Alexey Pavlovich Sapozhnikov ( 1915 - 1969 ) - captain of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ).
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| Place of Birth | Norovka village, Cherepovets district , Novgorod province , Russia | ||||||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||
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| Years of service | 1937 - 1945 | ||||||||
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Biography
Alexey Sapozhnikov was born on March 30, 1915 in the village of Norovka (now the Sheksninsky district of the Vologda region ). After graduating from four classes of the school, he worked in the fire department. In 1937, Sapozhnikov was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. Since July 1941 - on the fronts of World War II [1] .
By July 1944, Senior Lieutenant Alexei Sapozhnikov commanded a company of the 95th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 31st Guards Rifle Division of the 11th Guards Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front . Participated in battles in the territory of the Lithuanian SSR . On July 13, 1944, Sapozhnikov’s company was among the first to cross the Neman in the region of Alytus and seize a bridgehead on its western shore, after which it held it until the main forces crossed [1] .
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 24, 1945, Senior Lieutenant Alexei Sapozhnikov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal [1] .
After the war, the captain of the guard Sapozhnikov was fired. He lived and worked in the city of Pikalyovo . He died on June 20, 1969 [1] .
He was also awarded the Order of the Red Star and a number of medals [1] . In the city of Pikalyovo, on the house number 15, where the Hero lived, a memorial plaque was installed on Stroitelnaya street.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Sapozhnikov Aleksey Pavlovich . AZ Library. Date of treatment June 24, 2014.
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
- Sapozhnikov, Alexey Pavlovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment February 9, 2015.
- Sapozhnikov Alexey Pavlovich . Vologda Regional Scientific Library named after I.V. Babushkina. Date of treatment December 14, 2017.