{ Alexei Fedorovich Titov (12/26/1923 - 01/24/1945) - commander of the machine gun platoon of the 444th rifle regiment of the 108th Bobruisk rifle division of the 65th army of the 2nd Belorussian Front, senior lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Alexey Fedorovich Titov | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | December 26, 1923 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Ulyanovsk region | |||||
| Date of death | January 24, 1945 (21 years old) | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
He was born on December 26, 1923 in the village of Malaya Kandala, now in the Staromainsky District, Ulyanovsk Region, into a peasant family. He graduated from 8 classes. He worked as an accountant.
He was drafted into the Red Army in 1941 by the Malokandalinsky District Military Commissariat of the Ulyanovsk Region . At the front in World War II from December 1941. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1944.
The commander of the machine-gun platoon of the 444th Infantry Regiment, Senior Lieutenant Alexei Titov, distinguished himself in defensive battles for holding the bridgehead on the left bank of the Narev River. In the period from October 4 to October 8, 1944, Senior Lieutenant Titov with the soldiers of the unit entrusted to him repelled over thirty enemy attacks and kept the occupied line.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command and the courage and heroism shown to this, Lieutenant Titov Alexei Fedorovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
In one of the battles during the offensive in East Prussia, the commander of a machine-gun platoon of a separate training rifle company of the 108th Bobruisk Order of Lenin of the rifle division, Senior Lieutenant A. Titov, died on January 24, 1945. He was buried in the colony Ludwigdorf [1] .
He was awarded the orders of Lenin , World War 1 and 2 degrees, Red Star .
In the village of Malaya Kandala, Staromaynsky district, Ulyanovsk region, a monument to the Hero was erected, and on the Heroes Alley in the regional center - the urban village of Staraya Maina - a bust .
Notes
- ↑ Apparently, Ludwigdorf is the German name for the Polish village of Ludwichowo in the commune of Lasin of Grudziadz County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Polish Republic.
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 .
- Ulyanovsk in battles for their homeland. 2nd ed. Saratov, 1964.
Links
Alexey Fedorovich Titov . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment July 5, 2014.