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On the air RP78PB RADIO POBEDA SEVENTY-EIGHT VOLGA REGION BULGARIANS The work of the memorial station is dedicated to our fellow countrymen – Heroes of the Soviet Union From the Kuibyshev district of the Republic of Tatarstan (now Spassky), 13522 people went to the front, 3140 people went missing, 4138 people died. Among our countrymen there are 6 heroes of the Soviet Union, one of them: 1) Berkutov Alexander Maksimovich, Lieutenant Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union. A pupil of the Kuralovsky orphanage. Participant of the battles on the Khalkhin-Gol River, the Soviet-Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars. Pilot of the 84th Fighter Aviation Regiment, navigator of the 101st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, commander of the 57th Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment. For the battles in the Kuban, he was awarded the second Order of the Red Banner. The bust of the hero of the Soviet Union Berkutov Alexander Maksimovich is installed on the Alley of Heroes in Bolgar . 2 ) Guryanov Pavel Yakovlevich Sergeant, Hero of the Soviet Union. Participant of the Great Patriotic War . In 1939 he was drafted into the Red Army. He served in the Far East. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since May 1942 . He took part in the Battle of Kursk. He showed heroism when crossing the Dnieper River near the village of Komarin on September 23-24, 1943, for which he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. 3) Likhachev Pyotr Timofeevich Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously), senior sergeant. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He showed heroism in the battle near Moscow near the village of Klyachino. On the outskirts of the city of Gzhatsk, 16 fighters led by Likhachev broke into the center of the enemy's positions, captured two bunkers with machine guns and took up a circular defense. In an unequal battle, part of the Nazis broke through close to the bunkers. Then Likhachev raised the survivors and led them to a breakthrough in hand-to-hand combat, in which he died along with the fighters. His memory is immortalized by a bust installed on the Alley of Heroes in Bulgarian, one of the streets of the city bears his name. 4) Mashanin Grigory Mikhailovich Guard major, Hero of the Soviet Union. In the Red Army since 1940. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War from November 1943. June 30, 1944 participated in the destruction of the enemy airfield in Polotsk. In September 1944, he participated in the liberation of Riga, was wounded. He was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner (three times), the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degree, the Red Star, medals. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded for the liberation of Belarus, the Baltic States, the storming of Konigsberg. 5) Spirkov Stepan Petrovich soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union. As part of the troops of the North-Western Front, he showed heroism in the area of the city of Viipuri (now Vyborg). In the battle for the settlement of Vilayoki, he was seriously wounded. He received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle against the Finnish White Guard and the courage and heroism shown at the same time. 6 ) Filippov Gordey Ivanovich participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union. In October 1942 he was called up to the front. He fought at Stalingrad, participated in the battles for the liberation of the cities of Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, Stalino (now Donetsk), Dnepropetrovsk. In one of the battles, he burned 1 tank and 2 enemy self-propelled guns, destroyed about 100 Germans. As a result, he held the line and did not allow the enemy to seize a strategically important road, for which he received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was wounded twice.He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Star, medals "Gold Star", “For military merit". Eternal memory to the soldiers – liberators , I ask you to honor with a minute of silence ! |