Nikolai Artemyevich Shumeyko (December 15, 1921 - July 7, 1993) - division commander of the 1220th howitzer artillery regiment (58th howitzer artillery brigade, 18th artillery division, 65th army , 2nd Belorussian front ). Lieutenant colonel . Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| ukr Mikola Artemovich Shumeyko | ||||||||
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| Place of Birth | der. Shatilovo , Maloarkhangelsky district , Oryol province , RSFSR | |||||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||
| Type of army | artillery | |||||||
| Years of service | 1939-1959 | |||||||
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| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||
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Biography
Born December 15, 1921 in the village of Shatilovo [1] in a peasant family. Ukrainian. He studied at the Slavgorod rural school. He graduated from two courses of Sumy Chemical-Technological College . In March 1939 he was drafted into the Red Army by the Russian-Brodsky RVK of the Oryol region. In 1941 he graduated from the Smolensk Artillery School.
World War II
From August 1941, he fought in the West , from June 1942 - in the North Caucasus , from July 1943 - Leningrad , from October 1944 - on the 2nd Belorussian fronts.
The commander of the division of the 1220th howitzer artillery regiment, Captain Shumeiko, distinguished himself in the Wisla -Oder operation in battles to keep the bridgehead on the right bank of the Vistula River. On January 29, 1945, Shumeyko, being in the front ranks of the infantry of the 47th Infantry Regiment, promptly called up the division’s fire to repel enemy counterattacks. When the enemy launched a major counterattack from Michelau’s directions, breaking into the battle formations of the 47th Rifle Regiment, the commander Shumeyko, being in the ring of enemy tanks and self-propelled guns, called up the division’s fire on himself, adjusting each division salvo — knocked out two self-propelled guns and one enemy tank . Thanks to heroism, skillful artillery support, the area of the bridgehead occupied by units of the 47th Infantry Regiment was retained [2] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 10, 1945, Captain Shumeyko Nikolai Artemyevich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal [2] .
Post-war time
After the war he continued to serve in the army. In 1955 he graduated from the Central Artillery Courses. Since 1959, Lieutenant Colonel Shumeyko - in stock. He lived and worked in the city of Yeysk, Krasnodar Territory.
Rewards
- Medal "Gold Star" (04/10/1945) [2] ;
- Order of Lenin (04/10/1945);
- Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (03/11/1985) [3]
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree (02/05/1945) [4] ;
- two orders of the Red Star (03/28/1944 [5] ;?);
- medal "For the Defense of Leningrad" ;
- other medals.
Memory
- A memorial plaque is installed in the Krasnopolie village of the Sumy region on the Heroes Alley.
- In the village of Slavgorod, Krasnopolsky district , a memorial plaque was erected on the school building in which Hero of the Soviet Union N. A. Shumeyko studied.
Notes
- ↑ Now Verkhovsky district , Oryol region .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Award sheet in the electronic document bank “The Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 793756 , d. 55 , f. 431-433 ) ..
- ↑ Card awarded for the 40th anniversary of Victory in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ..
- ↑ Award documents in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” (archival materials of TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 687572 , d. 1193 , l. 4, 81, 82 ) ..
- ↑ Award documents in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 690155 , d. 1014 , l. 4, 105, 106 ) ..
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 .
Links
- Shumeyko, Nikolai Artemievich . The site " Heroes of the country ."