Biography of Ivan Litvinov

Mass grave in the village of Petrovo, the view of 2 Litvinov Ivan Filippovich-the gun commander of the Go Fighter-Turning Artillery Regiment of the Fighter-Put-tank Artillery Brigade of the 7th Guards Army of the Steppe Front, senior sergeant.

Born in the year in the village of Katerinovka, now the village of Litvinovo Akhtyrsky district of the Sumy region of Ukraine, in the family of a peasant. Primary education. In the years he worked on the collective farm, then he was the chairman of the village council. In the Red Army in years. Member of the Soviet-Finnish war. Returning to his native village, he worked in a consumer society.

Secondary in the Red Army since the year. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since July. He fought on the steppe front. Was wounded. He participated in the liberation of Belgorod and Kharkov. The commander of the gun of the Fighter-Turning Artillery Regiment I am a fighter-fraud-fingered artillery brigade, 7th Guards Army, Stepnaya Front Senior Sergeant Ivan Filippovich Litvinov, among the first in the regiment on October 2, along with the calculation of the gun, the Dnieper in the region of Borodaevka Verkhnyedneprovsky district.

Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. In the battle for the bridgehead, he knocked out three enemy tanks. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, for successful forcing the Dnieper River, strong consolidation and expansion of the bridgehead on the western bank of the Dnieper River and the senior sergeant Litvinov, the title of Hero of the Soviet Union shown and heroism shown at the same time.

Litvinov fell the death of the brave. He was buried in a mass grave in the village of Petrovo Petrovsky District of the Kirovograd Region Ukraine. He was awarded the Order of Lenin. There is also a portrait of I. in the Sumy Museum of Local Lore, in the corner of the combat glory of the school of his native village, materials telling about the feat of a fearless warrior.

In the village of urban type Petrovo, in honor of the hero, a memorial plaque is installed. The successful and decisive actions of the gunners contributed to the success of the rifle units, who, together with the rifle units, participated in the capture and retention of the Dnieper bridgehead. In the battles on the right bank of the river, many fighters and commanders of the th fighter anti -tank artillery regiment distinguished themselves.

One of the first through the Dnieper was the calculation of the guns of senior sergeant Litvinov, who on the move entered the battle with enemy tanks. The fighters of the calculation on October 2 in the area of ​​the village of Borodaevka in the reflection of the Nazi attacks fought especially courageously. That morning, the Nazis, after a strong artillery shelling and air blows, went into a counterattack superior infantry and tanks.

Twelve German tanks moved to the fire position of the senior sergeant Litvinov. According to his command, the calculation allowed enemy cars closer and only then opened aimed fire on them. The first, second, third tank caught fire. The rest slowed down, and then, not risking moving on, began to move back. The enemy’s infantry, having lost the support of the tanks, made an attempt to get around the gun and destroy the gunners.

In a difficult environment, senior sergeant Litvinov was not at a loss. He organized a circular defense, and boldly entered the battle with the superior forces of the enemy. The fire and machine guns were met by the Nazi chains of our warriors. The Germans were forced to lay down, and then move to the original line, leaving up to 80 killed on the battlefield. For courage and courage shown in the battles at the Dnipropetrovsk bridgehead, the calculation fighters were awarded the awards of the homeland, and their commander Ivan Litvinov was presented to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest military difference.

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