Nikolaev, Ivan Stefanovich

Ivan Stefanovich Nikolaev
Ivan Stefanovich Nikolaev
Date of Birth	May 28, 1916
Place of Birth	Klimovichi
Date of death	April 11, 1945 (28 years old)
Place of death	pos. Langgot, now Břeclav , South Moravian Region , Czech Republic
Affiliation	the USSR
Type of army	aviation
Years of service	1934 - 1945
Rank	guard major ;
Battles / wars	The Great Patriotic War

Ivan Stefanovich Nikolaev ( May 28, 1916 - April 11, 1945 ) - Soviet soldier, participant in the Great Patriotic War . Hero of the Soviet Union ( May 15, 1946 ) (posthumous) ^[1] .

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Biography

Nikolaev I.S., a Belarusian by nationality, was born in Klimovichi in the family of an employee and graduated from seven classes. He entered the Red Army in 1934, graduating from the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School in 1939 ^[1] .

Having appeared on the front of the Great Patriotic War in November 1942, Nikolaev was the squadron commander of the 90th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment ( 4th Guards Assault Aviation Division , 5th Air Army , 2nd Ukrainian Front ). In total, on the account of the pilot, who already had the title of Major Guard, there were 135 sorties, and in 109 of them he was the leader of the groups. During these sorties, Nikolaev managed to inflict significant damage on both military equipment and enemy manpower. When performing another combat mission in the area of the village Langgot ( Czechoslovakia ) on April 11, 1945, the pilot died ^[1] .

May 15, 1946 Nikolaev I.S. was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumous) ^[1] .

Rewards

Hero of the Soviet Union (May 15, 1946);
Order of Lenin ;
two orders of the Red Banner ;
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3 degrees;
Order of Alexander Nevsky ;
Order of the Patriotic War of 1 degree;
medals.

Memory

Street and school number 2 in the city of Klimovichi were named after I. Nikolaev. ^[1] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ Heroes of the Soviet Union / Prev. Ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov. - M .: Military Publishing, 1988. - T. 2. Love - Yarshuk. - S. 165 .-- 863 p.

Literature

Heroes of the Soviet Union - Mogilev. - Mn. , 1965. - S. 101-103.
Forever in the heart of the people. - Mn. , 1984.- S. 380.

Links

Nikolaev, Ivan Stefanovich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".

[ГСС2-1] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ Heroes of the Soviet Union / Prev. Ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov. - M .: Military Publishing, 1988. - T. 2. Love - Yarshuk. - S. 165 .-- 863 p.