Deinega Alexei Tikhonovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Alexei Tikhonovich Deynega was born on March 15 (March 2, old style), 1914 in the village of Motrino, Kremenchug district, Poltava province of the Russian Empire (now Kobelyaksky district, Poltava region of Ukraine) in a peasant family. Ukrainian. At the end of seven classes of rural school, he worked on the collective farm "Red partisan", then in the Motrin village Council. In 1936-1938, he served in the military. After demobilization, Junior commander A. T. Deynega returned to his native village. Before the war, he worked as a Secretary of the Motrin village Council. In the ranks of the Workers 'and Peasants' red Army Deynega was called up on August 14, 1943 by the Kishenkovsky district military Commissariat of the Poltava region of the Ukrainian SSR. In battles with the German-fascist invaders, Junior Sergeant A. T. Deynega from August 1943 as part of a separate motorized reconnaissance company of the 43rd engineer-sapper brigade of the 27th army of the Voronezh front (from October 20, 1943-the 1st Ukrainian front). Participated In the battle of the Dnepr on the Bukrinsky bridgehead, in the Kiev offensive operation and in the Kiev defensive operation, liberated the right-Bank Ukraine, participating in the Zhytomyr-Berdichev operation, then as part of the 2nd Ukrainian front in the Uman-Botoshansky operation, crossed the southern bug, Dniester, Prut and Siret rivers. Went from Junior Sergeant to senior Sergeant. Alexei Tikhonovich and his men repeatedly performed tasks of the command for reconnaissance and sabotage work in the deep rear of the enemy, the capture of "languages". So, during the Iasi-Kishinev operation, a group of scouts under the command of senior Sergeant A. T. Deynegi passed through the deep rear of the enemy for about 200 kilometers, collecting data on water barriers, enemy defenses, its engineering communications and troop concentrations. The intelligence obtained by A. T. Deinegi's groups also contributed to the successful actions of the 27th army during the Debrecen and Budapest operations. In February 1945, Alexei Tikhonovich participated in the capture of the city of Budapest. During the liquidation of the enemy group surrounded in the city with four soldiers of his Department, Alexei Tikhonovich repelled an attempt to break through the Germans in his area, destroying about 120 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht, and another 342 German and Hungarian soldiers surrendered. In total, during their participation in combat operations, reconnaissance and sabotage groups under the command of A. T. Deinegi blew up 11 bridges in the enemy's rear, 9 German warehouses, destroyed 4 enemy headquarters, and took 11 "languages", including four officers. Alexei Tikhonovich ended the war as part of the 3rd Ukrainian front on may 10, 1945 on the Mur river in Austria during the Vienna offensive. On June 29, 1945, senior Sergeant Alexei Tikhonovich Deinega was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. After demobilization in 1945, Alexei Tikhonovich settled in the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnipropetrovsk region of the Ukrainian SSR. He worked as a Deputy Chairman of the Dneprodzerzhinsk district Executive Committee. From 1947 to 1968, he managed the city's consumer service plant. Alexei Tikhonovich died on September 20, 1988. He was buried in the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk.