Ivan Klimentievich Tokmin ( 1909 - 1943 ) - captain of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1943 ).
| Ivan Klimentievich Tokmin | ||||
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| Date of Birth | 1909 | |||
| Place of Birth | Vydriha village, now Zalesovsky district of Altai Territory | |||
| Date of death | October 24, 1943 | |||
| Place of death | Zaporizhzhya region , Zaporizhzhya region | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Type of army | infantry | |||
| Years of service | 1934 - 1943 | |||
| Rank |  | |||
| Battles / wars | Soviet-Finnish War The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
Ivan Tokmin was born in 1909 in the village of Vydriha (now - Zalesovsky district of the Altai Territory ). After graduating from six grades of school, he worked on a collective farm . In 1934, Tokmin was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. In 1935, he graduated from junior high school. He participated in the battles of the Soviet-Finnish war . Since the beginning of World War II - on its fronts [1] .
By October 1943, Captain Ivan Tokmin was deputy commander of the 5th assault battalion of the 12th army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front . He distinguished himself during the battle of the Dnieper . Having headed the battalion, Tokmin crossed the Dnieper in the Zaporozhye region and seized a bridgehead on its western shore, after which he held it until the main forces crossed. On October 10, 1943, the battalion stormed the Shevchenkovo farm and repelled several German counterattacks. October 24, 1943 Tokmin died in battle [1] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 1, 1943, Captain Ivan Tokmin was posthumously awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union . He was also awarded the Orders of Lenin and Alexander Nevsky [1] .
In honor of Tokmin, a street was named in the village of Cordon in the Zalesovo district, a bust was installed in Zalesovo [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Tokmin Ivan Klimentevich . AZ Library. Date of treatment August 31, 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 .
- Battle glory of Altai. 3rd ed., Rev. and add. Barnaul. 1978. / p. 256.
- Stars of valor warrior. 2nd ed., Ext. Novosibirsk, 1986. / Pp. 340—342.
- Kuznetsov I.I., Joga I.M. Golden Stars of Altai. Barnaul, 1982./p. 201-202.
Links
Igor Serdyukov. Tokmin, Ivan Klimentevich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment April 8, 2015.