Viktor Vasilyevich Zimin (1925 - 03/15/1945) - Soviet soldier, participant of the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union , gun commander of the T-34 tank of the 62nd Guards Tank Brigade, guard sergeant - at the time of presentation for the award of the Order of Glory of the 1st degrees.
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| Date of Birth | 1925 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Samarkand | |||||
| Date of death | March 15, 1945 | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | tank | |||||
| Commanded | T-34 | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Literature
- 3 References
- 4 notes
Biography
Born in 1925 in the city of Samarkand. He graduated from 7 classes.
In February 1943 he was drafted into the Red Army by the Samarkand Military Commissariat. Since July 1944, he participated in battles with the invaders on the 1st Ukrainian Front . The entire battle path was part of the 62nd Guards Tank Brigade, was the commander of the T-34 tank gun. Member of the CPSU since 1945.
He distinguished himself in the very first battles in Western Ukraine. On July 22, 1944, as part of the head guard, he was the first to break into the southern outskirts of the city of Lviv, in this battle he destroyed 5 sappers and 10 machine gunners covering them. Received the first military award - the Order of the Red Star .
On July 26-27, 1944, when the enemy counterattack was repelled 5 km south of the city of Lvov Guard, Sergeant 3imin destroyed 2 firing points and more than 10 enemy soldiers. In subsequent battles at the beginning of August 1944 in the territory of the Lviv region , 2 armored personnel carriers, 2 vehicles, up to 10 firing points and many enemy soldiers and officers were hit with well-aimed fire. On August 9, as part of the crew, 4 wrecked Soviet tanks were evacuated from the battlefield.
By order of the troops of the 10th Guards Tank Corps of September 12, 1944, the Guard Sergeant Zimin Viktor Vasilyevich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree.
On January 13, 1945, in the battles for the settlements of Zaborhe, Volya-Moravitska Guards, the senior sergeant 3imin hit the T-IV tank with an accurate fire, assault gun, suppressed 2 machine gun points, and exterminated over 10 enemy soldiers. He was presented for awarding the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree.
Particularly distinguished himself in the battles of January 24-29, 1945 on the Oder River near the city of Steinau. When crossing the guard’s water line, Sergeant Zimin, acting as a gun commander, destroyed 2 Tiger tanks, 4 T-IV tanks, a self-propelled gun and an infantry company. When the tank was blown up by a mine and went for repairs, Viktor Zimin joined another crew, where senior sergeant Kondaurov was the guard's driver.
As part of the new crew, in battles while securing the bridgehead on the Oder River, they destroyed 2 Panther T-V tanks, 4 armored personnel carriers, 17 vehicles with ammunition and food, and about 200 enemy soldiers and officers with precision fire. He was presented for the title Hero of the Soviet Union , the performance was supported by the brigade and corps commander, but the commander of the 4th Tank Army downgraded the status of the award to the Order of Glory of the 1st degree.
By order of the 4th Tank Army of February 20, 1945, the Guard, Sergeant Zimin Viktor Vasilyevich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree.
March 15, 1945 during a reconnaissance in battle, a tank in which the commander of the gun was the guard sergeant Zimin, was hit. When the enemy transferred fire to other tanks, Zimin opened fire from his stationary vehicle: he destroyed the gun’s crew and knocked out the Tiger tank. A few more shells hit the Zimin tank, Zimin himself was seriously wounded. With the help of Kondaurov, he left the car, but immediately died of his wounds. For this battle he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree .
He was buried at the battlefield, and later reburied in a mass grave at a military cemetery in the city of Kluczbork .
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 27, 1945, for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with guard invaders, Senior Sergeant Zimin Viktor Vasilyevich was awarded the Order of Glory of the 1st degree. He became the full holder of the Order of Glory.
He was awarded the orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Red Star , Glory of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, medals.
Literature
- Volunteers of the Urals. 2nd ed., Ext. Sverdlovsk, 1980.
- Cavaliers of the Order of Glory of three degrees: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium D. S. Sukhorukov . - M .: Military Publishing House , 2000 .-- 703 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-01883-9 .
- Full Knights of the Order of Glory. Biographical Dictionary. T. 1. M.: Military Publishing, 2010
Links
Victor Vasilievich Zimin . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment September 4, 2014.