Viktor Semenovich Shevelev ( January 1925 - January 14, 1944 ) - Soviet soldier, Guard Red Army Worker and Peasant Red Army , participant of the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( January 15, 1944 , posthumous) [1] .
| Victor Semenovich Shevelev | ||||
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| Date of Birth | 1925 | |||
| Place of Birth | Novosibirsk | |||
| Date of death | January 14, 1944 | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
Born in the village of Bugry, now within the city of Novosibirsk , in a peasant family, Russian .
He graduated from a rural school. He worked on a collective farm . In the Red Army since July 1943, from the same time at the front.
Shooter of the 218th Guards Rifle Regiment ( 77th Guards Rifle Division , 61st Army , Central Front ) of the Guard Red Army soldier Shevelev on the night of September 27, 1943, as part of a company, was among the first to cross the Dnieper in the area of the village of Nedanchichi ( Repkinsky district, Chernigovskaya area ), captured and held the line, ensuring the crossing of the river units of the regiment.
He died on January 14, 1944. He was buried in a mass grave in the village of Baikino, Sebezh district, Pskov region . The name of the Hero is immortalized at the Glory monument in Novosibirsk.
Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union ( January 15, 1944 , posthumously);
- Order of Lenin ( January 15, 1944 , posthumously);
- medal.
Notes
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. College I. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100 000 copies - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
Links
Igor Serdyukov. Shevelev, Victor Semenovich . The site " Heroes of the country ." Date of treatment March 10, 2016.