Shelekhov, Nikolay Stepanovich

Date of birth:: December 6th, 1920 (Uvarovo, Eastern Kazachstan, Soviet Union)
Date of death:: April 23rd, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

Guards lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Krasnogo Znameni

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 31st, 1945

Lieutenant Shelikhov was severely wounded (six wounds) during street fighting on 23 April 1945. He led a group of 15 soldiers and repelled a German counter-attack supported by two tanks. He was killed in close combat fighting that day.

Posthumously awarded