Stepan Andreevich Sorokin ( April 13, 1923 - October 31, 2009 ) - participant in the Great Patriotic War , commander of a platoon of anti-tank rifles (PTR) of the 850th Rifle Vitebsk Red Banner Order of the Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment of the 277th Rifle Roslavl Order of the Red Banner Suvorov and Kov 72nd Rifle Coven Red Banner Corps of the 5th Army , senior lieutenant .
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| Date of Birth | April 13, 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Nizhny Sancheleevo village , Samara province , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | October 31, 2009 (86 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Tolyatti city , Samara region , Russian Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  USSR →  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1942 - 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part | 850th Infantry Regiment of the 277th Infantry Division of the 72nd Infantry Corps of the 5th Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War Soviet-Japanese war | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in the village of Nizhny Sancheleevo, Stavropol region of the Samara province in a large family of a peasant. Father - Sorokin Andrey Fedorovich, in 1944 he headed the Kirov collective farm in the village of Lower Sancheleevo. [one]
Mother - Agrippina Semenovna.
He graduated from 8 classes of a rural school, school, then worked as a primary school teacher in the village of New Buyan, Samara province .
World War II
He was drafted into the Red Army by the Stavropol RVC in January 1942. He graduated from the Ulyanovsk Infantry School with a profile as a platoon commander and already in December 1942, with the rank of junior lieutenant, he joined the army at first, the Don Front , then from February 1943 into the 5th Army of the Western Front , from April 1944 as part of the Third Belorussian Front . He received his first baptism of fire in the battles of Stalingrad . He participated in the battles for the liberation of Rzhev , Smolensk , Belarus , Lithuania . Member of the battles to eliminate the East Prussian group. Participated in the assault on Konigsberg .
Feat
In July 1944, in an offensive battle when delivering a combat report to the headquarters of the 72nd Rifle Corps, in the vicinity of the village of Chernivtsi, an enemy group attacked Lieutenant Sorokin and his orderly. As a result of this battle, the horses of Sorokin and his orderly were killed, the orderly himself was wounded. Stepan Andreevich assisted him, led him out of the battlefield, and delivered the combat report to the Corps on time. For this feat, by order of the 277th Infantry Division on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 5, 1944, Lieutenant Sorokin Stepan Andreyevich was awarded the Order of the Red Star . [2]
Soviet-Japanese War
As part of the 1st Far Eastern Front, he participated in the war with Japan .
Postwar Biography
After the war he continued his service in the ranks of the Soviet army . From December 1947 to October 1948 he took advanced training courses for command personnel. Received the rank of captain . He commanded a company . He served in the GDR , in the city of Schwerin , in the Kazan Military District , in the Volga Military District . After being demobilized from the army in 1960, he settled down in the city of Stavropol , the Kuibyshev region , worked as an electrician, and since 1969 he became a master of the boiler shop at the Stavropol TPP Kuibyshevenergo . For the achieved high production performance and the introduction of a large number of rationalization proposals, it has repeatedly been presented for awards and prizes. In 1967 he was elected to the city council. He headed the housing commission of the Togliatti TPP . He died after a long illness on October 31, 2009. He was buried at the Banykinsky cemetery in the city of Togliatti .
Family
- Wife - Tamara Georgievna (09/29/1931 - 08/06/1991).
- Daughter - Irina (born 2.03.1957).
- Daughter - Natalia (born 14.03.1958).
Rewards
Order:
- Two orders of the Patriotic War II degree ; [3] [4]
- Order of the Red Star ;
- Order of Labor Glory 3 degrees .
Medals:
- Zhukov Medal ;
- Medal of Military Merit ;
- Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" ;
- Medal “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” ;
- Anniversary medal “Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” ;
- Anniversary medal “Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” ;
- Anniversary medal “Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” ;
- Anniversary medal “50th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” ;
- Anniversary medal "60 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" ;
- Medal "For the victory over Japan" ;
- Medal "For the capture of Koenigsberg" and others.
Breastplates:
- Sign “25 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War” ;
- Sign "Drummer of the Ninth Five-Year Plan" ;
- Sign "60 years of GOELRO".
Notes
- ↑ From the history of the village of Nizhny Sancheleevo
- ↑ Award sheet . Feat of the people .
- ↑ Award sheet . Feat of the people .
- ↑ Award sheet (inaccessible link) . Feat of the people . Archived on July 29, 2012.
Literature
Edited by T. Dyakova There is no future without the past: A collection of research papers. - Tolyatti: MEKOM, 2000. - S. 6. - 100 p.