Turgel, Mikhail Nikolaewicz

Date of birth:: December 5th, 1909 (Novomirgorod/Kherson, Russian Empire)
Date of death:: March 19th, 1975 (Leningrad, Soviet Union)
Buried on:: Krasnenkoe Cemetery
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

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Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Starshiyi Leytenant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: 2nd Infantry Battalion, 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, 25th Guards Rifle Division, 6th Army, Southwestern Front
Awarded on:: March 19th, 1944

"On the night of September 25 to September 26, 1943, Turgel, as part of an advanced detachment, crossed the Dnieper in the vicinity of Voiskovoe village of the Solonyansky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region of the Ukrainian SSR. At a critical moment of the battle, he replaced the acting commander of the detachment and within a day and a half repelled the fierce German counterattacks, lasting until the crossing of the main forces. In those battles, Turgel was shell-shocked, but continued to fight."

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