Nikitin, Victor Ivanovich (full holder of the Order of Glory)

Viktor Ivanovich Nikitin was born into a peasant family in the village of Azhovka, Venevsky district of the Tula province (currently the Venevsky district of the Tula region ). He graduated from the 7th grade of the school, worked on the collective farm.

In August 1942, the Mordvesky district military enlistment office of the Tula region was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army . Since December 1942 on the fronts of World War II . He fought on the Stalingrad front .

By order of the 88th Guards Rifle Regiment of April 26, 1944, for the courage and heroism in battles with the Nazi invaders, for equipping the regiment commander with continuous fire and making passages in wire fences for the advancing guard infantry, Private Nikitin was awarded the medal " For courage . "

In the battles for the liberation of Sevastopol on May 9, 1945, during the reconnaissance of the routes of the rifle units of the guard, Private Nikitin with sappers cleared the road. Personally, he was shot 19 minutes and 2 landmines. In the Northern Bay of Sevastopol, participating in the barrage group, he took off 8 minutes, which ensured the success of the advancement of troops. By order of the 33rd Guards Rifle Division of May 25, 1944, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree.

On the instructions of the guard command, Private Nikitin in the region of the city of Kelme in Lithuania from August 6-16, 1944, in a difficult combat situation, under shelling of the enemy, set more than 40 minutes in his rear near his battle formations. On August 16, during an attack, an enemy tank was blown up on them and the tank attack choked. By order of the 2nd Guards Army of September 21, 1944, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the 2nd degree.

On October 12, 1944, during a reconnaissance sapper operation on the Neman River , a platoon commander was wounded. Together with him, the soldiers in the boat were wounded. Guard Private Nikitin, seeing the plight of the wounded, threw himself into the water, reached the boat and delivered it and the people to the right bank, thereby saving the lives of sappers and platoon commander. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, he was awarded the Order of Glory of the 1st degree.

On March 2, 1945, near the Prilakken courtyard ^[1] in the Medenau ( Logvino ) area of ​​the Guard, Private Nikitin, under strong enemy fire, installed 50 anti-tank and 60 anti-personnel mines in the front line, on which 8 enemy soldiers and 2 tanks were blown up during an enemy counterattack. In the same battle, Nikitin destroyed 3 enemy soldiers with machine gun fire. By order of the 33rd Guards Rifle Division of March 22, 1945, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star .

In battles in East Prussia on April 6–9, 1945, Private Nikitin, under continuous enemy fire in the vicinity of the pond, Filins built an assault bridge over the anti-tank moat, which ensured the advance of the assault units. On April 8, in the area of ​​a brick factory on the outskirts of Königsberg, he patched up a funnel on the road and shot 12 anti-tank mines, which ensured the movement of self-propelled artillery. By order of the 13th Guards Corps of April 25, 1945, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War Order of the 2nd degree .

Petty Officer Nikitin was demobilized in February 1947. He returned to his homeland, lived in his native village. He worked as a storekeeper, foreman on the collective farm "Russia".

Victor Ivanovich Nikitin died on September 4, 1970.

• He was buried in the village of Marynino, Venevsky district.

• Documents on the site “Feat of the people”
• In the biographical dictionary

• Apollonova A.M., Popov V.V. Soldier glory of the Tula. 2nd ed. Tula, 1981. S. 101-103;
• Offensive guard. M., 1971.P. 310.
• Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. Biographer dictionary. M .: Military Publishing, 2000
• Full Knights of the Order of Glory. Biographical Dictionary. (in 2 volumes) M.: Military Publishing, 2010