Sergei Mikhailovich Chizhov (09.20.1912 - 7.2.1977) - Soviet soldier, participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union , shooter of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 25th Guards Rifle Division of the 6th Army of the South-Western Front, Red Army Guard.
| Sergey Mikhailovich Chizhov | ||||
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| Date of Birth | September 20, 1912 | |||
| Place of Birth | Tula region | |||
| Date of death | February 7, 1977 ( 64) | |||
| A place of death | Tula | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
Born on September 20, 1912 in the village of Vysokoye, now in the Efremovsky District, Tula Region, in a peasant family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1951. Primary education. He worked on a collective farm.
In the Red Army in 1934-1936 and since 1941. At the front in World War II from June 1941. The shooter of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment of the Guard, Red Army soldier Sergei Chizhov, on the night of September 26, 1943, as part of an assault detachment, crossed the Dnieper River in the vicinity of the village of Voiskovoye, Solonyansky District, Dnipropetrovsk Region of Ukraine . One of the first to break into the enemy’s trench, then participated in repelling five enemy counterattacks.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944, for the exemplary performance of command missions on the front against the Nazi invaders and their courage and heroism, the guards, Red Army soldier Sergei Mikhailovich Chizhov, were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal Star . "
In 1944, Senior Sergeant S. M. Chizhov was discharged for disability. He returned to his homeland, worked as chairman of the collective farm. Since 1947 he lived in the city of Tula. He worked at the Stamp factory. He died on February 7, 1977. He was buried at the Smolensk cemetery in Tula .
He was awarded the Orders of Lenin , the Red Banner , and medals.
A plaque was installed on the house at 161 Kirova Street in Tula, where Chizhov lived.
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 .
- Immortal feat their high / Prev. ed. collegiums A.A. Yelkin . - 2nd ed. - Tula: Prioksky Book Publishing House, 1983. - 646 p. - 10,000 copies.
- The Dnieper is a river of heroes. Kiev, 1983.
- Tulaki - Heroes of the Soviet Union. Tula, 1967.
Links
Sergei Mikhailovich Chizhov . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment May 19, 2014.