Fedor Aleksandrovich Shkirev ( February 20 ( March 5 ) 1915 , Konnovka , Nizhny Novgorod province - March 20, 1989 ) - commander of the mortar company of the 1281st Infantry Regiment ( 60th Infantry Division , 47th Army , 1st Belorussian Front ). Hero of the Soviet Union .
Fedor Alexandrovich Shkirev | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date of Birth | February 20 ( March 5 ) 1915 | |||||||||||||||||
Place of Birth | der. Konnovka , Lyapis volost , Nizhny Novgorod district , Nizhny Novgorod province | |||||||||||||||||
Date of death | March 20, 1989 ( 74) | |||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Nizhny Novgorod Region | |||||||||||||||||
Affiliation | the USSR | |||||||||||||||||
Type of army | artillery | |||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1941-1945 | |||||||||||||||||
Rank | ||||||||||||||||||
Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||||||||
Awards and prizes |
Content
Biography
Born on February 20 ( March 5 ), 1915 in the village of Konnovka of the Lyapis volost of the Nizhny Novgorod district of the Nizhny Novgorod province [1] in a peasant family. He graduated from elementary school. He worked as a blacksmith on the Voroshilovets collective farm. In June 1941, the Rabotkinsky RVK of the Gorky Region was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army .
Great Patriotic War
Since June 28, 1941, he fought on the Western , Central , 1st Belorussian fronts.
The company commander Junior Sergeant Shkirev distinguished himself in January 1945 during the Warsaw-Poznan and Wislo-Oder operations. In battles for the settlements of Krubin, Okunin, Shmelev’s calculation suppressed the fire of three machine guns and one anti-tank gun, destroyed up to 40 Nazis. When crossing the Vistula River, Shmelev, with his calculation, first crossed to the opposite bank and destroyed his counterattack with the fire of his mortars, destroying two machine guns with a calculation and up to 30 German soldiers. In this battle, replacing the failed platoon commander, skillfully controlled the fire of his mortar platoon, successfully repulsed the enemy’s fierce counterattacks, suppressing enemy firing points and infantry. Having occupied a bridgehead on the west bank of the Vistula, expanding it and diverting enemy fire, Shkirev thereby contributed to the rapid crossing of the river with the main infantry forces [2] .
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, for the exemplary performance of command missions at the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown to junior sergeant Fedor Aleksandrovich Shkirev [3], he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal The Star ” [4] .
Post-war time
On June 19, 1945, Hero of the Soviet Union Senior Sergeant F.A. Shkirev, as part of the guard of honor of the Moscow garrison, accompanied by two assistants (Heroes of the Soviet Union - the guard of foreman I.P. Papyshev and the guard of senior sergeant P.S. Mashtakov ) met the Victory Banner at Frunze Central Airfield in Moscow. June 24, 1945 participated in the historic Victory Parade on Red Square.
In November 1945, with the rank of foreman, he was discharged from the army. Returning to his homeland, he worked as the chairman of the Budenovets collective farm, the foreman of the integrated team at the Tolmachevsky state farm. The last years of his life he lived in the city of Kstovo .
He died on March 20, 1989.
Awards
- Medal "Golden Star" (03.24.1945) [2] [4] ;
- Order of Lenin (03.24.1945);
- Order of the Red Banner (1945);
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree (03/11/1985) [5] ;
- Order of Glory III degree (10/11/1944) [6] ;
- medal "For Courage" (06/22/1944) [7] .
Memory
Notes
- ↑ Now Kstovo district , Nizhny Novgorod region .
- ↑ 1 2 Award sheet in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 793756 , d. 55 , f. 212, 213 ) ..
- ↑ In the award documents, the middle name is indicated erroneously as "Alekseevich."
- ↑ 1 2 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 686046 , d. 29 , p. 11 ) ..
- ↑ 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 ” (archive materials of TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 690155 , d. 1338 , l. 2, 67, 68 ) ..
- ↑ Order on awarding documents “ Feat of the People ” in the electronic bank (archive materials of TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 690155 , d. 1218 , l. 4 ) ..
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. College I. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100 000 copies - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- Stanislav Plakhin. Shkirev Fedor Alexandrovich // The newspaper "Countrymen". - 05/08/2010. - No. 17 (719) .
- Nikolay Simakov. On that day, Stalin, Zhukov and the whole world looked at Sergeant Shkirev // Rossiyskaya Gazeta. - 2000.
- Alexander Tsirulnikov. The main keeper of the secrets of the Banner of Victory // Nizhny Novgorod truth. - 05/08/2008. - No. 49 . Archived on September 24, 2015.
Links
Shkirev, Fedor Alexandrovich . The site " Heroes of the country ."