Nematzhan Khakimov (1924, Andijan - 01/28/1944, Volyn Region ) - assistant gunner gunner of the 115th cavalry regiment, a Red Army man. Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Nematzhan Khakimov | |||
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| Uzbek Neʼmatjon Hakimov | |||
| Date of Birth | 1924 | ||
| Place of Birth | Andijan | ||
| Date of death | January 28, 1944 | ||
| A place of death | Manevichsky district , Volyn region | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Biography
Born in 1924 in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan. Uzbek. He graduated from 7 classes, teacher training college. He worked at a local factory.
In August 1943 he was drafted into the Red Army by the Andijan Military Commissariat. At the front since September of that year. He fought as part of the 115th cavalry regiment of the 8th guards cavalry division. He participated in the battles for the liberation of Ukraine .
At dawn on January 28, 1944, two squadrons of the 115th cavalry regiment crossed the Styr River in the vicinity of the village of Kozlinichi and captured a dominant height of 193.0. Fifty Soviet soldiers with two 45-mm guns and four anti-tank missiles repelled several counterattacks by the Nazis.
In these battles, the machine gunners Khakimov and Ershov distinguished themselves. The enemy tanks broke into our positions several times, but without the support of their infantry, cut off by machine gunners, they suffered losses and rolled back. During the fifth counterattack, 2 heavy tiger tanks moved to a height, supported by 14 light tanks. They fired concentrated on the position of machine-gun calculation. The shells and charges for the PTR ended, and there was nothing to stop the tanks.
In this critical situation, the Red Army soldier Ershov, tied up with grenades, rushed under the tracks of the approaching “tiger”. Khakimov followed his example, throwing himself with grenades under the second "tiger". The remaining tanks turned back. At the cost of their lives, they saved their comrades and contributed to the retention of the bridgehead. The main forces of the 8th Guards Cavalry Division began crossing the river.
He was buried at the battlefield near the village of Kozlinichi, and later was reburied in a mass grave in the village of Stary Chartoryisk, Manevichsky district, Volyn region .
In 1963, the military commissar of the Volyn region, Hakimov Nematzhan and Yershov Viktor Yegorovich, were presented with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 6, 1965 for exemplary execution of combat missions of command on the fronts of the struggle against German-enemy invaders during the Great Patriotic War and shown courage and heroism, Khakimov Nematzhan was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
He was awarded the Order of Lenin .
In their honor, at the height of the feat, at an altitude of 193.0 near the village of Old Chartoryisk, an obelisk was erected. The busts of the Hero are installed in the village of Manevichi, in the city of Andijan, on Liberty Square near schools No. 32. Streets in the cities of Andijan and Lutsk in the Volyn Region are named after the Hero.
Literature
- The heroes of the Soviet Union are Uzbeks. Tashkent, 1984.
- 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
Nematzhan Khakimov . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment July 9, 2014.