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Sukharev, Nikolay Ivanovich

Date of birth:
April 18th, 1923 (Rozhdestvenskoye, Kozlovskiy uyezd, Soviet Union)
Date of death:
May 1st, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Buried on:
Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Guards soldier. Killed in the fighting for the Reichstag.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 22nd, 1942
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 20th, 1945
Orden Slavy 3
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 9th, 1945
Orden Slavy 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 15th, 1945
Soldier Sukharev contributed in the destruction of more than 10 guns and two snipers in the fighting for Mariendorf and Tempelhof. He also killed several enemies and captured six of them during the crossing of the Teltow river. Furthermore, he personally aided two wounded comrades in battle.

Posthumously awarded
Orden Slavy 1

Sources

  • Photo: Public domain

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