Kirill Nikiforovich Osipov ( February 2, 1907 - August 16, 1975 ) - Soviet soldier, participant in the Great Patriotic War . Hero of the Soviet Union ( August 15, 1941 ) [1] .
| Kirill Nikiforovich Osipov | ||||||||
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| Date of Birth | February 2, 1907 | |||||||
| Place of Birth | Zborov (now Rogachev district ) [1] | |||||||
| Date of death | August 16, 1975 (68 years old) | |||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||
| Years of service | 1929 - 1955 | |||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||
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Biography
Osipov K.N., Belarusian by nationality, was born in the village of Zborov in a peasant family. After finishing seven classes, he subsequently worked in the district committee of the Komsomol Zhlobin . He entered the Red Army in 1929, taking part in the Soviet-Finnish war . In 1931 he joined the CPSU [1] . In 1935 he graduated from the artillery school [2] .
He participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. Osipov was the secretary of the party bureau of the 245th howitzer artillery regiment ( 37th Infantry Division , 19th Army , Western Front ), when, as a senior political officer , he was surrounded [1] . Osipov, as part of the group of troops of Lieutenant General I.V. Boldin , tried to get out of the encirclement with battles. In August 1941, having crossed the front line, he was able to establish contact with I. Konev ; with his participation, a plan was developed and implemented to join the group with the troops of the Red Army. August 15, 1941 Osipov K. N. was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union [1] [2] . In 1942-1943 he worked at the headquarters of the partisan movement at the military council of the Western Front, until in 1944 he again appeared at the front, taking part in the liberation of Belarus , the battles in East Prussia and against Japan [2] .
Continuing military service after the war, K. Osipov graduated from the Higher Officer Artillery School in 1947 and in 1955 went to the reserve with the rank of colonel. He was buried in Gomel at the Davydovsky cemetery, where in 1976 an obelisk was erected on his grave [2] .
Rewards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (August 15, 1941);
- Order of Lenin ;
- two orders of the Red Banner ;
- Order of Alexander Nevsky ;
- Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree;
- Order of the Red Star .
Memory
- In honor of Osipov K. N. one of the streets of Gomel is named [3] ;
- Name K.N. Osipova wears a school in the village of Zborov, Rogachev district .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Heroes of the Soviet Union / Prev Ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov. - M .: Military Publishing, 1988. - T. 2. Love - Yarshuk. - S. 210. - 863 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Collection of memories of the history and culture of Belarus. Gomel oblast. - Mn. : BelSE, 1985. - 64-65 s. - 8000 copies.
- ↑ Garady and Belarusian Belarus / Redcal. G.P. Pashkoў іnsh .. - Minsk: Belarus. Encekl. Name P. Brokki, 2005 .-- T. 2, book. 2. Gomel oblast. - S. 251. - 520 p. - ISBN 985-11-0330-6 .
Links
Osipov, Kirill Nikiforovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".