarkovsky street in the Soviet district of the city of Omsk (decision of the Omsk city council No. 207 of May 5, 1965) [1]
- in Birobidzhan in Victory Square, next to the Eternal Flame, the name of the Hero is immortalized on one of the 23 pylons. In addition, his name was given to one of the new streets laid in the developing microdistrict of the city.
- in Obluchye (hometown of Yu. V. Twarkovsky), secondary school No. 3 was named after him, where he studied. [3]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hero of the Battle of the Dnieper // G. M. Shlevko. For the sake of life on Earth. The book is about the Heroes of the Soviet Union, those who were born, lived and live in Omsk and the Omsk region. Omsk, 1972. pp. 386-388
- ↑ Memorial plate at the Smolyanskoye cemetery of Zhytomyr .
- ↑ MBOU secondary school No. 3, the area named after the Hero of the Soviet Union - Diary.ru . schools.dnevnik.ru. Date of treatment November 14, 2016.
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 .
- Golden Stars of Polesie. 3rd ed., Kiev, 1985.
Links
Yuri Vladimirovich Twarkovsky . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment March 27, 2014.