Alexander Ivanovich Tsukanov (June 22, 1922 - September 1, 1992) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, full holder of the Order of Glory .
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| Place of Birth | village Vanino , Oryol Uyezd , Oryol Province , RSFSR | |||||
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| Place of death | Kirovo village, Donetsk region | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Years of service | 1941-1946 | |||||
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| Part | 159th Infantry Division ( 5th Army , 3rd Belorussian Front ) | |||||
| Battles / wars | World War II ; Soviet-Japanese war | |||||
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Biography
Born on June 22, 1922 in the village of Vanino (now Uritsky district, Oryol region) in a working class family. Russian. Received primary education. After school, he worked as a coal loader of railway cars at the mine. Artyom in the city of Dzerzhinsky (Ukraine). Drafted into the Red Army in June 1941. He participated in the battles of World War II from November 1941 as the commander of the sniper squad of a separate anti-aircraft machine-gun company of the 159th Rifle Division, 5th Army, 3rd Belorussian Front. Sergeant , senior sergeant , foreman .
Tsukanov also participated in the Soviet-Japanese war of 1945. In November 1946 he was demobilized.
After the war, he lived in the village of Kirovo, Donetsk region . He worked at the same mine to them. Artyom.
He died on September 1, 1992. He was buried in the city of Artyomovsk .
Feats
first
In the July battles of 1944, 28 km south of the city of Kaunas (Lithuania) destroyed 11 German soldiers. For this feat was awarded the Order of Glory 3 degrees.
second
February 21, 1945 Tsukanov with his branch 20 km southwest of Brandenburg ( East Prussia , now the city of Ushakovo, Kaliningrad region ) repelled three counterattacks by the Germans. He was twice wounded, but did not leave the firing position. For this feat was awarded the Order of Glory 2 degrees.
third
In March 1945, Tsukanov in the battles for the village of Ecker (18 km south of the city of Ushakovo, Kaliningrad region) destroyed 13 German soldiers. For this feat was awarded the Order of Glory 3 degrees. April 13, 1983 re-awarded the Order of Glory 1 degree.
Rewards
- Order of Glory 3 degrees (07/23/1944) and (03/03/1945 - subsequently re-awarded the order of 1 degree)
- Order of Glory 2 degrees (04/26/1945)
- Order of Glory 1 degree (04/13/1983)
- Order of World War 1 degree
- Order of the Red Banner
- USSR medals
Literature
- Dubrov V.I. Soldier Glory. - 3rd ed. - Kiev, 1987 .-- S. 366.
Links
- Anton Bocharov. Tsukanov, Alexander Ivanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment December 31, 2017.
- Encyclopedia of Moscow Region