Alexander Samoilovich Shopin (December 15, 1917 - October 11, 1982) - platoon commander of the 11th guards separate reconnaissance company (14th guards rifle division, 57th army ). Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | December 15, 1917 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Novoaydar village, Starobelsky district , Kharkov province , Russian empire | |||||
| Date of death | October 11, 1982 ( 64) | |||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||
| Years of service | 1938-1946 | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Born December 15, 1917 in the village of Novoaydar [1] in a peasant family. Russian. He graduated from grade 4. He worked at the state farm. In 1938, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Novoaydarsky RVK of the Voroshilovgrad region .
World War II
From the first days of the war he fought on the South , South-Western fronts.
On June 14, 1943, Lieutenant Shopin, having received the combat mission to deliver the prisoner, forced a group of fighters to cross Seversky Donets at night. Conducting an overnight search in the enemy’s defense, Shopin discovered a barter [2] , which was surrounded by a wire fence. Despite this, a group of scouts, cutting through the passages in a wire fence, attacked the ground defense from the rear. The fight was short but swift. During the battle, the Shopin group destroyed up to 35 Fritz, ZOT was blown up, delivered to the headquarters of 2 prisoners, who gave valuable evidence. The combat mission assigned by the Lieutenant Shopin’s guard group was brilliantly completed. On September 25, 1943, at night under enemy fire, a group of scouts led by Shopin crossed the Dnieper near the village of Pushkarevka (now within the boundaries of Verkhnedneprovsk ), captured a small bridgehead on the right bank, pushing the Nazis into the forest. Having occupied the defense, the group repulsed several fierce attacks of the enemy, keeping the occupied line until the approach of the main units [3] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 20, 1943 for successfully crossing the Dnieper River, firmly securing the bridgehead on the western bank of the Dnieper River and showing courage and heroism of the guard, Lieutenant Shopin Alexander Samoilovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal " [3] .
Post-war time
In 1946, he retired. Returning to his homeland, he worked as director of the procurement office, chairman of the DOSAAF district committee.
Rewards
- The Gold Star Medal (12/20/1943) [3] ;
- Order of Lenin (12/20/1943);
- Order of the Patriotic War II degree (04/21/1943) [4] ;
- Order of the Red Star (09.30.1943) [5] ;
- medal "For Courage" (04/10/1942) [6] ;
- medals.
Memory
Notes
- ↑ Now Novoaydarsky district , Lugansk region , Ukraine .
- ↑ Closed firing point.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Award documents in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 682525/793756 , d. 68/55 , l. 18/309, 310 ) ..
- ↑ Award documents in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 682526 , d. 112 , l. 3, 19, 20 ) ..
- ↑ Award documents in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” (archive materials of TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 686044 , d. 2659 , l. 2, 34, 35 ) ..
- ↑ Award documents in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 682524 , d. 625 , l. 3, 19-21 ) ..
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
Leonid Sheinman. Shopin, Alexander Samoilovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment February 16, 2016.